fertile

fertile
01. The land at the mouth of a river is usually very [fertile] because of all the minerals deposited there by the water.
02. The [fertile] countryside of this country is famous for its grapes, which are made into the finest wine.
03. Children have a [fertile] imagination which must be encouraged in order for them to become creative adults.
04. My wife is going to take a [fertility] test to see if there is a reason why we can't seem to have a baby.
05. How long does it take after a woman has a baby before she becomes [fertile] again?
06. The egg of the female is [fertilized] by the sperm of the male.
07. A female salmon lays her eggs in the nest for a male to [fertilize] before she covers them with gravel.
08. From [fertilization] to birth usually takes about 266 days for humans.
09. Our organic farms are [fertilized] only with natural compost and horse manure.
10. Chemical [fertilizers] used on farms are often carried into the water system, causing serious pollution problems.
11. Charlotte Bronte wrote that prejudices, it is well known, are most difficult to eradicate from the heart whose soil has never been loosened or [fertilized] by education.
12. Ben Stein once remarked that personal relationships are the [fertile] soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.
13. The eggs you buy at a grocery store have not been [fertilized] by a rooster, so there is no baby chick in the egg.
14. Lobster was so common in eighteenth-century Maine that it was used for [fertilizer] on farms.
15. Studies show the cultural environment plays an important role in determining [fertility] behavior.
16. Pregnancy specialists warn that using [fertility] drugs give couples a one-in-four chance of a multiple birth.
17. Reports show that men are more [fertile] in the wintertime.
18. The country of Yemen has the world's highest [fertility] rate among women at 7.6, while Switzerland has the world's lowest, at 1.5.
19. Identical twins develop from the equal division of a [fertilized] egg.
20. Based on current [fertility] rates, the world's population is expected to pass 9 billion by the year 2050.
21. Most of the people of China live on the [fertile] plains and hills of central and eastern China.
22. Numerous studies have shown that [infertility] may result from the too frequent use of x-rays.
23. A good [fertilizer] can significantly increase crop yields.
24. Someone once joked that the best [fertilizer] for the amateur gardener is the chemical that kills all plant growth, leaving him lots of leisure for other things.

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  • fertile — [ fɛrtil ] adj. • XIVe; lat. fertilis 1 ♦ Qui produit beaucoup de végétation utile (sol, terre). ⇒ fécond, productif, riche. Terre fertile (cf. De la bonne terre). Champ fertile. Terre fertile en blés, en vignes. Rendre un sol fertile. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • fertile — fertile, fecund, fruitful, prolific mean having or manifesting the power to produce fruit or offspring. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are observable in their corresponding nouns fertility, fecundity, fruitfulness,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • Fertile — Fer tile (? or ?; 277), a. [L. fertilis, fr. ferre to bear, produce: cf. F. fertile. See {Bear} to support.] 1. Producing fruit or vegetation in abundance; fruitful; able to produce abundantly; prolific; fecund; productive; rich; inventive; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • fertile — FERTILE. adj. de t. g. Fecond, Qui produit, qui rapporte beaucoup. Champ fertile. terre fertile. pays fertile. fertile en bled, en vin, &c. On dit fig. Un esprit fertile, pour dire, Un esprit qui produit facilement quantité de belles choses. Et,… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • fertile — Fertile, Fertilis, Foecundus, Huber. Champ fertile et abondant, Rus saturum. Fort fertile, Praefoecundus, Ferax. Lieu fertile, Locus fructuosissimus. Jardins fertiles, Foelices horti. Terre fertile, Solum laetum, B. Rendre fertile, Huberare,… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Fertile — Fertile, IA U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 360 Housing Units (2000): 161 Land area (2000): 0.940131 sq. miles (2.434927 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.940131 sq. miles (2.434927 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Fertile — ist der Name mehrerer Orte in den Vereinigten Staaten: Fertile (Iowa) Fertile (Minnesota) Fertile (Missouri) Diese Seite ist eine Begriffsklärung zur Unterscheidung mehrerer mit demselben Wort bezeichneter Begriffe …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • fertile — [fʉrt′ l; fʉr′tīl΄] adj. [ME < OFr < L fertilis < stem of ferre, BEAR1] 1. producing abundantly; rich in resources or invention; fruitful; prolific 2. causing or helping fertility [the sun s fertile warmth] 3. able to produce young,… …   English World dictionary

  • Fertile, IA — U.S. city in Iowa Population (2000): 360 Housing Units (2000): 161 Land area (2000): 0.940131 sq. miles (2.434927 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.940131 sq. miles (2.434927 sq. km) FIPS code:… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Fertile, MN — U.S. city in Minnesota Population (2000): 893 Housing Units (2000): 433 Land area (2000): 1.892536 sq. miles (4.901645 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 1.892536 sq. miles (4.901645 sq. km) FIPS… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • fertile — I adjective arable, bearing offspring freely, creative, fecund, fecundus, feracious, ferax, fertilis, flowering, fructiferous, fructuous, fruitful, imaginative, ingenious, inventive, lush, luxuriant, original, originative, parturient,… …   Law dictionary

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