English words: posthippie to postmenarchial
300 English words, part 139 of 213 of the words starting with P, A to Z. 11 have a page of their own.
English words posthippie to postmenarchial
- posthippie adjective: After the era of the hippies.
- posthippocampal adjective: posterior to the hippocampus
- posthistorical adjective: Relating to posthistory.
- posthistory noun: The history of events that occur after (and are consequences of) an event (e.g. a crisis, a reconciliation, etc).
- posthitis noun /pɒsˈθʌɪ.tɪs/: The inflammation of the foreskin, or prepuce, of the human penis, characterised by swelling and redness on the skin.
- posthoc adverb: Alternative form of post hoc.
- posthockery noun: Use of post hoc reasoning, especially when excessive.
- posthodiernal adjective: Relating to future time later than today.
- postholder noun: The holder of a post (title).
- posthole noun, verb: A cut feature used to hold a surface timber or stone, usually much deeper than it is wide.
- postholiday adjective: Occurring after, or as a consequence of, a holiday; often specifically after the holiday season of late December
- postholocaust adjective: After the Holocaust.
- posthoplastic adjective: Alternative form of posthioplastic.
- posthoplastician noun: Alternative form of posthioplastician.
- posthoplasty noun: Alternative form of posthioplasty.
- posthorn noun: Alternative form of post horn.
- posthorse noun: A horse ridden by a postrider to carry mail.
- posthospital adjective: After a period spent in hospital.
- posthospitalisation adjective, adverb: Alternative form of posthospitalization.
- posthospitalization adjective, adverb: Occurring after hospitalization.
- posthouse noun: A company that carries out post-production.
- posthuman adjective, noun: Succeeding human beings as presently defined; more than, or beyond, what is human.
- posthumanism noun: Any of various schools of thought that oppose the earlier humanism.
- posthumanist noun: One who subscribes to posthumanism.
- posthumanistic adjective: Characteristic of or subscribing to posthumanism.
- posthumanity noun: The quality or condition of being a posthuman.
- posthumiliation adjective: After humiliation.
- posthumous adjective /ˈpɒs.t͡ʃʊ.məs/: After the death of someone.
- posthumous execution noun: The ritual desecration of the body of a dead person for punishment.
- posthumous marriage noun: Synonym of ghost marriage
- posthumous name noun: A respectful alias used in Chinese or sometimes more broadly East Asian contexts to refer to a dead person, particularly royalty.
- posthumously adverb: After death.
- posthumousness noun: The quality of being posthumous.
- posthurricane adjective: After a hurricane.
- posthybridization adjective: Following hybridization
- posthybridized adjective: hybridized after some other operation
- posthydration adjective: Following hydration
- posthyoid adjective: posterior to the hyoid bone
- posthyperventilation adjective: Alternative form of post-hyperventilation.
- posthypnosis adjective: After hypnosis.
- posthypnotic adjective: After being hypnotized.
- posthypnotic suggestion noun: A suggestion, given to a hypnotized person, to perform some action after awakening, especially in response to a cue.
- posthypnotically adverb: In a posthypnotic manner
- posthypocristid noun: The dental feature behind a hypocristid
- posthypoglycaemic adjective: Alternative form of posthypoglycemic.
- posthypoglycemic adjective: After hypoglycemia.
- posthypophysis noun: The posterior lobe of the pituitary body
- posthypostomal adjective: posterior to a hypostome
- posthypoxic adjective: Following hypoxia
- posthysterical adjective: Following hysteria.
- posthysteroscopic adjective: Following hysteroscopy
- posthysteroscopy adjective: Alternative form of posthysteroscopic.
- postic adjective /ˈpɒstɪk/: backward; rear
- postical adjective: Oriented towards the base.
- postically adverb: In a postic orientation.
- postiche adjective, noun /pɒsˈtiːʃ/: Any item of false hair worn on the head or face, such as a false beard or wig.
- posticipate verb: To do something later, when the time has come.
- posticous adjective /pɒˈstaɪkəs/: posterior
- posticously adverb: Posteriorly.
- postictal adjective: Occurring after an epileptic seizure.
- postictally adverb: Occurring after an epileptic seizure.
- posticteric adjective: Following jaundice.
- postideological adjective: After ideology; in a time when ideologies are obsolete.
- postie noun /ˈpəʊsti/: A post-leftist (an adherent of post-left anarchism).
- postil noun, verb /ˈpɒstɪl/: A Bible commentary written in its margins.
- postiler noun: Alternative form of postiller.
- postilion noun /pɒˈstɪlɪən/: A rider mounted on the near (left) leading horse who guides the team pulling a carriage.
- postilion sentence noun: A phrase that is linguistically correct, but of no realistically practical use.
- postilioned adjective: Having one or more postilions (riders who guide a horse-drawn carriage).
- postilla noun: postil
- postillate verb: To write (postils or similar); to comment.
- postillation noun: The act of postillating; writing of postils in a text, or (Christianity) preaching by exposition of Scripture.
- postillator noun: Somene who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse by verse.
- postiller noun: A writer of notes in the margin of a book.
- postillion noun: Alternative spelling of postilion.
- postillumination adjective: Following illumination
- postimmersion adjective: Following immersion in water (with the danger of drowning)
- postimmigration adjective: After immigration.
- postimmune adjective: Following an immune response
- postimmunisation adjective: Alternative form of postimmunization.
- postimmunization adjective: After immunization.
- postimpact adjective: After an impact.
- postimperative adjective: Following a command
- postimperial adjective: After the period of an empire.
- postimplant adjective: After an implant.
- postimplantation adjective: Following implantation.
- postimplementation adjective: After implementation.
- postimpressionism noun: A genre of painting that rejected the naturalism of impressionism, using colour and form in more expressive manners.
- postimpressionist adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to postimpressionism.
- postimpressionistic adjective: postimpressionist
- postimprovement adjective: After an improvement.
- postimputation adjective: Following imputation
- postin noun: Alternative form of posteen.
- postinaugural adjective: After inauguration.
- postincisional adjective: After a surgical incision.
- postinclusion adjective: After inclusion.
- postincrement noun, verb: Alternative form of post-increment.
- postincubation adjective: After incubation.
- postindependence adjective: Occurring after a country has achieved independence
- postindian noun: A Native American.
- postindictment adjective: After an indictment.
- postinduction adjective: Following induction
- postinductional adjective: Following induction
- postindustrial adjective: Describing the economy of a nation in which manufacturing industry becomes less important and the service and information industries become more important.
- postindustrialisation noun: Alternative form of postindustrialization.
- postindustrialization noun: The period marked by decline in industrialization and a social movement from blue-collar to white-collar jobs.
- postindustrially adverb: In a postindustrial context; following industrialization.
- postinfarct adjective: After an infarct.
- postinfarcted adjective: That has been affected by myocardial infarction
- postinfarction adjective: After infarction.
- postinfection adjective, adverb, noun: Occurring after an infection
- postinfectional adjective: After infection.
- postinfectious adjective: Following an infection
- postinfectiously adverb: In a postinfectious manner
- postinfective adjective: Relating to postinfection
- postinfestation adjective, adverb: Following infestation.
- postinfiltration adjective: Following infiltration
- postinflammatory adjective: After inflammation.
- postinflationary adjective: After inflation.
- postinflectional adjective: After inflection.
- postinfluenza adjective: Following influenza
- postinfluenzal adjective: After influenza
- postinformation adjective: After the receipt of information.
- postinfraorbital noun: A group of dermal bones located posterior to the orbit (in some vertebrates)
- postinfundibular adjective: Behind an infundibulum
- postinfusion adjective: Following infusion using a catheter
- posting noun, suffix, verb /ˈpəʊstɪŋ/: The action of the verb to post.
- posting date noun: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see posting, date.
- posting house noun: Alternative form of posthouse.
- posting inn noun: A posthouse
- postingestion adjective, adverb: After ingestion.
- postingestive adjective: Following ingestion
- postinhibitory adjective: Following inhibition
- postinitiation adjective: Occurring after initiation
- postinjection adjective, noun: After an injection is administered
- postinjury adjective: After injury.
- postinoculation adjective: Following inoculation
- postinsemination adjective: Following insemination
- postinsertion adjective, adverb: After insertion.
- postinsertional adjective: After an insertion.
- postinspection adjective: After inspection.
- postinstitutional adjective: After time spent in an institution.
- postinstitutionalized adjective: following being institutionalized
- postinstruction adjective: After being instructed or taught.
- postinstrumentation adjective: Following instrumentation
- postinsular adjective: Behind or posterior to the insula.
- postintegration adjective, noun: Occurring after integration
- postintegrational adjective: Alternative form of postintegration.
- postintegrative adjective: Following integration
- postinternalization adjective: Following internalization
- postinternet noun: Society and modes of interaction following the widespread adoption of the internet, especially in arts and criticism.
- postintervention adjective: After intervention.
- postinterventional adjective: After intervention.
- postinterventionally adverb: Following intervention
- postinterview adjective: After an interview.
- postintestinal adjective: Situated posterior to the intestines.
- postintoxication adjective: After intoxication.
- postintracoronary adjective: Following intracoronary surgery
- postintraperitoneal adjective: Following intraperitoneal surgery
- postintroduction adjective: After the introduction of something.
- postintroductory adjective: After the introduction of something.
- postintubation adjective: After intubation.
- postinvasion adjective: Following an invasion.
- postinvasive adjective: Following invasion.
- postique noun: A retail store selling items relating to postal mail, such as stamps and stationery.
- postironic adjective: Alternative form of post-ironic.
- postirony noun: Alternative form of post-irony.
- postirradiated adjective: irradiated after another operation
- postirradiation adjective: After irradiation.
- postischaemic adjective: Alternative form of postischemic.
- postischemia adjective: After an ischemia.
- postischemic adjective: Following (or caused by) ischemia
- postischial adjective: posterior to the ischium
- postisolation adjective: Occurring after a period of isolation.
- postisometric adjective: Following isometric exercise
- postjail adjective: Alternative spelling of post-jail.
- postjudge verb: Used to contrast with "prejudge": To judge after the fact.
- postjudgment adjective: Alternative form of post-judgment.
- postjudice noun /ˈpəʊstdʒʊdɪs/: An opinion or bias acquired after the fact, or after a given event.
- postjump adjective: After a jump.
- postjunctional adjective: Behind the neuromuscular junction.
- postjunctionally adverb: In a postjunctional manner.
- postjuvenal adjective: Describing a bird's moult that follows the juvenal phase
- postjuvenile adjective: Alternative form of post-juvenile.
- postkinematic adjective: After a significant phase of deformation.
- postlab adjective, noun: After a laboratory session.
- postlabial adjective: Behind the lips
- postlactating adjective: That has ceased lactating
- postlactational adjective: Following lactation
- postlady noun: Alternative spelling of post lady.
- postlaminar adjective: posterior to the layer of capillaries in the choroid of the eye
- postlaminectomy adjective: After a laminectomy.
- postlanding adjective: After the landing of a vessel or vehicle.
- postlapsarian adjective /ˌpəʊstlæpˈsɛəɹɪən/: Pertaining to anything which follows a lapse or failure.
- postlarva noun: The stage in the development of bony fish, following the larval stage, in which the yolk sac is resorbed and juvenile characteristics appear
- postlarval adjective: Following a larval stage
- postlaryngeal adjective: posterior to the larynx
- postlaunch adjective: After a launch.
- postlayoff adjective: Occurring after or as a consequence of a layoff
- Postle proper noun: A surname from Middle English.
- postlecture adjective: After a lecture.
- postlegal adjective: After the legal phase, especially of adoption.
- postlegislation adjective: After the introduction of legislation.
- postlegislative adjective: After the introduction of legislation.
- postlesion adjective: After a lesion.
- postlesional adjective: After a lesion.
- postless adjective: Without posts (upright supports).
- Postlethwaite proper noun /ˈpɒsl̩θweɪt/: A surname.
- postlexical adjective: Following application of a lexical rule
- postliberal adjective, noun: After the introduction of liberalism; following or opposing liberalism; antiliberal.
- postliberalism noun: A theology that emphasizes a narrative presentation of the Christian faith; postliberal theology.
- postliberation adjective: After liberation.
- postlicensure adjective: Occurring after licensure.
- postligand adjective: Following attachment of a ligand
- postligation adjective: Following ligation
- postlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a post (upright stake).
- postlimbal adjective: posterior to a limbus
- postliminary adjective: Occurring afterward, as a concluding step.
- postliminiary adjective: Relating to the right of postliminium.
- postliminious adjective /pəʊstlɪˈmɪniəs/: Contrived, done, or existing afterwards.
- postliminium noun: The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy
- postliminous adjective: Occurring afterward.
- postliminy noun: Alternative form of postliminium.
- postlingual adjective: posterior to the tongue
- postlingually adverb: After the acquisition of language.
- postlinguistic adjective: After language acquisition
- postlinguistically adverb: In a postlinguistic manner
- postliteracy noun: The decline of literacy.
- postliterary adjective: After literature.
- postliterate adjective: After the decline of literacy.
- postlitigation adjective: After litigation.
- postlockdown adjective: After a lockdown.
- postlockout adjective: After a lockout.
- postlogging adjective: After logging (cutting down of trees).
- postloss adjective: After a loss.
- postlude noun, verb /ˈpəʊstluːd/: The final part of a piece; especially music played (normally on the organ) at the end of a church service.
- postluetic adjective: Following syphilis.
- postlumbar adjective: Situated posterior to the lower back or loins.
- postlunate adjective: posterior to the lunate bone
- postlunch adjective: After lunch.
- Postma proper noun: A surname.
- postmagma adjective: postmagmatic
- postmagmatic adjective: Occurring after magmatic activity
- postmaintenance adjective: After maintenance.
- postmalarial adjective /ˌpəʊst.məˈlɛəɹi.əl/: After malaria.
- postmammillary adjective: Behind a nipple
- postman noun /ˈpəʊs(t)mən/: Someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.
- postman's knock noun: A double knock at the door to indicate the delivery of letters or telegrams.
- postmandibular adjective: Posterior to the lower jaw.
- postmanipulation adjective: Following manipulation
- postmarathon adjective: after a marathon
- postmarginal adjective: Behind a margin
- postmarital adjective: After marriage.
- postmaritally adverb: After marriage.
- postmark noun, verb /ˈpoʊstˌmɑɹk/: A marking made by a postal service on a delivery, usually indicating the place where and the date and time when the item was received or processed for the...
- postmarket adjective: After the release of a product onto the market.
- postmarketing adjective: Subsequent to the release of a product on the market
- postmarriage adjective: After marriage.
- postmastectomy adjective: After a mastectomy.
- postmaster noun /ˈpoʊstˌmæstɚ/: The head of a post office.
- postmaster general noun: A postmaster responsible for an entire mail distribution organization (usually sponsored by a national government).
- postmastership noun: The office or position of postmaster.
- postmastoid adjective: posterior to the mastoid process
- postmatch adjective: Occurring after a match.
- postmaterial adjective: Having gone beyond materialism; no longer concerned with material things.
- postmaterialism noun: The theory that a positive correlation exists between one's level of affluence during childhood and such values, and that these persist throughout adulthood...
- postmaterialist adjective, noun: A proponent of postmaterialism.
- postmaterialistic adjective: Relating to postmaterialism.
- postmating adjective: After mating.
- postmatriculation adjective: After matriculation.
- postmaturation adjective: After maturation.
- postmaturational adjective: After maturation.
- postmature adjective: Still not born after the usual period of gestation; exhibiting postmaturity.
- postmaturely adverb: In a postmature manner.
- postmaturity noun: The condition of a baby that has not yet been born after 42 weeks of gestation, two weeks beyond the normal 40.
- postmaxillary adjective: posterior to the maxilla
- postmaximal adjective: After a maximum.
- postmeal adjective: After a meal.
- postmeasles adjective: After having had the measles.
- postmeasurement adjective, noun: After measurement
- postmechanical adjective: Occurring after a mechanical process has completed.
- postmedia noun: A postmedian vein.
- postmediaeval adjective: Alternative spelling of postmedieval.
- postmedial adjective: Located behind (further towards the rear than) the middle.
- postmedially adverb: In a postmedial direction or location.
- postmedian adjective: posterior to the median
- postmediastinal adjective: posterior to the mediastinum
- postmedication adjective: After medication.
- postmedieval adjective: After the Middle Ages.
- postmedium adjective: In a time when choice of medium no longer matters.
- postmeeting adjective: Happening after a meeting
- postmeiosis adjective: Synonym of postmeiotic.
- postmeiotic adjective: Occurring after meiosis
- postmeiotically adverb: Following meiosis
- postmemory noun: A relationship that people of subsequent generations bear to the trauma of their forebears, which they cannot directly remember but rather know through...
- postmenarchal adjective: Alternative form of postmenarcheal.
- postmenarchally adverb: After the onset of menstruation.
- postmenarche adjective: Alternative form of postmenarcheal.
- postmenarcheal adjective: After the menarche (advent of menses).
- postmenarchial adjective: Alternative form of postmenarcheal.
Part 138 · Part 140 · English words: P
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.