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There are 17 eight-letter words beginning with STER

STERANES• steranes n. Plural of sterane.
• STERANE n. any of a class of saturated polycyclic hydrocarbons found in crude oils.
STEREOED• stereoed v. Simple past tense and past participle of stereo.
• STEREO v. to make a type of printing plate.
STEREOME• stereome n. (Botany) A section of sclerenchyma at the base of a phyllary in some members of the Asteraceae.
• stereome n. (Botany, obsolete) sclerenchyma.
• STEREOME n. mechanical tissue in plants.
STERICAL• sterical adj. Steric.
• STERICAL adj. pertaining to atoms in a molecule, also STERIC.
STERIGMA• sterigma n. (Mycology) A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.
• sterigma n. (Botany) A woody projection from the tip of the leaf base in certain conifers (Picea and Tsuga).
• sterigma n. (Entomology) Part of the genitalia of moths.
STERLETS• sterlets n. Plural of sterlet.
• STERLET n. (Russian) a small sturgeon found in the Caspian Sea.
STERLING• sterling n. The currency of the United Kingdom; especially the pound.
• sterling n. Former British gold or silver coinage of a standard fineness: for gold 0.91666 and for silver 0.925.
• sterling n. Sterling silver, or articles made from this material.
STERNAGE• sternage n. (Obsolete, nautical) The stern of a vessel.
• STERNAGE n. (Shakespeare) sterns collectively.
STERNEST• sternest adj. Superlative form of stern: most stern.
• STERN adj. severe.
STERNING• STERN v. to back, row backwards, also STARN.
STERNITE• sternite n. The ventral plate of each segment of an arthropod.
• STERNITE n. the ventral plate of a segment in arthropods.
STERNSON• sternson n. (Nautical) The end of a ship’s keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted.
• STERNSON n. the end of a ship's keelson, to which the sternpost is bolted.
STERNUMS• sternums n. Plural of sternum.
• STERNUM n. (Greek) a long, flat supporting bone of most vertebrates.
STERNWAY• sternway n. (Nautical) A backwards motion of a vessel.
• STERNWAY n. the backward movement of a vessel.
STEROIDS• steroids n. Plural of steroid.
• STEROID n. any of a class of compounds including the sterols, bile acids, adrenal hormones, sex hormones.
STERTORS• stertors n. Plural of stertor.
• STERTOR n. (Latin) a heavy snoring sound, as that accompanying breathing in a deeply unconscious person.
STERVING• STERVE v. (Spenser) to starve, die.

Scrabble words — in black are valid world wide — in RED are not valid in North America — in GREEN are valid only in North America.
Definitions are short excerpt from the WikWik.org and 1Word.ws.

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