(derogatory) A state whose government institutions are authoritative and over-paternalistic, interfering with and controlling people's lives.

(physics) Having or relating to the physical properties of solid materials, especially electromagnetic, thermodynamic or structural properties of crystalline solids.

(sciences) Any of the different phases of matter whose properties are dependent on the motions and forces of the molecules of which they are composed.

(government, politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.

An unusually difficult or dangerous situation in which a government gives itself special powers or suspends normal legal procedures so as to regain control.

A state or nation acting outside of the accepted international norms and policies.

A political entity whose political status is less than that of a fully sovereign nation-state, as with the former Congo Free State and the former Irish Free State.

Any change of a substance from one physical state (solid, liquid or gas) to another

plural of state capital

(US) Of, pertaining to, or originating in another state / (US, not comparable) Available to individuals from another state; available to individuals not from the current or relevant state