English words: positive column to post horn

300 English words, part 134 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 24 have a page of their own.

English words positive column to post horn

positive column noun: A glowing region in a glow discharge between the Faraday dark space and the anode glow.
positive control noun: The air traffic control practice of controlling aircraft whose positions are determined by direct radar observation.
positive crystal noun: A doubly refracting crystal in which the index of refraction for the extraordinary ray is greater than for the ordinary ray, and the former is refracted...
positive definite adjective: Said of a real, square matrix: that the product of it with a column vector on its right side and the transpose of that column vector on its left side is...
positive degree noun: That state of an adjective or adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution; as in wise, noble.
positive discrimination noun: Synonym of reverse discrimination.
positive displacement pump noun: A pump which operates by periodically changing the volume of a cavity
positive drainage noun: the drainage condition in which consideration has been made during design for all loading deflections of the deck and additional roof slope has been...
positive economics noun: The branch of economics that concerns the description and explanation of economic phenomena and their causal relationships
positive edge noun: The point in time when a signal's value becomes high.
positive edge-triggered adjective: Describing a circuit or component that changes its state only when an input signal becomes high.
positive education noun: An educational approach rooted in positive psychology, prioritizing individual strengths and personal motivation to foster learning.
positive entry noun: entry into the water with positive buoyancy
positive eugenics noun: The applied science of selecting positive or desirable traits in a species.
positive feedback noun: A feedback loop in which the output of a system is amplified with a net positive gain and added to the input signal before the main amplifier.
positive law noun: Law explicitly made, as compared to natural law; law prescribed by express enactment or institution.
positive linear functional noun: A kind of linear functional which yields a non-negative scalar when given a non-negative function as parameter.
positive logic noun: The use of the higher voltage level to represent the Boolean value 1 and the lower voltage level to represent the Boolean value 0. For instance: ~5v is...
positive lookahead noun: The analysis of the subsequent characters presence before the regular expression is matched (symbol: ?=).
positive lookaround noun: The analysis of the characters presence before the regular expression is matched.
positive lookbehind noun: The analysis of the preceding characters' presence before the regular expression is matched (symbol: ?<=).
positive material identification noun: The process of ensuring the composition of a material, especially a metal alloy, meets specifications and standards by determining its elemental composition.
positive measure noun: A function whose domain is a σ-algebra, whose codomain is [0,∞], and which is countably additive.
positive mental attitude noun: That philosophy which asserts that having an optimistic disposition in every situation in one's life attracts positive changes and increases achievement.
positive neutralism noun: Synonym of positive neutrality.
positive neutrality noun: A friendly and cooperative stance toward other countries or parties, while avoiding involvement in any conflicts between them.
positive organ noun: A small pipe organ designed for portability, common in sacred and secular music between the 10th and 18th centuries.
positive parliamentarism noun: A type of parliamentary government in which an incoming government must win affirmative parliamentary support, typically through an investiture vote, in...
positive pion noun: Synonym of pi-plus
positive polarity item noun: A polarity item that only appears in an affirmative (positive) licensing context.
positive pole noun: Synonym of north pole
positive Polly noun: Someone who is excessively upbeat, encouraging and optimistic, often to the point where it may seem overly cheerful or naive.
positive punk noun: Gothic rock.
positive recurrence noun: the quality of being positive recurrent.
positive recurrent adjective: recurrent with finite expected return time.
positive reinforcement noun: The giving of encouragement to a person who exhibits a particular behaviour with the result that such behaviour is repeated.
positive sense adjective: Of an RNA strand, able to serve directly as messenger RNA and be transcribed into DNA.
positive side waterproofing noun: An application where the waterproofing systems and source of hydrostatic pressure are on the same side of the structural element.
positive split noun: A racing strategy that involves completing the first half of a race faster than the second half.
positive statement noun: A statement concerning what is, was, or will be, based on empirical evidence.
positive-sum adjective: Pertaining to a game or situation where overall benefits to all participants can increase.
positive thinking noun: Focusing on thoughts of success, as a strategy for achievement.
positive transfer noun: The successful use by a language learner of a construct from the learner's source language in the target language, such that the resulting utterance in the...
positive transition noun: One of four archetypal dramatic structures of commercials, characterized by an emotionally neutral beginning with an enormous leap in positive emotions...
positive zero noun: A signed magnitude representation of zero in which the sign bit indicates a positive number.
positively adverb /ˈpɒz.ɪ.tɪv.li/: In a positive manner.
positiveness noun /ˈpɒzɪtɪvnɪs/: The quality of being positive; positivity.
positivism noun /ˈpɒzɪtɪvˌɪzm/: A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of...
positivist adjective, noun: A believer in positivism.
positivistic adjective: Of or pertaining to positivism.
positivistically adverb: In a positivistic manner.
positivity noun /ˌpɒz.ɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/: The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism; optimism.
positivity effect noun: The cognitive ability to analyze a failure constructively and develop positive feedback to improve in the future.
positivity rate noun: The percentage of people who have tested positive out of all of those who have been tested (for a given pathogen).
positivization noun: The act, or the result of positivizing
positivize verb: To make positive, or to emphasize a positive aspect
positon noun: A positron, especially when compared with a negaton
positone adjective: of a particular kind of eigenvalue problem involving a nonlinear function on the reals that is continuous, positive, and monotone.
positor noun: Alternative form of positer.
positraction noun: Limited-slip differential
positrino noun: A hypothetical positively-charged particle similar to a neutrino.
positroid noun: A matroid of a real matrix with nonnegative maximal minors
positron noun /ˈpɒz.ɪ.tɹɒn/: The antimatter equivalent of an electron, having the same mass but a positive charge.
positron emission tomography noun: A medical imaging technique which detects the gamma rays produced by positrons emitted from injected radionuclides.
positronic adjective /pɒz.ɪˈtɹɒn.ɪk/: Of or pertaining to positrons.
positronium noun /ˌpɒzɪˈtɹɒniəm/: An exotic atom (specifically, an onium) consisting of a positron (antielectron) and an electron, as a particle–anti-particle bound pair with no nucleus.
positronium hydride noun: A molecule of the form PsH, where Ps is an exotic atom (positronium) and H is a normal atom (hydrogen)
positura noun /pɒzɪˈtjʊəɹə/: A stroke added to a medieval punctus; a punctuation mark created by addition of such a stroke.
positutely adverb: positively and absolutely; see absitively posolutely
POSIWID phrase: Acronym of the purpose of a system is what it does.
POSIX time noun: Synonym of Unix time.
posken verb: To make an official ruling or decision.
posl adjective: Alternative form of possul
posmet noun: porringer
posn. noun: Abbreviation of position.
Posnanian adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Polish city of Poznań.
Posner proper noun /ˈpoʊz.nəɹ/: A surname from German.
Posnerian adjective: Of or relating to Richard Posner (born 1939), American jurist and economist.
posnet noun: A little basin; a porringer; a skillet.
posnit noun: A cooking pot or saucepan.
posnjakite noun: A particular mineral containing copper, sulphur, hydrogen, and oxygen.
Poso proper noun: Synonym of Pamona (“language”).
Posobiec proper noun: A surname from Polish.
posole noun: Alternative form of pozole.
posologic adjective /pəʊˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒɪk/: Of or pertaining to posology; posological.
posological adjective: Of or pertaining to posology.
posologically adverb: In terms of posology.
posologist noun: One who studies posology.
posology noun /pəʊˈsɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/: The study of the dosages of drugs, especially the determination of appropriate dosages.
posolutely adverb: Positively and absolutely.
posolyte noun: A positive electrolyte.
Pospisil proper noun: A surname from Czech.
pospiviroid noun: Any viroid in the family Pospiviroidae.
pospivirus noun: Any viroid of the family Pospiviroidae
pospolite noun: A former militia in the Kingdom of Poland and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, consisting of the gentry, which, was summoned to defend the country in the...
poss adjective, adverb, noun, verb /ˈpɒs/: Alternative form of poss..
posse noun /ˈpɒs.i/: A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.
posse comitatus noun: The able-bodied men over 15 in a given county who can be summoned by the sheriff to help keep the peace, or arrest a felon; also a group of men so gathered.
posseman noun: A male member of a posse.
possentrie noun: possumwood
posser noun: A tool for possing, or agitating laundry in a tub. It usually takes the form a bell shape or a circular plate with holes and vertical handle attached at the...
possess verb /pəˈzɛs/: To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.
possessable adjective: That can be possessed.
possessed adjective, verb /pəˈzɛst/: Controlled by evil spirits.
possessedly adverb: So as to be possessed.
possessedness noun: The quality of being possessed.
possessee noun /pɒˈzɛsiː/: Verb complement in some languages or some constructions of a given language; the noun which is possessed.
possesser noun: Alternative form of possessor.
possessible adjective: Alternative form of possessable.
possessingly adverb: in a possessing manner
possessingness noun: The property of possessing something; state of possession.
possession noun, verb /pəˈzɛʃn̩/: A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.
possession arrow noun: An arrow that determines which side possesses the ball in cases where it is otherwise unclear. In such cases, possession of the ball is awarded to the team...
possession is nine points of the law proverb: Dated form of possession is nine-tenths of the law.
possession is nine-tenths of the law proverb: One who has possession of a thing has some right to it; a popular statement of the doctrine of adverse possession.
possession with intent to supply noun: The criminal offence of being in possession of an illegal drug with the intent to deal or otherwise supply it to another person; typically, by being in...
possession with the intent to supply noun: Alternative form of possession with intent to supply.
possessional adjective: Relating to possession.
possessional adjective noun: An adjective indicating that a noun is in possession of, or has the quality of, some other noun; usually formed in English by the affixation of the suffix...
possessionalism noun: A worldview focusing on the acquisition of material possessions.
possessionary adjective: Of or pertaining to possession.
possessionate adjective /pəˈzɛʃ.ən.ət/: Having possessions.
possessioner noun: A possessor; a holder of property.
possessionism noun: The tendency to expand one's ownership of property without regard for its ethical implications.
possessionist noun: A proponent of possessionism.
possessionistic adjective: Pertaining to possessionism.
possessionless adjective /pəˈzɛʃ.ən.ləs/: Without possessions.
possessionlessness noun /pəˈzɛʃn̩.ləs.nəs/: The state or condition of having no possessions.
possessival adjective: Of or pertaining to the possessive case.
possessive adjective, noun /pəˈzɛs.ɪv/: Of or pertaining to ownership or possession.
possessive adjective noun: An adjective expressing possession.
possessive case noun: case used to express direct possession, ownership, origin, etc. Though similar in many ways to the genitive case, it is not always the same. Languages that...
possessive determiner noun: A determiner used to demonstrate the possession of the object referenced by the following noun.
possessive pronoun noun: A pronoun which expresses possession.
possessive suffix noun: A suffix that indicates possession, occurs in some Uralic, Turkic, Semitic and Indo-European languages.
possessively adverb: In a possessive manner.
possessiveness noun: The quality of being possessive; the desire to obsessively and exclusively control another person.
possessivity noun: The quality of being possessive (indicating ownership, possession, origin, etc.).
possessoress noun: A female possessor.
possessorial adjective: Synonym of possessory.
possessoriness noun: The quality of being possessory.
possessorship noun /pəˈzɛsəɹˌʃɪp/: The state of possessing something, possession.
possessory adjective /pəˈzes.ə.ɹiː/: Of, pertaining to, having, or arising from possession.
possessory interest noun: The right to occupy, use, or control real property without owning it outright.
possessum noun: Something which is possessed.
posset noun, verb /ˈpɒsɪt/: A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, such as wine.
posseting noun, verb: The regurgitation of milk after feeding, in newborn babies.
possewoman noun: A female member of a posse.
possibilism noun: The belief that possible things exist, as well as actual things.
possibilist noun: Someone who advocates possibilism, the position that things do not need to actually exist in order to have properties.
possibilistic adjective: Of, pertaining to or derived using possibility.
possibilitate verb: To make possible.
possibility noun /ˌpɒs.ɪˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/: The quality of being possible.
possibility of reverter noun: Where a grantor of an estate in land has created a fee simple determinable (a condition on the grant which would give the grantor the right to reclaim...
possibilium noun: Something that is possible
possible adjective, noun /ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/: Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.
possible world noun: A world conceived in the imagination of persons and concluded to be metaphysically and logically possible because it can be so conceived.
possibleness noun: Quality of being possible.
possibles noun: plural of possible
possibles bag noun: A hunter's day-bag of highly varying designs and materials, but usually a kind of a satchel intended for carrying whatever small gear is necessary for the...
possibles sack noun: A bag carried by American Frontiersmen, containing daily tools and personal items. ( See Possibles bag)
possibly adverb /ˈpɒs.ə.bli/: Perhaps; indicates that the proposition may be true (is not certainly false) regardless of any facts or circumstances known to, stated by or implied by the...
possie noun: A firing position.
Possilpark proper noun: An inner suburb of the City of Glasgow, Scotland, north of the city centre (OS grid ref NS5968).
POSSLQ noun /ˈpɑsl̩ˌkju/: Abbreviation of person of the opposite sex sharing living quarters.
possn. noun: Abbreviation of possession.
possul adjective /ˈpɒsl̩/: Invalid for ceremonial or official purposes.
possum noun, verb /ˈpɒsəm/: A marsupial of several families of the order Diprotodontia, found in Australia and neighboring islands.
possum apple noun: A persimmon.
possum belly noun: A makeshift compartment underneath a wagon.
possum grape noun: Ampelopsis cordata.
possum pie noun: A pie made with vanilla pudding, cream cheese, chocolate custard, and sour cream.
possumhaw noun: deciduous holly, Ilex decidua.
possumlike adjective: Resembling a possum or some aspect of it.
possumwood noun: Diospyros virginiana (American persimmon) native to warm-temperate North America.
post adjective, adverb, noun, prefix, preposition, suffix, verb /pəʊst/: A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.
post-accelerate verb: To accelerate (an electron or other subatomic particle) after it is deflected in a magnetic field.
post-action adjective: After an action took place.
post-acute adjective: Alternative form of postacute.
post-acute sequelae of COVID-19 noun: Synonym of long COVID.
post-Adamic adjective: Alternative letter-case form of postadamic.
post-affiliation adjective: After an affiliation.
post-alveolar adjective: Alternative spelling of postalveolar.
post-anarchism noun: Any of a number of anarchist theories emphasizing poststructuralist and postmodernist views.
post-anarchist adjective, noun: of, supporting, relating to, or advocating post-anarchism
post and lintel noun: A basic building method where strong horizontal elements (lintels) are supported by vertical elements (posts or columns).
post and pair noun: A 16th-century English gambling card game.
post-anthropocentric adjective: Relating to post-anthropocentrism.
post-anthropocentrism noun: A doctrine that calls for recognition on the value of nonhuman entities.
post-apocalypse noun: Alternative spelling of postapocalypse.
post-apocalyptic adjective: Occurring after an apocalypse or catastrophic event.
post-auction adjective: Alternative form of postauction.
post-authoritarian adjective: After an especially authoritarian social order.
post-bac adjective: Clipping of postbaccalaureate.
post-bacc adjective: Clipping of postbaccalaureate.
post baccalaureate adjective: Alternative spelling of postbaccalaureate.
post bag noun: Alternative form of postbag.
post-bellum adjective: Alternative spelling of postbellum.
post-blackness noun: Alternative form of postblackness.
post-block adjective: Alternative form of postblock.
post-bop noun: A style of jazz derived from hard bop but influenced by more traditional jazz styles like swing.
post box noun: A box in which post can be left by a sender to be picked up by a courier or postman (postal worker).
post boy noun: Alternative form of postboy.
post-Brexit adjective: Referring to the time after the UK leaves the EU.
post-build adjective: After the build step that creates an executable program from source code.
post-capitalism noun: Alternative spelling of postcapitalism.
post-capitalist adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of postcapitalist.
post captain noun: A captain of the 18th or 19th-century Royal Navy in command of a vessel, with his subsequent promotions almost always determined by seniority rather than...
post card noun: Dated form of postcard.
post-catheterisation adjective: Alternative form of post-catheterization.
post-catheterization adjective: After a catheterization.
post-Catholic adjective, noun /ˌpəʊstˈkæθəlɪk/: Pertaining to a society where Catholic values are no longer relevant.
post chaise noun, verb /ˈpəʊstʃeɪz/: An enclosed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, used to transport mail and passengers.
post-cholecystectomy adjective: Alternative form of postcholecystectomy.
post-chorus noun: A section that appears after the chorus.
post-Christian adjective: Transcending Christianity; inheriting some aspects of Christianity but no longer properly belonging to it as such.
post-circumcision adjective: Alternative form of postcircumcision.
post-classical adjective: Alternative spelling of postclassical.
post code noun: Alternative form of postcode.
post-coital adjective: Alternative form of postcoital.
post-colonial adjective: Alternative form of postcolonial.
post-colonialism noun: Alternative spelling of postcolonialism.
post-Columbian adjective: Referring to the cultures of the American continent after the European influence, specifically to the era after the continent was visited by Christopher...
post-combat adjective: Alternative form of postcombat.
post-communist adjective: Alternative spelling of postcommunist.
post-competition adjective: Alternative form of postcompetition.
post-con depression noun: A feeling of depression and loneliness that follows after attending a fun convention.
post conception adjective: Alternative form of postconception.
post-conceptualism noun: Alternative form of postconceptualism.
post-conciliar adjective: Alternative form of postconciliar.
post-concussion syndrome noun: A syndrome where the effects of a concussion extend well beyond the normal time period.
post-concussive adjective: Alternative form of postconcussive.
post-concussive syndrome noun: Synonym of post-concussion syndrome.
post-condition noun: Alternative form of postcondition.
post-conditional adjective: Alternative form of postconditional.
post-conference adjective: Alternative form of postconference.
post-consonantal adjective: Alternative form of postconsonantal.
post count noun: The number of messages written by a user on an internet forum or message board.
post Covid adjective, noun: Synonym of long Covid.
post-COVID-19 condition noun: Synonym of long COVID.
post-COVID-19 syndrome noun: Synonym of long COVID.
post-COVID syndrome noun: Synonym of long COVID.
post-creole adjective: Alternative form of postcreole.
post-creole continuum noun: A situation wherein a creole language consists of a spectrum of varieties between those most and least similar to the superstrate language.
post-crime adjective: Alternative form of postcrime.
post-crystallisation adjective: Alternative form of post-crystallization.
post-crystallization adjective: After a crystallization.
post-Cubist adjective, noun /ˌpəʊs(t)ˈkjuːbɪst/: An artist who works in a style of art that developed from cubism.
post-date noun, verb: Alternative form of postdate.
post day noun: The day on which the post is to be collected, or delivered.
post-debate adjective: Alternative form of postdebate.
post-decrement noun, verb: A decrement operation that takes place after evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being decremented.
post-democracy noun: A society where democratic procedure is only superficially relevant.
post-democratic adjective: Pertaining to a society where democratic procedure is only superficially relevant.
post-digital adjective: Alternative form of postdigital.
post-disaster adjective: Alternative spelling of postdisaster.
post-disco adjective, noun: A genre of dance music formulated in the late 1970s, after a backlash against disco.
post-Dobbs adjective: After the decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization (2022), holding that abortion is not a constitutional right in the United States.
post-doc noun: Alternative form of postdoc.
post-donation adjective: Alternative form of postdonation.
post-dubstep noun: A range of musical styles that have been influenced by UK dubstep.
post-dynastic adjective: After the dynasties.
post-ejaculatory adjective: Passed after ejaculation; said especially of urine.
post-election adjective: Alternative form of postelection.
post-electoral adjective: Alternative form of postelectoral.
post-entry noun: An additional entry of merchandise at a custom house.
post-epidemic adjective: Alternative spelling of postepidemic.
post-exilic adjective: Alternative form of postexilic.
post-exposure prophylaxis noun: A form of prevention, usually medication, taken after exposure (or probable exposure) to a pathogen, preventing development of disease after such exposure;...
post-factual adjective: Synonym of post-truth.
post factum adjective, adverb: After the fact; after the focus of an activity has already occurred.
post-fascism noun: Alternative spelling of postfascism.
post-fascist adjective: Alternative spelling of postfascist.
post-feminism noun: Alternative spelling of postfeminism.
post festum adverb: After the fact; too late.
post-finasteride syndrome noun: A cluster of symptoms characterized by sexual, neurological, hormonal and psychological side effects that persist in males who have taken finasteride.
post-fine noun: A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; the king's silver.
post-flyby adjective: Of or pertaining to the period, actions, or trajectory immediately following a spacecraft's closest approach to a planet, moon, or asteroid during a...
post-Fordism noun: The dominant economic system following Fordism in most industrialized countries.
post-foundational adjective: Alternative form of postfoundational.
post-foundationalism noun: Alternative form of postfoundationalism.
post-foundationalist noun: Alternative form of postfoundationalist.
post-foundationally adverb: Alternative form of postfoundationally.
post-free adjective: Supplied by post (mail) to a customer without an additional charge for postage.
post-furlough adjective: Alternative form of postfurlough.
post game adjective, noun: Alternative form of postgame.
post-ganglionic adjective: Alternative form of postganglionic.
post-gasm noun: Alternative spelling of postgasm.
Post-Gazette noun: A newspaper.
post-graduate adjective: Alternative form of postgraduate.
post-Gregg adjective: Subsequent to Gregg v. Georgia, a 1976 legal case that reaffirmed the United States Supreme Court's acceptance of the use of the death penalty in the United...
post-grunge noun: A genre of grunge music influenced by pop music and heavy metal.
post hanger noun: A bearing for a revolving shaft, adapted to be fastened to a post.
post-hardcore noun: Alternative form of posthardcore.
post haste adverb, noun /ˌpəʊstˈheɪst/: Alternative form of posthaste.
post-historical adjective: Alternative spelling of posthistorical.
post-Hittite adjective, noun: Of or relating to the period that followed the collapse of the Hittite Empire around 1180 BCE.
post hoc adjective, adverb, noun: After the fact.
post-Homeric adjective: After Homer.
post horn noun: A type of brass horn used to signal the arrival or departure of a postrider or mailcoach.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under P: 63,631 words, in 213 parts.