| airpost | (noun) a system of conveying mail by aircraft | Synonyms: airmail |
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| alecost | (noun) tansy-scented Eurasian perennial herb with buttonlike yellow flowers; used as potherb or salad green and sometimes for potpourri or tea or flavoring; sometimes placed in genus Chrysanthemum | Synonyms: balsam herb, bible leaf, Chrysanthemum balsamita, costmary, mint geranium, Tanacetum balsamita |
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| anagnost | (noun) a cleric in the minor orders of the Eastern Orthodox Church who reads the lessons aloud in the liturgy (analogous to the lector in the Roman Catholic Church) | - |
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| bedpost | (noun) any of 4 vertical supports at the corners of a bedstead | - |
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| boost | (noun) the act of giving hope or support to someone | Synonyms: encouragement |
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| (noun) the act of giving a push | - |
| (noun) an increase in cost | Synonyms: cost increase, hike, rise |
| compost | (noun) a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer | - |
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| cost | (noun) the property of having material worth (often indicated by the amount of money something would bring if sold) | Synonyms: monetary value, price |
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| (noun) value measured by what must be given or done or undergone to obtain something | Synonyms: price, toll |
| (noun) the total spent for goods or services including money and time and labor | - |
| doorpost | (noun) a jamb for a door | Synonyms: doorjamb |
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| fingerpost | (noun) a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger | Synonyms: fingerboard |
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| frost | (noun) weather cold enough to cause freezing | Synonyms: freeze |
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| (noun) the formation of frost or ice on a surface | Synonyms: icing |
| (noun) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) | Synonyms: hoar, hoarfrost, rime |
| gatepost | (noun) either of two posts that bound a gate | - |
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| ghost | (noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience | Synonyms: shade, specter, spectre, spook, wraith |
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| (noun) a suggestion of some quality | Synonyms: touch, trace |
| (noun) the visible disembodied soul of a dead person | - |
| (noun) a writer who gives the credit of authorship to someone else | Synonyms: ghostwriter |
| glasnost | (noun) a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | - |
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| goalpost | (noun) one of a pair of posts (usually joined by a crossbar) that are set up as a goal at each end of a playing field | - |
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| guidepost | (noun) a rule or principle that provides guidance to appropriate behavior | Synonyms: guideline, rule of thumb |
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| (noun) a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way | Synonyms: signpost |
| henroost | (noun) a roost for hens at night | - |
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| hoarfrost | (noun) ice crystals forming a white deposit (especially on objects outside) | Synonyms: frost, hoar, rime |
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| host | (noun) an animal or plant that nourishes and supports a parasite; it does not benefit and is often harmed by the association | - |
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| (noun) (computer science) a computer that provides client stations with access to files and printers as shared resources to a computer network | Synonyms: server |
| (noun) a vast multitude | Synonyms: horde, legion |
| (noun) any organization that provides resources and facilities for a function or event | - |
| (noun) archaic terms for army | Synonyms: legion |
| (noun) the owner or manager of an inn | Synonyms: boniface, innkeeper |
| (noun) a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers) | Synonyms: emcee, master of ceremonies |
| (noun) a person who invites guests to a social event (such as a party in his or her own home) and who is responsible for them while they are there | - |
| (noun) (medicine) recipient of transplanted tissue or organ from a donor | - |
| impost | (noun) the lowest stone in an arch -- from which it springs | Synonyms: springer |
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| (noun) money collected under a tariff | Synonyms: custom, customs, customs duty |
| lamppost | (noun) a metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight) | - |
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| lost | (noun) people who are destined to die soon | Synonyms: doomed |
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| milepost | (noun) stone post at side of a road to show distances | Synonyms: milestone |
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| outpost | (noun) a military post stationed at a distance from the main body of troops | - |
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| (noun) a settlement on the frontier of civilization | Synonyms: frontier settlement |
| (noun) a station in a remote or sparsely populated location | Synonyms: outstation |
| permafrost | (noun) ground that is permanently frozen | - |
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| post | (noun) a job in an organization | Synonyms: berth, office, place, position, situation |
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| (noun) the delivery and collection of letters and packages | - |
| (noun) an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed firmly in an upright position | - |
| (noun) military installation at which a body of troops is stationed | Synonyms: military post |
| (noun) the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office | Synonyms: mail, mail service, postal service |
| (noun) a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track) | Synonyms: stake |
| (noun) A message on a social media website | - |
| (noun) any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered | Synonyms: mail |
| (noun) the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand | Synonyms: station |
| provost | (noun) a high-ranking university administrator | - |
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| repost | (noun) A post on social media that has already been posted | - |
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| roost | (noun) a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep | - |
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| (noun) a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds | - |
| rudderpost | (noun) a vertical post at the forward edge of a rudder that enables the rudder to pivot | Synonyms: rudderstock |
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| shitpost | (noun) A poor quality and controversial Internet post | - |
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| signpost | (noun) a post bearing a sign that gives directions or shows the way | Synonyms: guidepost |
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| sternpost | (noun) (nautical) the principal upright timber at the stern of a vessel | - |
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| teleost | (noun) a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei | Synonyms: teleost fish, teleostan |
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| utmost | (noun) the greatest possible degree | Synonyms: level best, maximum, uttermost |
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| uttermost | (noun) the greatest possible degree | Synonyms: level best, maximum, utmost |
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