9-letter words containing osta
- aerostats — Plural form of aerostat.
- apostates — Plural form of apostate.
- autostart — (transitive, intransitive, computing) To start automatically.
- biostable — resistant to the effects of microorganisms
- biostatic — the branch of biology dealing with the structure of organisms in relation to their functions (opposed to biodynamics).
- chemostat — an apparatus for growing bacterial cultures at a constant rate by controlling the supply of nutrient medium
- clinostat — an apparatus for studying tropisms in plants, usually a rotating disc to which the plant is attached so that it receives an equal stimulus on all sides
- coelostat — an astronomical instrument consisting of a plane mirror mounted parallel to the earth's axis and rotated about this axis once every two days so that light from a celestial body, esp the sun, is reflected onto a second mirror, which reflects the beam into a telescope
- costalgia — Pain in the ribs, or the costal muscles.
- costanoan — a family of eight languages, now extinct, spoken by American Indian peoples of coastal California: part of the Penutian stock.
- costarred — Simple past tense and past participle of costar.
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- geostatic — of or relating to pressure exerted by the weight of overlying rock.
- go postal — of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.
- haemostat — A clamp used in surgery to close the severed end of a blood vessel to stop bleeding.
- heliostat — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- hostaging — a person given or held as security for the fulfillment of certain conditions or terms, promises, etc., by another.
- hydrostat — an electrical device for detecting the presence of water, as from overflow or leakage.
- hygrostat — an instrument for measuring and controlling humidity.
- isostatic — of, relating to, or characterized by isostasy.
- klinostat — a rotating and tilting plant-holder used for studying and experimenting with plant growth
- microstat — a negative of a microphotograph made directly from a negative by a copy camera.
- myostatin — (protein) A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
- nonpostal — not postal, not relating to post
- nostalgia — a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: a nostalgia for his college days.
- nostalgic — experiencing or exhibiting nostalgia, a sentimental or wistful yearning for the happiness felt in a former place, time, or situation.
- orthostat — (in a classical temple) any of a number of large stone slabs revetting the lower part of the cella.
- photostat — a camera for making facsimile copies of documents, drawings, etc., in the form of paper negatives on which the positions of lines, objects, etc., in the originals are maintained.
- postaudit — an audit of accounting records, conducted at some interval of time after a transaction or a series of transactions has already occurred.
- postaxial — pertaining to or situated behind the axis of the body, especially the posterior side of the axis of a limb.
- prostasis — (in a classical temple) a pronaos or prostas before a cella.
- prostatic — Also, prostatic [pro-stat-ik] /prɒˈstæt ɪk/ (Show IPA). of or relating to the prostate gland.
- prostato- — prostate gland
- protostar — an early stage in the evolution of a star, after the beginning of the collapse of the gas cloud from which it is formed, but before sufficient contraction has occurred to permit initiation of nuclear reactions at its core.
- subcostal — below the rib
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