12-letter words containing pos
- poststimulus — of, relating to, or occurring in the period following the administering of a stimulus
- postsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- postsynaptic — being or occurring on the receiving end of a discharge across the synapse.
- postvaccinal — occurring after a vaccine
- postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
- postworkshop — occurring after a workshop
- pre-position — to position in advance or beforehand: to preposition troops in anticipated trouble spots.
- predisposing — to give an inclination or tendency to beforehand; make susceptible: Genetic factors may predispose human beings to certain metabolic diseases.
- preposterous — completely contrary to nature, reason, or common sense; absurd; senseless; utterly foolish: a preposterous tale.
- propositions — the act of offering or suggesting something to be considered, accepted, adopted, or done.
- purposefully — having a purpose.
- pygmy possum — any of various small Australasian marsupials, esp the burramys
- re-deposited — to place for safekeeping or in trust, especially in a bank account: He deposited his paycheck every Friday.
- redispose of — to dispose of again
- repositorium — a place for the storage of valuables, as in an ancient Roman temple or a church.
- repossession — to possess again; regain possession of, especially for nonpayment of money due.
- safe-deposit — providing safekeeping for valuables: a safe-deposit vault.
- self-imposed — imposed on one by oneself: a self-imposed task.
- seropositive — showing a significant level of serum antibodies, or other immunologic marker in the serum, indicating previous exposure to the infectious agent being tested.
- sex-positive — explicitly stated, stipulated, or expressed: a positive acceptance of the agreement.
- sign-posting — a post bearing a sign that gives information or guidance.
- staging post — an area, as a port of embarkation, where troops are assembled and readied for transit to a new field of operations.
- subapostolic — of or relating to the era after that of the Apostles
- superimposed — (of a stream or drainage system) having a course not adjusted to the structure of the rocks presently undergoing erosion but determined rather by a prior erosion cycle or by formerly overlying rocks or sediments.
- superposable — to place above or upon something else, or one upon another.
- suppositious — formed from or growing out of supposition: suppositious evidence.
- time deposit — a deposit that can be withdrawn by the depositor only after giving advance notice or after an agreed period of time has elapsed.
- trading post — a store established in an unsettled or thinly settled region by a trader or trading company to obtain furs and local products in exchange for supplies, clothing, other goods, or for cash.
- troposcatter — the scattering or extended propagation of radio signals using the local irregularities in the Earth's troposphere
- un-purposely — intentionally; deliberately: He tripped me purposely.
- uncomposable — not fit for composition
- undecomposed — not reduced to constituent elements
- underexposed — If a photograph is underexposed, it is darker than it should be because the film was not exposed to enough light.
- unpossessing — having no possessions or ownership
- unsupposable — not able to be supposed
- van der post — Sir Laurens (Jan). 1906–96, South African writer and traveller. His works include the travel books Venture to the Interior (1952), The Lost World of the Kalahari (1958), and Testament to the Bushmen (1984) and the novels The Hunter and the Whale (1967) and The Admiral's Baby (1996)
- well-exposed — left or being without shelter or protection: The house stood on a windy, exposed cliff.
- winning post — a post on a racetrack, marking the goal of a race.