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— English words —

• posterior adj. (Anatomy) Nearer the rear or hind end; nearer the caudal end of the body in quadrupeds or the dorsal end in bipeds.
• posterior adj. (Formal) Following in order or in time.
• posterior n. (Euphemistic, humorous) The hinder parts of the body.
• posterior n. (Mathematics) The probability that a hypothesis is true (calculated by Bayes’ theorem).

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Catalan
  • posterior adj. Posterior (following in order or in time).
  • posterior adj. Posterior (located behind, or towards the rear of an object).
  • posterior adj. (Phonetics, phonology) back.
• Indonesian
  • posterior adj. (Anatomy, medicine, dentistry) posterior.
• Romanian
  • posterior adj. Posterior.

— English words, defined in French —

• posterior adj. Postérieur, à l’arrière.
• posterior n. Postérieur, derrière, cul.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• posterior adj. Posterior.

— In Dutch —

• posterior bijv. (Medisch) aan de achterkant.

— In Spanish —

• posterior adj. Grado comparativo irregular de tardío.

— In Portuguese —

• posterior adj. Que vem ou está depois.
• posterior adj. Situado atrás.

42 English words from 9 English definitions

Anatomy back Bayes behind bipeds body calculated caudal dentistry dorsal end end␣in end␣of Euphemistic following Formal hind hinder humorous hypothesis in␣order in␣time located Mathematics medicine nearer object of␣an order parts Phonetics phonology posterior probability quadrupeds rear that the theorem time towards true

6 English words from 7 foreign definitions

arrière derrière Grado irregular Posterior Que

12 foreign words from 7 foreign definitions

aan achterkant atrás comparativo cul depois está Medisch Postérieur Situado tardío vem

29 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

posteriors posteriorly posteriorise posteriority posteriorize posterior␣mal posteriorized posteriorizes posterior␣mals posteriormost posteriorness posteriorward posteriorising posteriorities posteriorizing posterior␣nares posterior␣naris posteriorwards posterior␣chamber posteriorisation posteriorization posterior␣chambers posteriorisations posteriorizations posteriorparietal posterior␣triangle posterior␣malleolus posterior␣probability posterior␣spinal␣artery

17 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

aposteriori a␣posteriori subposteriors midposteriorly subposteriorly mesoposteriorly dorsoposteriorly medioposteriorly mesioposteriorly anteroposteriorly inferoposteriorly lateroposteriorly superoposteriorly ventroposteriorly anterioposteriorly proximoposteriorly ventroposteriorized

24 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

midposterior nonposterior subposterior apicoposterior distoposterior dorsoposterior medioposterior mentoposterior mesioposterior sacroposterior anteroposterior centroposterior frontoposterior inferoposterior lateroposterior superoposterior ventroposterior anterioposterior proximoposterior occipitoposterior sinistroposterior dorsomedioposterior duplicitas␣posterior auricularis␣posterior

28 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Eri. ost OST Oster pos PoS POs POS post Post POST post- post. poster posterio- rio Rio RIO Ste StE STE Ste. -ster -ster- ter TER ter- Teri

19 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ETs ETS ire IrE IRE Ire. OIr ret Ret. rets Roi RoI ROI sop SOP S.O.P. Tso TSO TSOP

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

repositor torporise

17 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

atriopores portfories portioners posteriors posteriour power␣trios prepositor proctorise reportions repositors repository resorption serotropin Stoke␣Prior torporised torporises torporizes

10 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

pierrots Pierrots portoirs portoise posterio- potreros rootsier sportier troopers troopies

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

posterio-

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

posteriour

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