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9 words match “INFERTILE”

INFERTILE a.
Not fertile; not productive; barren; sterile; as, an infertile soil.
INFERTILELY adv.
In an infertile manner.
IMPREGNANT a.
Not pregnant; unfertilized or infertile. [R.]
INFECUND a.
Unfruitful; not producing young; barren; infertile. [Obs.] Evelyn.
INFECUNDOUS a.
Infertile; barren; unprofitable; unproductive. [Obs.] Glanvill.
INFERTILITY n.
The state or quality of being infertile; unproductiveness; barrenness. The infertility or noxiousness of the soil. Sir M. Hale.
PINE n.
e (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the Araucaria excelsa. -- Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.] -- Pine borer (Zoöl.), any beetle whose larvæ bore into pine trees. -- Pine finch. (Zoöl.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary. -- Pine grosbeak (Zoöl.), a large grosbeak…
UNFERTILE a.
Not fertile; infertile; barren. -- Un*fer"tile*ness, n.
UNFRUITFUL a.
Not producing fruit or offspring; unproductive; infertile; barren; sterile; as, an unfruitful tree or animal; unfruitful soil; an unfruitful life or effort. -- Un*fruit"ful*ly, adv. -- Un*fruit"ful*ness, n.