| RILE | • rile v. To stir or move from a state of calm or order. • rile v. (In particular) To make angry. • RILE v. to anger. |
| VIRILE | • virile adj. Manly; having characteristics associated with being male, such as strength; exhibiting masculine traits… • virile adj. (Physiology, of a male) Possessing high sexual drive and capacity for sexual intercourse. • virile adj. (Grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in plurals of some Slavic languages, corresponding… |
| FAVRILE | • favrile n. (Art) An iridescent form of Tiffany glass. • FAVRILE n. a type of iridescent glassware developed in America at the turn of the 20th century by L. C. Tiffany. |
| FEBRILE | • febrile adj. Feverish, or having a high temperature. • febrile adj. (Medicine) Involving fever as a symptom or cause. • febrile adj. Full of nervous energy. |
| NITRILE | • nitrile n. (Organic chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group -C≡N; they… • nitrile n. A type of synthetic rubber formed by the copolymerisation of acrylonitrile and butadiene. • NITRILE n. any organic cyanide compound in which an alkyl group is directly attached to the carbon of a cyanide group, also NITRIL. |
| PUERILE | • puerile adj. Childish; trifling; silly. • puerile adj. Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a boy or boys; compare puellile. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • PUERILE adj. juvenile; childish. |
| STERILE | • sterile adj. (Not comparable) Unable to reproduce (or procreate). • sterile adj. (Figurative) Terse; lacking sentiment or emotional stimulation, as in a manner of speaking. • sterile adj. (Figurative) Fruitless, uninspiring, or unproductive. |
| AFEBRILE | • afebrile adj. Having no fever, without a fever. • AFEBRILE adj. having no fever. |
| INVIRILE | • invirile adj. Deficient in manhood; unmanly; effeminate. • INVIRILE adj. not virile. |
| LAETRILE | • laetrile n. A drug, derived from the amygdalin of apricot kernels, once thought capable of destroying cancer cells… • LAETRILE n. (tradename) a drug derived from apricot pits, used in the treatment of cancer. |
| SCURRILE | • scurrile adj. (Archaic) Scurrilous. • SCURRILE adj. (archaic) like or worthy of a vulgar buffoon; indecently opprobrious or jocular, also SCURRIL. |
| NONVIRILE | • nonvirile adj. Not virile. • nonvirile adj. (Grammar) Pertaining to a grammatical gender used in some Slavic languages for plurals of masculine… • NONVIRILE adj. not virile. |
| UNSTERILE | • unsterile adj. Not sterile. • UNSTERILE adj. not sterile. |
| ISONITRILE | • isonitrile n. (Obsolete, chemistry) isocyanide. • ISONITRILE n. a type of organic compound, aka isocyanide. |
| ANTIFEBRILE | • antifebrile adj. (Pharmacology) Countering fever. • antifebrile n. (Pharmacology) A medicine or substance that counters fever. • ANTIFEBRILE adj. designed to cure a fever. |
| SUPERVIRILE | • supervirile adj. Exceptionally virile. • SUPERVIRILE adj. excessively virile. |
| ULTRAVIRILE | • ultravirile adj. Extremely virile. • ULTRAVIRILE adj. very very virile. |
| ACETONITRILE | • acetonitrile n. (Organic chemistry) The simplest organic cyanide or nitrile, CH3CN, formally derived from acetic acid. • ACETONITRILE n. a chemical compound. |
| INTERSTERILE | • intersterile adj. Unable to interbreed and produce offspring. • INTERSTERILE adj. incapable of producing offspring by interbreeding. |
| ACRYLONITRILE | • acrylonitrile n. (Organic chemistry) A toxic colourless liquid organic compound, CH2=CH.CN, synthesized from propylene… • ACRYLONITRILE n. vinyl cyanide, used in making synthetic fibres. |