Definition of stem

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Stem (n.) Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.

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Group :: Group (n.) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; -- sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes..
Trichotomous :: Trichotomous (a.) Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, a trichotomous stem..
Thrill :: Thrill (v. i.) To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame..
Water Tree :: Water tree () A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems..
Offshoot :: Offshoot (n.) That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree..
Leaf :: Leaf (n.) A colored, usually green, expansion growing from the side of a stem or rootstock, in which the sap for the use of the plant is elaborated under the influence of light; one of the parts of a plant which collectively constitute its foliage..
Orthopinacoid :: Orthopinacoid (n.) A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes.
Commonwealth :: Commonwealth (n.) A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws..
Fruticose :: Fruticose (a.) Pertaining to a shrub or shrubs; branching like a shrub; shrubby; shrublike; as, a fruticose stem..
Naked :: Naked (a.) Without pubescence; as, a naked leaf or stem; bare, or not covered by the customary parts, as a flower without a perianth, a stem without leaves, seeds without a pericarp, buds without bud scales..
Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
Systematical :: Systematic (a.) Alt. of Systematica.
Sankhya :: Sankhya (n.) A Hindoo system of philosophy which refers all things to soul and a rootless germ called prakriti, consisting of three elements, goodness, passion, and darkness..
Commissariat :: Commissariat (n.) The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries.
Centroid :: Centroid (n.) The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies..
Bine :: Bine (n.) The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.
Revertent :: Revertent (n.) A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system.
Manicheism :: Manicheism (n.) The doctrines taught, or system of principles maintained, by the Manichaeans..
Rationalism :: Rationalism (n.) The system that makes rational power the ultimate test of truth; -- opposed to sensualism, or sensationalism, and empiricism..
Regimen :: Regimen (n.) Orderly government; system of order; adminisration.
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