"Ostic" is a word in ENGLISH

Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action …

Of or pertaining to alloxan; -- applied to an acid obtained by the action of soluble alkalies on alloxan.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, anil; indigotic; -- applied to an acid formed by the action of nitric acid on …

Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramaean; -- specifically applied to …

Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.

Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books.

Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa …

Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; -- …

Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century …

Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.

In practice. The pri-vate room or office of a judge; any place in which a judge hears motions, signs papers, …

Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of …

The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, …

Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric …

Pertaining to the time of equal day and night; -- applied to the equinoctial line.

Of or pertaining to Michael Faraday, the distinguished electrician; -- applied especially to induced currents of electricity, as produced by …

Pertaining to, or advocating, the non-extension of slavery; -- esp. applied to a party which was active during the period …

Pertaining to, or derived from, the cod (Gadus); -- applied to an acid obtained from cod-liver oil, viz., gadic acid.

Pertaining to hypogeic acid; -- applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.

Pertaining to, or designat-ing, the genus or class, as distinguished from that which characterizes the species or indi-vidual. Universal, not …