English Words: P

Included, present, characterized by affirmation.

In a positive manner.

A doctrine that states that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method, refusing every form of metaphysics.

A believer in positivism.

The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism. Optimism.

The antimatter equivalent of an electron, having the same mass but a positive charge.

Acronym of Portable Operating System Interface, a set of IEEE standards designed to provide application portability between Unix variants.

A surname from German.

To mix with a vertical motion, especially when agitating laundry in a tub.

A group or company of people, originally especially one having hostile intent; a throng, a crowd.

To have (something) as, or as if as, an owner; to have, to own.

simple past and past participle of possess

third-person singular simple present indicative of possess

A control or occupancy of something for which one does not necessarily have private property rights.

plural of possession

Of or pertaining to ownership or possession.

The quality of being possessive

Agent noun of possess; one who possesses

plural of possibility

The quality of being possible.

Able but not certain to happen; neither inevitable nor impossible.

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 speaker.

An opossum, a marsupial of the family Didelphidae of the Americas.

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fencepost; a lightpost.

The system of transporting letters, and parcels.

Relating to the collection, sorting and delivery of mail.

A rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard, typically used for sending messages by mail without the need for an envelope.

A sequence of letters and numbers added to a postal address to aid the sorting and delivery of post or mail.

Following the end of colonial rule.

A postdoctoral academic research position.

After receiving a doctorate; especially of academic research or study beyond the level of a doctoral degree.

simple past and past participle of post

A picture of a celebrity, an event etc., intended to be attached to a wall.

Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.

After (in time).

All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person.

Following a game, usually specifically a sporting match.

Abbreviation of postgraduate.

A person continuing to study in a field after having successfully completed a degree course.

After the death of someone.

After death.

present participle and gerund of post

plural of posting

Someone who delivers the post (mail) to, and/or collects the post from, residential or commercial addresses, or from public mailboxes.

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 first time, mostly serving to cancel a postage stamp.

The head of a post office.

Subsequent to the menopause.

Relating to what follows the modern era.

Any style in art, architecture, literature, philosophy, etc., that reacts against an earlier modernist movement.

postmodern