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  • English Word Sterilized Definition of Sterilize
  • English Word Sterilizing Definition of Sterilize
  • English Word Sterlet Definition A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest caviare is made from its roe.
  • English Word Sterling Definition Same as Starling, 3.
  • English Word Sterling Definition Any English coin of standard value; coined money.
  • English Word Sterling Definition A certain standard of quality or value for money.
  • English Word Sterling Definition Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used.
  • English Word Sterling Definition Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense.
  • English Word Stern Definition The black tern.
  • English Word Stern Definition Having a certain hardness or severity of nature, manner, or aspect; hard; severe; rigid; rigorous; austere; fixed; unchanging; unrelenting; hence, serious; resolute; harsh; as, a sternresolve; a stern necessity; a stern heart; a stern gaze; a stern decree.
  • English Word Stern Definition The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder.
  • English Word Stern Definition The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow.
  • English Word Stern Definition Fig.: The post of management or direction.
  • English Word Stern Definition The hinder part of anything.
  • English Word Stern Definition The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog.
  • English Word Stern Definition Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
  • English Word Stern-wheel Definition Having a paddle wheel at the stern; as, a stern-wheel steamer.
  • English Word Stern-wheeler Definition A steamboat having a stern wheel instead of side wheels.
  • English Word Sterna Definition of Sternum
  • English Word Sternage Definition Stern.
  • English Word Sternal Definition Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum.
  • English Word Sternbergite Definition A sulphide of silver and iron, occurring in soft flexible laminae varying in color from brown to black.
  • English Word Sternebra Definition One of the segments of the sternum.
  • English Word Sternebrae Definition of Sternebra
  • English Word Sterned Definition Having a stern of a particular shape; -- used in composition; as, square-sterned.
  • English Word Sterner Definition A director.
  • English Word Sternforemost Definition With the stern, instead of the bow, in advance; hence, figuratively, in an awkward, blundering manner.
  • English Word Sternite Definition The sternum of an arthropod somite.
  • English Word Sternly Definition In a stern manner.
  • English Word Sternmost Definition Farthest in the rear; farthest astern; as, the sternmost ship in a convoy.