| DROSTDY | • drostdy n. (Historical) A local government district of the Cape Colony (part of modern South Africa). • DROSTDY n. (South African) a type of South African house. |
| DROSTDYS | • drostdys n. Plural of drostdy. • DROSTDY n. (South African) a type of South African house. |
| DROSTDIES | • drostdies n. Plural of drostdy. • DROSTDY n. (South African) a type of South African house. |
| HYDROSTAT | • hydrostat n. A mechanism that regulates the amount of water in a boiler. • hydrostat n. (Biology) A muscle tissue, composed mostly of water, that maintains a constant volume during contraction. • HYDROSTAT n. a contrivance or apparatus to prevent the explosion of steam boilers. |
| LANDDROST | • landdrost n. (Now historical) A type of magistrate in South Africa, abolished under the British in 1827. • LANDDROST n. (South African) in South Africa, a district magistrate or sheriff, also LANDDROS. |
| HYDROSTATS | • hydrostats n. Plural of hydrostat. • HYDROSTAT n. a contrivance or apparatus to prevent the explosion of steam boilers. |
| LANDDROSTS | • landdrosts n. Plural of landdrost. • LANDDROST n. (South African) in South Africa, a district magistrate or sheriff, also LANDDROS. |
| HYDROSTATIC | • hydrostatic adj. (Physics) Of or relating to hydrostatics. • hydrostatic adj. Of or relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit. • HYDROSTATIC adj. of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit, also HYDROSTATICAL. |
| ANDROSTERONE | • androsterone n. (Biochemistry, steroids) An androgenic hormone, excreted in the urine, somewhat less active than testosterone. • ANDROSTERONE n. an androgenic steroid male hormone. |
| CHONDROSTIAN | • chondrostian adj. Relating to the chondrosteans. • CHONDROSTIAN n. a member of the Chondrostei, an order of bony fishes including the sturgeon and bichir. |
| HYDROSTATICS | • hydrostatics n. (Physics) The scientific study of fluids at rest, especially when under pressure. • HYDROSTATICS n. a branch of physics that deals with the characteristics of fluids at rest and esp. with the pressure in a fluid or exerted by a fluid on an immersed body. |
| ANDROSTERONES | • androsterones n. Plural of androsterone. • ANDROSTERONE n. an androgenic steroid male hormone. |
| CHONDROSTIANS | • CHONDROSTIAN n. a member of the Chondrostei, an order of bony fishes including the sturgeon and bichir. |
| HYDROSTATICAL | • hydrostatical adj. Alternative form of hydrostatic. • HYDROSTATICAL adj. of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit, also HYDROSTATIC. |
| ANDROSTENEDIONE | • androstenedione n. (Biochemistry, steroids) A steroid sex hormone C19H26O2 that is secreted by the testes, ovaries, and… |
| HYDROSTATICALLY | • hydrostatically adv. In a hydrostatic manner. • hydrostatically adv. With regard to hydrostatics. • HYDROSTATICAL adv. of or relating to fluids at rest or to the pressures they exert or transmit, also HYDROSTATIC. |