Index of English words, starting with "po"

(1) - Posterior (a.) On the side next the axis of inflorescence; -- said of an axillary flower.
(2) - Posterior (a.) At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal.
(3) - Posterior (a.) Situated behind; hinder; -- opposed to anterior.
(4) - Posterior (a.) Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

(1) - Posterity (n.) Succeeding generations; future times.
(2) - Posterity (n.) The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham.