Definition of stem

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Stem (n.) Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached..

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Proselytism :: Proselytism (n.) The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party..
Orthoclase :: Orthoclase (n.) Common or potash feldspar crystallizing in the monoclinic system and having two cleavages at right angles to each other. See Feldspar.
Feodality :: Feodality (n.) Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality.
Triangular :: Triangular (a.) Oblong or elongated, and having three lateral angles; as, a triangular seed, leaf, or stem..
Method :: Method (n.) Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual..
Ramose :: Ramose (a.) Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branchy..
Radically :: Radically (adv.) In a radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or system radically wrong or defective..
Ivy :: Ivy (n.) A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers..
Trichome :: Trichome (n.) A hair on the surface of leaf or stem, or any modification of a hair, as a minute scale, or star, or gland. The sporangia of ferns are believed to be of the nature of trichomes..
Equity :: Equity (n.) A system of jurisprudence, supplemental to law, properly so called, and complemental of it..
Crotchet :: Crotchet (n.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note..
Linkage :: Linkage (n.) A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane..
Botanical :: Botanical (a.) Of or pertaining to botany; relating to the study of plants; as, a botanical system, arrangement, textbook, expedition..
Orientalism :: Orientalism (n.) Any system, doctrine, custom, expression, etc., peculiar to Oriental people..
Niagara Period :: Niagara period () A subdivision or the American Upper Silurian system, embracing the Medina, Clinton, and Niagara epoch. The rocks of the Niagara epoch, mostly limestones, are extensively distributed, and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone, which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale. See Chart of Geology..
Anaesthetization :: Anaesthetization (n.) The process of anaesthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anaesthetics..
Diameter :: Diameter (n.) Any right line passing through the center of a figure or body, as a circle, conic section, sphere, cube, etc., and terminated by the opposite boundaries; a straight line which bisects a system of parallel chords drawn in a curve..
Stemma :: Stemmata (pl. ) of Stemm.
Chibouk :: Chibouk (n.) A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay..
Trichotomous :: Trichotomous (a.) Divided into three parts, or into threes; three-forked; as, a trichotomous stem..
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