| AEROSTATS | • aerostats n. Plural of aerostat. • AEROSTAT n. any lighter-than-air craft e.g. a blimp or balloon, as opposed to an aerodyne. |
| BAROSTATS | • barostats n. Plural of barostat. • BAROSTAT n. an automatic device for regulating pressure, e.g. in an aircraft. |
| CRYOSTATS | • cryostats n. Plural of cryostat. • CRYOSTAT n. a refrigeration apparatus. |
| GYROSTATS | • gyrostats n. Plural of gyrostat. • GYROSTAT n. a type of stabilising device. |
| HEMOSTATS | • hemostats n. Plural of hemostat. • HEMOSTAT n. an instrument for stopping bleeding, also HAEMOSTAT. |
| PYROSTATS | • pyrostats n. Plural of pyrostat. • PYROSTAT n. an automatic fire-alarm and extinguisher; a thermostat. |
| RHEOSTATS | • rheostats n. Plural of rheostat. • RHEOSTAT n. a resistor used to control electric current. |
| CHEMOSTATS | • chemostats n. Plural of chemostat. • CHEMOSTAT n. an apparatus for growing cultures of bacteria etc. |
| CLINOSTATS | • clinostats n. Plural of clinostat. • CLINOSTAT n. an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants. |
| COELOSTATS | • coelostats n. Plural of coelostat. • COELOSTAT n. an astronomical instrument used to reflect light on to a telescope. |
| HAEMOSTATS | • haemostats n. Plural of haemostat. • HAEMOSTAT n. an instrument for stopping bleeding, also HEMOSTAT. |
| HELIOSTATS | • heliostats n. Plural of heliostat. • HELIOSTAT n. an instrument using a mirror to reflect sunlight in a fixed direction, used for studying the sun or signalling messages. |
| HYDROSTATS | • hydrostats n. Plural of hydrostat. • HYDROSTAT n. a contrivance or apparatus to prevent the explosion of steam boilers. |
| HYGROSTATS | • hygrostats n. Plural of hygrostat. • HYGROSTAT n. a machine for regulating the humidity of air. |
| KLINOSTATS | • klinostats n. Plural of klinostat. • KLINOSTAT n. a revolving stand for experimenting with growing plants. |
| PHOTOSTATS | • photostats n. Plural of photostat. • PHOTOSTAT n. (tradename) a photographic apparatus for making facsimiles of documents. |
| SIDEROSTATS | • siderostats n. Plural of siderostat. • SIDEROSTAT n. a mirror, or telescope with a mirror, for reflecting the rays of a star in a constant direction. |
| THERMOSTATS | • thermostats n. Plural of thermostat. • THERMOSTAT v. to provide with or control the temperature of by a thermostat, a device for keeping temperature stead. |
| BACTERIOSTATS | • bacteriostats n. Plural of bacteriostat. • BACTERIOSTAT n. an agent that causes bacteriostasis. |
| COCCIDIOSTATS | • coccidiostats n. Plural of coccidiostat. • COCCIDIOSTAT n. an agent which builds up a resistance by the host to coccidia by retarding the latter's life-cycle, etc. |