Stabilizer

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  stabilizer
       n 1: a chemical that is added to a solution or mixture or
            suspension to maintain it in a stable or unchanging
            state
       2: airfoil consisting of a device for stabilizing an aircraft
       3: a device for making something stable [syn: {stabiliser}]



From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "stabilizer":
     alleviative, alleviator, anodyne, assuager, balance,
     balance rudder, balance wheel, ballast, balm, calmative,
     counterbalance, counterweight, cushion, dolorifuge, fin, fixative,
     flywheel, governor, gyroscope, hairspring, keel, lenitive,
     mitigator, moderator, modulator, mollifier, mordant, pacificator,
     pacifier, palliative, peacemaker, pendulum, restraining hand,
     salve, sedative, shock absorber, soother, soothing syrup, springs,
     stabilizator, stiffening, tail plane, temperer, tranquilizer,
     wiser head