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STERILIZATIONS

14 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 11 pts
Big 11 pts
Super Big 28 pts

STERILIZATIONS is a valid 14-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 11 in Classic, 11 in Big, and 28 in Super Big Boggle.

STERILIZATIONS root STERILIZATION-s

noun
  1. BritishEnglishOxfordUSuncountableThe process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
    • Heat sterilization is used during canning so the food can be safely stored for long periods.
  2. BritishEnglishOxfordUSuncountableA procedure to permanently prevent an organism from reproducing.
    • Spaying a cat is a form of sterilization to limit the population growth.
  3. BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableAn instance of a sterilization procedure.
    • The vet performed several sterilizations this week.
  4. BritishEnglishOxfordUSuncountableA monetary policy operation used to offset a foreign exchange intervention.
    • The Federal Reserve is responsible for foreign exchange sterilization.
  5. BritishEnglishOxfordUSuncountableThe process of permanently rendering a planet like Earth completely uninhabitable to all life, including even microbes, leading to their complete extinction.
    • In about 1 billion years, the increasing heat from the Sun as it gradually ages, by triggering a runaway greenhouse effect that will boil away the oceans, will lead to the complete sterilization of all life on Earth.