| APTERIA | • apteria n. Plural of apterium. • APTERIUM n. a bare patch on a bird's skin. |
| ASTERIA | • asteria n. Plural of asterion. • ASTERIA n. a precious stone that shows asterism when cut en cabochon. |
| ASTERID | • asterid adj. (Botany) pertaining to the asterids. • ASTERID n. a starfish, also ASTERIDIAN. |
| COTERIE | • coterie n. A circle of people who associate with one another for a common purpose. • coterie n. A communal burrow of prairie dogs. • COTERIE n. (French) a social or literary circle. |
| EATERIE | • eaterie n. Alternative spelling of eatery. • EATERIE n. a restaurant, also EATERY. |
| ENTERIC | • enteric adj. Of, relating to, within, or by way of the intestines. • enteric adj. Staying intact in the stomach, then dissolving in the intestine. • ENTERIC n. typhoid fever. |
| ICTERIC | • icteric adj. (Medicine) Jaundiced (having icterus); having yellowing of the skin, mucous membranes of the sclerae… • icteric adj. Relating to jaundice. • icteric n. A medicine for jaundice. |
| ICTERID | • icterid n. (Ornithology) Any member of the family Icteridae of grackles and related New World birds. • ICTERID n. an American oriole. |
| INTERIM | • interim adj. Transitional. • interim adj. Temporary. • interim n. A transitional or temporary period between other events. |
| NITERIE | • niterie n. (US) A nightclub or nightspot. • NITERIE n. (colloquial) a nightclub, also NITERY. |
| PTERINS | • pterins n. Plural of pterin. • PTERIN n. (Greek) any of a group of substances occurring in butterfly wings. |
| PTERION | • pterion n. (Anatomy) The point corresponding with the posterior end of the sphenoparietal suture; known as the… • PTERION n. (Greek) a place where several skull bones meet. |
| 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. |
| UTERINE | • uterine adj. Of or pertaining to the uterus. • uterine adj. Born of the same mother but of a different father. • uterine n. A uterine sibling. |