| postprandial | (adjective) following a meal (especially dinner) | - |
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| postscript | (noun) a note appended to a letter after the signature | Synonyms: PS |
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| (noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end | Synonyms: addendum, supplement |
| postulant | (noun) one submitting a request or application especially one seeking admission into a religious order | - |
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| postulate | (noun) (logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning | Synonyms: posit |
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| (verb) take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom | Synonyms: posit |
| (verb) maintain or assert | Synonyms: contend |
| (verb) require as useful, just, or proper | Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, require, take |
| postulation | (noun) (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument | Synonyms: predication |
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| (noun) a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority | Synonyms: petition, request |
| postulational | (adjective) of or relating to or derived from axioms | Synonyms: axiomatic, axiomatical |
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| postulator | (noun) someone who assumes or takes something for granted as the basis of an argument | - |
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| (noun) (Roman Catholic Church) someone who proposes or pleads for a candidate for beatification or canonization | - |
| postural | (adjective) of or relating to or involving posture | - |
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| posture | (noun) the arrangement of the body and its limbs | Synonyms: attitude, position |
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| (noun) characteristic way of bearing one's body | Synonyms: bearing, carriage |
| (noun) capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war | Synonyms: military capability, military posture, military strength, strength |
| (noun) a rationalized mental attitude | Synonyms: position, stance |
| (verb) assume a posture as for artistic purposes | Synonyms: model, pose, sit |
| (verb) behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others | Synonyms: pose |
| posturer | (noun) someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others | - |
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| posturing | (noun) adopting a vain conceited posture | - |
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| postwar | (adjective) belonging to the period after a war | - |
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| posy | (noun) an arrangement of flowers that is usually given as a present | Synonyms: bouquet, corsage, nosegay |
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