Vocabulary : Sterilization to Sternage

Sterilization : The act or process of sterilizing, or rendering sterile; also, the state of being sterile.
Sterilize : To make sterile or unproductive; to impoverish, as land; to exhaust of fertility. ;; To deprive of the power of reproducing; to render incapable of germination or fecundation; to make sterile. ;; To destroy all spores or germs in (an organic fluid or mixture), as by heat, so as to prevent the development of bacterial or other organisms.
Sterilized : of Sterilize
Sterilizer : One that sterilizes anything; specif., an apparatus for sterilizing an organic fluid or mixture.
Sterilizing : of Sterilize

Sterlet : 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.
Sterling : Same as Starling, 3. ;; Any English coin of standard value; coined money. ;; A certain standard of quality or value for money. ;; 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. ;; 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.
Stern : The black tern. ;; 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. ;; The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat; also, the rudder. ;; The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel, or of a boat; the part opposite to the stem, or prow. ;; Fig.: The post of management or direction. ;; The hinder part of anything. ;; The tail of an animal; -- now used only of the tail of a dog. ;; Being in the stern, or being astern; as, the stern davits.
Sterna : of Sternum
Sternage : Stern.

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