| AEGROTAT | • aegrotat n. (Britain, dated) A certificate indicating that a student is ill, excusing attendance at lectures and… • aegrotat n. (Britain) An unclassified degree awarded to such a student. • AEGROTAT n. (archaic) an unclassified degree granted a university student prevented by illness from attending the final examinations. |
| AEROSTAT | • aerostat n. An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors. • aerostat n. A moored balloon flown in a semi-permanent manner, such as a border patrol monitoring balloon affixed… • AEROSTAT n. any lighter-than-air craft e.g. a blimp or balloon, as opposed to an aerodyne. |
| ANTISTAT | • antistat n. Any antistatic compound. • ANTISTAT n. something that opposes static electricity. |
| APPESTAT | • appestat n. The area of the brain (possibly in the hypothalamus) supposed to control appetite and regulate food intake. • APPESTAT n. a neural centre in the hypothalamus believed to control (food) appetite. |
| ATTENTAT | • attentat n. (Law, obsolete) Anything whatsoever, as a ruling, by the judge of a lower court in a matter pending an appeal. • attentat n. (Law, obsolete) Any step wrongly innovated or attempted by an inferior judge in a suit. • attentat n. (Obsolete) An attempted assault or assassination of a political figure; a politically motivated attempted assault. |
| BAROSTAT | • barostat n. A device used to maintain a constant (atmospheric) pressure. • BAROSTAT n. an automatic device for regulating pressure, e.g. in an aircraft. |
| CRYOSTAT | • cryostat n. Any device used to maintain a constant low temperature. • cryostat n. (Biology) A microtome held at a constant low temperature. • CRYOSTAT n. a refrigeration apparatus. |
| DESPOTAT | • despotat n. The government or domain of a despot. • DESPOTAT n. a territory governed by a despot, also DESPOTATE. |
| GYROSTAT | • gyrostat n. A gyroscope fixed within a rigid case. • GYROSTAT n. a type of stabilising device. |
| HEMOSTAT | • hemostat n. (Medicine) An instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flow. • HEMOSTAT n. an instrument for stopping bleeding, also HAEMOSTAT. |
| ORLISTAT | • orlistat n. A drug designed to treat obesity. • ORLISTAT n. an orally administered drug that reduces the absorption of dietary fat by inhibiting the action of enzymes in the digestive system, used to treat obesity. |
| PYROSTAT | • pyrostat n. A thermostat designed to operate at high temperatures. • pyrostat n. An automatic draught-regulator for chimney-stacks, smoke-pipes, etc. • PYROSTAT n. an automatic fire-alarm and extinguisher; a thermostat. |
| RHEOSTAT | • rheostat n. An electrical resistor, with two terminals, whose resistance is continuously variable by moving a knob or slider. • RHEOSTAT n. a resistor used to control electric current. |