8-letter words starting with po
- postgame — of, relating to, or happening in the period immediately following a sports game: Join us for the postgame wrap-up. Fans lost control in a postgame melee.
- postgrad — A postgrad is the same as a postgraduate.
- postgres — (database) An active DBMS developed at the University of California at Berkeley by a team led by Michael Stonebraker (1986-1994). Postgres was later taken by Illustra and developed into a commercial product, which in turn was bought by Informix and integrated into their product, Universal Server.
- postheat — to heat (a metal piece, as a weld) after working, so as to relieve stresses.
- posthole — a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for a fence.
- postical — (of the position of plant parts) behind another part; posterior
- postiche — superadded, especially inappropriately, as a sculptural or architectural ornament.
- posticum — epinaos.
- postlude — a concluding piece or movement.
- postmark — an official mark stamped on letters and other mail, serving as a cancellation of the postage stamp and indicating the place, date, and sometimes time of sending or receipt.
- postmill — a windmill with machinery mounted on a frame that turns in its entirety to face the wind.
- postnati — those born after a particular event, esp in Scotland after the union with England or in the US after the Declaration of Independence
- postoral — uttered by the mouth; spoken: oral testimony.
- postpaid — envelope, card: prepaid
- postpone — to put off to a later time; defer: He has postponed his departure until tomorrow.
- postpose — to place (a grammatical form) after a related grammatical form: The adverb “out” in “put out the light” is postposed in “put the light out.”.
- postpunk — of or related to a style of music that followed punk rock
- postquel — POSTGRES QUERy Language. The language used by the POSTGRES database system.
- postrace — designating the period after a race
- postriot — of or relating to the period after a riot
- postshow — of or relating to the period after a show, occurring after a show
- postsync — postsynchronization
- postteen — a person older than a teenager; young adult
- posttest — an achievement test administered after a course of instruction.
- postural — the relative disposition of the parts of something.
- pot arch — an auxiliary furnace in which pots used in melting frit are preheated.
- pot luck — food or a meal that happens to be available without special preparation or purchase: to take potluck with a friend.
- pot shot — a shot fired at game merely for food, with little regard to skill or the rules of sport.
- potassic — of, relating to, or containing potassium.
- potation — the act of drinking.
- potatoes — Also called Irish potato, white potato. the edible tuber of a cultivated plant, Solanum tuberosum, of the nightshade family.
- potatory — of, relating to, or given to drinking.
- potbelly — a distended or protuberant belly.
- potbound — (of a plant) having the roots so densely grown as to fill the container and require repotting.
- potemkin — Prince Grigori Aleksandrovich [gri-gawr-ee al-ig-zan-druh-vich,, -zahn-;; Russian gryi-gaw-ryee uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /grɪˈgɔr i ˌæl ɪgˈzæn drə vɪtʃ,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian gryɪˈgɔ ryi ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1739–91, Russian statesman and favorite of Catherine II.
- potentia — a city in Basilicata, in S Italy.
- potently — powerful; mighty: a potent fighting force.
- potestas — the authority of a paterfamilias over all members of his family and household.
- potholed — A potholed road has a lot of potholes in it.
- potholer — an explorer of caves; spelunker.
- pothooks — a hook for suspending a pot or kettle over an open fire.
- pothouse — (formerly) a small tavern or pub
- potidaea — a city on the Chalcidice Peninsula, whose revolt against Athens in 432 b.c. was one of the causes of the Peloponnesian War.
- potiphar — the Egyptian officer whose wife tried to seduce Joseph. Gen. 39:1–20.
- potlatch — (among American Indians of the northern Pacific coast, especially the Kwakiutl) a ceremonial festival at which gifts are bestowed on the guests and property is destroyed by its owner in a show of wealth that the guests later attempt to surpass.
- potsherd — a broken pottery fragment, especially one of archaeological value.
- potstone — a kind of soapstone, sometimes used for making pots and other household utensils.
- pottable — (of a snooker ball) able to be potted
- pouchful — the amount (of something) a pouch will hold
- pouching — a bag, sack, or similar receptacle, especially one for small articles or quantities: a tobacco pouch.