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• sterile — adjective Etymology: Middle English steryle, from Latin sterilis; akin to Gothic stairo barren animal, Sanskrit starī sterile cow Date: 15th century 1. a. failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores b. failing to produce or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• sterile — early 15c., barren (implied in sterility), from M.Fr. stérile not producing fruit, from L. sterilis barren, unproductive, from PIE *ster sterile, barren originally stiff, rigid (Cf. Gk. steresthai be deprived of, steira sterile, stereos firm, sol …   Etymology dictionary

• Sterile — Ster ile, a. [F. st[ e]rile, L. sterilis, akin to Gr. stereo s stiff, solid, stei^ros barren, stei^ra a cow that has not calved, Goth. stair[=o], fem., barren. See {Stare} to gaze.] 1. Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sterile — ► ADJECTIVE 1) not able to produce children, young, crops, or fruit. 2) lacking in imagination, creativity, or excitement. 3) free from bacteria or other living micro organisms. DERIVATIVES sterilely adverb sterility noun. ORIGIN Latin sterilis,… …   English terms dictionary

• sterile — adjective 1》 not able to produce children or young.     ↘(of a plant) not able to produce fruit or seeds.     ↘(of land or soil) too poor in quality to produce crops. 2》 lacking in imagination, creativity, or excitement. 3》 free from bacteria or… …   English new terms dictionary

• Panchgavya — or more commonly Panchagavya or cowpathy is a treatment based on products obtained from cows used in Ayurvedic medicine and of religious significance for Hindus. It is made up of five cow products; milk, curd, ghee, urine and dung. Panchgavya is… …   Wikipedia

• Hiram Walker — (4 July 1816 ndash; 12 January 1899) was an American grocer and distiller, and the eponym of the famous distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada directly across from Detroit, Michigan. Walker founded the distillery in 1858 in what was then… …   Wikipedia

• ster´ile|ly — ster|ile «STEHR uhl», adjective. 1. free from living germs or microorganisms: »The nurse kept the surgeon s instruments sterile. 2. not producing seed, offspring, or crops; not fertile; barren; unproductive: »a sterile cow. Desert soil is usually …   Useful english dictionary

• ster|ile — «STEHR uhl», adjective. 1. free from living germs or microorganisms: »The nurse kept the surgeon s instruments sterile. 2. not producing seed, offspring, or crops; not fertile; barren; unproductive: »a sterile cow. Desert soil is usually sterile …   Useful english dictionary

• Biodynamic agriculture — Biodynamic agriculture, a method of organic farming that has its basis in a spiritual world view (anthroposophy, first propounded by Rudolf Steiner), treats farms as unified and individual organisms, [Diver (1999), [http://attra.ncat.org/attra… …   Wikipedia

• sterilely — sterile ► ADJECTIVE 1) not able to produce children, young, crops, or fruit. 2) lacking in imagination, creativity, or excitement. 3) free from bacteria or other living micro organisms. DERIVATIVES sterilely adverb sterility noun. ORIGIN Latin… …   English terms dictionary