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Showing words for STERILE using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Sterile

leister, retiles, sterile

6 Letter Words for Sterile

elites, lester, lisere, listee, lister, liters, relets, relies, relist, resile, resite, reties, retile, setier, streel, tilers

5 Letter Words for Sterile

eisel, elite, esile, ester, estre, isere, islet, istle, iters, leers, leets, leirs, leres, leste, liers, liest, liter, lites, reels, reest, reist, reles, relet, relie, reset, resit, retes, retie, riels, riles, rites, siler, sleer, sleet, slete, slier, slirt, slite, steel, steer, steil, stele, stere, steri, stile, stire, teels, teers, teils, teise, teles, terse, tiers, tiler, tiles, tires, tirls, trees, tries, tsere

4 Letter Words for Sterile

eels, eire, else, elts, eres, erie, eris, erse, erst, ires, isle, itel, iter, leer, lees, leet, leir, leis, lere, lese, lest, lete, lets, lier, lies, lire, list, lite, lits, reel, rees, reet, reit, rest, rete, rets, riel, ries, rile, rise, rist, rite, rits, seel, seer, seil, seir, seit, sele, selt, sere, sert, sier, sile, silt, sire, site, slee, slit, ster, stie, stir, stre, teel, teer, tees, teil, tele, teli, tels, tier, ties, tile, tils, tire, tirl, tree, tres, trie

3 Letter Words for Sterile

eel, eer, eir, eli, els, elt, ere, ers, ert, ese, esr, est, ile, ire, irs, ise, isl, ist, its, lee, lei, ler, les, let, lie, lir, lis, lit, lst, ltr, ree, rei, rel, res, rie, rit, rle, rte, rti, see, sei, sel, ser, set, sie, sil, sir, sit, sle, slt, sri, str, tee, tel, ter, tes, tie, til, tis, tlr, tri, trs, tsi

Definitions for Sterile

[1] free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
[2] incapable of producing offspring; not producing offspring.
[3] barren; not producing vegetation: sterile soil.
[4] Botany . noting a plant in which reproductive structures fail to develop. bearing no stamens or pistils.
[5] not productive of results, ideas, etc.; fruitless.
[6] unable to produce offspring; infertile
[7] free from living, esp pathogenic, microorganisms; aseptic
[8] (of plants or their parts) not producing or bearing seeds, fruit, spores, stamens, or pistils
[9] lacking inspiration or vitality; fruitless
[10] economics , US (of gold) not being used to support credit creation or an increased money supply

Words related to Sterile

hygienic, desolate, arid, impotent, barren, antiseptic, infertile, bleak, futile, aseptic, bare, dead, desert, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, gaunt, sanitary

Words nearby Sterile

stereovision, steric, steric hindrance, sterigma, sterilant, sterile, sterile cyst, sterilization, sterilize, sterilizer, sterlet

Origin of Sterile

First recorded in 1545–55, sterile is from the Latin word sterilis unfruitful

Words that may be confused with Sterile

impetus, impotence, sterility, impotence, sterility, sterilized

Other words from Sterile

ster·ile·ly , adverb
ste·ril·i·ty [stuh -ril -i-tee] /stəˈrɪl ɪ ti/ , ster·ile·ness , noun
an·ti·ste·ril·i·ty , adjective
half-ster·ile , adjective
non·ster·ile , adjective
non·ster·ile·ly , adverb
non·ste·ril·i·ty , noun
un·ster·ile , adjective
ster′ ile•ness null n.
sterility noun (stə-rĭl′ ĭ-tē )

Word origin for Sterile

C16: from Latin sterilis

Synonyms for Sterile

antiseptic, arid, barren, bleak, desolate, futile, hygienic, impotent, infertile, aseptic, bare, dead, decontaminated, desert, disinfected, dry, effete, empty, fallow, fruitless, gaunt, germ-free, infecund, pasteurized, sanitary, septic, sterilized, unfruitful, uninfected, unprofitable, unprolific, vain, waste, without issue