| afforestation | (noun) the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting) | - |
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| apostate | (noun) a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. | Synonyms: deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat |
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| astatine | (noun) a highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series); a decay product of uranium and thorium | Synonyms: At, atomic number 85 |
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| atorvastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Lipitor) that is effective in lowering triglycerides; potent in reducing LDL cholesterol because higher doses can be given | Synonyms: Lipitor |
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| attestation | (noun) the action of bearing witness | - |
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| (noun) the evidence by which something is attested | - |
| attestator | (noun) (law) a person who attests to the genuineness of a document or signature by adding their own signature | Synonyms: attestant, attestor, witness |
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| bacteriostat | (noun) a chemical or biological material that inhibits bacterial growth | - |
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| biostatistics | (noun) a branch of biology that studies biological phenomena and observations by means of statistical analysis | Synonyms: biometrics, biometry |
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| cerivastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Baycol) to reduce blood cholesterol levels | Synonyms: Baycol |
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| coelostat | (noun) optical device used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; has a movable and a fixed mirror | - |
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| constatation | (noun) an assumption that is basic to an argument | Synonyms: basic assumption, self-evident truth |
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| contestation | (noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement | Synonyms: arguing, argument, contention, controversy, disceptation, disputation, tilt |
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| cryostat | (noun) a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures | - |
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| deforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: disforestation |
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| (noun) the state of being clear of trees | - |
| degustation | (noun) taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality | Synonyms: relishing, savoring, savouring, tasting |
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| detestation | (noun) hate coupled with disgust | Synonyms: abhorrence, abomination, execration, loathing, odium |
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| devastation | (noun) the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists | Synonyms: destruction |
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| (noun) plundering with excessive damage and destruction | Synonyms: ravaging |
| (noun) an event that results in total destruction | Synonyms: desolation |
| (noun) the feeling of being confounded or overwhelmed | - |
| (noun) the state of being decayed or destroyed | Synonyms: desolation |
| disforestation | (noun) the removal of trees | Synonyms: deforestation |
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| disinfestation | (noun) the activity of getting rid of vermin | - |
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| electrostatics | (noun) the branch of physics that deals with static electricity | - |
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| encrustation | (noun) a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay | Synonyms: incrustation |
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| (noun) a hard outer layer that covers something | Synonyms: crust, incrustation |
| (noun) the formation of a crust | Synonyms: incrustation |
| estate | (noun) a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights | Synonyms: estate of the realm, the three estates |
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| (noun) extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use | Synonyms: acres, demesne, land, landed estate |
| (noun) everything you own; all of your assets (whether real property or personal property) and liabilities | - |
| fluvastatin | (noun) least expensive statin drug (trade name Lescol); usually taken orally at bedtime | Synonyms: Lescol |
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| gestation | (noun) the conception and development of an idea or plan | - |
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| (noun) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | Synonyms: maternity, pregnancy |
| (noun) the period during which an embryo develops (about 266 days in humans) | Synonyms: gestation period |
| gustation | (noun) the faculty of distinguishing sweet, sour, bitter, and salty properties in the mouth | Synonyms: gustatory modality, sense of taste, taste |
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| haemostat | (noun) a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel | Synonyms: hemostat |
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| hemostat | (noun) a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel | Synonyms: haemostat |
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| hydrostaticity | (noun) The condition of relating to fluids, especially to the pressure that they exert or transmit. | - |
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| hydrostatics | (noun) study of the mechanical properties of fluids that are not in motion | - |
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| hypostatisation | (noun) regarding something abstract as a material thing | Synonyms: hypostatization, reification |
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| hypostatization | (noun) regarding something abstract as a material thing | Synonyms: hypostatisation, reification |
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| incrustation | (noun) a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay | Synonyms: encrustation |
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| (noun) a hard outer layer that covers something | Synonyms: crust, encrustation |
| (noun) the formation of a crust | Synonyms: encrustation |
| infestation | (noun) a swarm of insects that attack plants | Synonyms: plague |
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| (noun) the state of being invaded or overrun by parasites | - |
| interstate | (noun) one of the system of highways linking major cities in the 48 contiguous states of the United States | Synonyms: interstate highway |
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| lexicostatistics | (noun) a statistical technique used in glottochronology; used to estimate how long ago different languages evolved from a common source language | - |
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| lovastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Mevacor) to reduce blood cholesterol levels; used when dietary changes have proved inadequate | Synonyms: Mevacor |
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| manifestation | (noun) a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature) | Synonyms: demonstration |
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| (noun) a manifest indication of the existence or presence or nature of some person or thing | - |
| (noun) expression without words | Synonyms: expression, reflection, reflexion |
| (noun) a clear appearance | - |
| (noun) an appearance in bodily form (as of a disembodied spirit) | Synonyms: materialisation, materialization |
| misstatement | (noun) a statement that contains a mistake | - |
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| molestation | (noun) the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism | Synonyms: harassment |
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| (noun) the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children) | - |
| nystatin | (noun) an antifungal and antibiotic (trade names Mycostatin and Nystan) discovered in New York State; derived from soil fungi actinomycetes | Synonyms: Mycostatin, Nystan |
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| outstation | (noun) a station in a remote or sparsely populated location | Synonyms: outpost |
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| overstatement | (noun) making to seem more important than it really is | Synonyms: exaggeration, magnification |
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| photostat | (noun) a photocopy made on a Photostat machine | - |
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| pravastatin | (noun) an oral drug (trade name Pravachol) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after nonfatal heart attacks | Synonyms: Pravachol |
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| prostate | (noun) a firm partly muscular chestnut sized gland in males at the neck of the urethra; produces a viscid secretion that is the fluid part of semen | Synonyms: prostate gland |
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| prostatectomy | (noun) surgical removal of part or all of the prostate gland | - |
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| prostatitis | (noun) inflammation of the prostate gland characterized by perineal pain and irregular urination and (if severe) chills and fever | - |
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| protestation | (noun) a strong declaration of protest | - |
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| (noun) a formal and solemn declaration of objection | Synonyms: protest |
| pyrostat | (noun) a thermostat that operates at very high temperatures | - |
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| reforestation | (noun) the restoration (replanting) of a forest that had been reduced by fire or cutting | Synonyms: re-afforestation |
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| reinstatement | (noun) the act of restoring someone to a previous position | - |
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| (noun) the condition of being reinstated | - |
| restatement | (noun) a revised statement | - |
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| rheostat | (noun) resistor for regulating current | Synonyms: variable resistor |
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| simvastatin | (noun) an oral lipid-lowering medicine (trade name Zocor) administered to reduce blood cholesterol levels; recommended after heart attacks | Synonyms: Zocor |
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| state | (noun) the way something is with respect to its main attributes | - |
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| (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica |
| (noun) the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state | - |
| (noun) the territory occupied by a nation | Synonyms: country, land |
| (noun) the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | Synonyms: province |
| (noun) a state of depression or agitation | - |
| (noun) (chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) | Synonyms: state of matter |
| statecraft | (noun) wisdom in the management of public affairs | Synonyms: diplomacy, statesmanship |
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| stateliness | (noun) an elaborate manner of doing something | - |
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| (noun) impressiveness in scale or proportion | Synonyms: loftiness, majesty |
| statement | (noun) a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc | - |
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| (noun) a document showing credits and debits | Synonyms: financial statement |
| (noun) a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true | Synonyms: argument |
| (noun) (computer science) a line of code written as part of a computer program | Synonyms: command, instruction, program line |
| (noun) (music) the presentation of a musical theme | - |
| (noun) a nonverbal message | - |
| (noun) the act of affirming or asserting or stating something | Synonyms: affirmation, assertion |
| stater | (noun) a resident of a particular state or group of states | - |
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| (noun) any of the various silver or gold coins of ancient Greece | - |
| stateroom | (noun) a guest cabin | - |
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| statesman | (noun) a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs | - |
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| statesmanship | (noun) wisdom in the management of public affairs | Synonyms: diplomacy, statecraft |
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| stateswoman | (noun) a woman statesman | - |
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| static | (noun) angry criticism | - |
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| (noun) a crackling or hissing noise caused by electrical interference | Synonyms: atmospheric static, atmospherics |
| statice | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Limonium of temperate salt marshes having spikes of white or mauve flowers | Synonyms: marsh rosemary, sea lavender |
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| statics | (noun) the branch of mechanics concerned with forces in equilibrium | - |
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| statin | (noun) a medicine that lowers blood cholesterol levels by inhibiting HMG-CoA reductase | Synonyms: lipid-lowering medication, lipid-lowering medicine, statin drug |
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| station | (noun) a facility equipped with special equipment and personnel for a particular purpose | - |
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| (noun) the frequency assigned to a broadcasting station | - |
| (noun) the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand | Synonyms: post |
| (noun) (nautical) the location to which a ship or fleet is assigned for duty | - |
| (noun) proper or designated social situation | Synonyms: place |
| stationariness | (noun) remaining in place | Synonyms: fixedness, immobility |
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| stationer | (noun) a merchant who sells writing materials and office supplies | Synonyms: stationery seller |
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| stationery | (noun) paper cut to an appropriate size for writing letters; usually with matching envelopes | Synonyms: letter paper |
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| stationmaster | (noun) the person in charge of a railway station | Synonyms: station agent |
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| statistic | (noun) a datum that can be represented numerically | - |
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| statistician | (noun) someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums) | Synonyms: actuary |
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| (noun) a mathematician who specializes in statistics | Synonyms: mathematical statistician |
| statistics | (noun) a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters | - |
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| stator | (noun) mechanical device consisting of the stationary part of a motor or generator in or around which the rotor revolves | Synonyms: stator coil |
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| statoscope | (noun) An instrument that indicates small changes in an aircraft's altitude by recording small variations in atmospheric pressure. | - |
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| statuary | (noun) statues collectively | - |
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| statue | (noun) a sculpture representing a human or animal | - |
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| statuette | (noun) a small carved or molded figure | Synonyms: figurine |
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| stature | (noun) (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot | Synonyms: height |
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| (noun) high level of respect gained by impressive development or achievement | - |
| status | (noun) the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society | Synonyms: position |
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| (noun) a state at a particular time | Synonyms: condition |
| statute | (noun) an act passed by a legislative body | Synonyms: legislative act |
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| substation | (noun) a subsidiary station where electricity is transformed for distribution by a low-voltage network | - |
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| testate | (noun) a person who makes a will | Synonyms: testator |
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| testator | (noun) a person who makes a will | Synonyms: testate |
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| testatrix | (noun) a female testator | - |
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| thermostat | (noun) a regulator for automatically regulating temperature by starting or stopping the supply of heat | Synonyms: thermoregulator |
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| thermostatics | (noun) the aspect of thermodynamics concerned with thermal equilibrium | Synonyms: thermodynamics of equilibrium |
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| tungstate | (noun) a salt of tungstic acid | - |
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| understatement | (noun) a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said | - |
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| workstation | (noun) a desktop digital computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer | - |
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