Definition of stem

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Stem (v. t.) To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current..

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Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Political disorder; tumult.
Ultramundane :: Ultramundane (a.) Being beyond the world, or beyond the limits of our system..
Stemmer :: Stemma (n.) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) The buds or branches produced from underground stems.
Ebionitism :: Ebionitism (n.) The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.
Systematize :: Systematizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Systematiz.
Antidromous :: Antidromous (a.) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
Trenton Period :: Trenton period () A subdivision in the lower Silurian system of America; -- so named from Trenton Falls, in New York. The rocks are mostly limestones, and the period is divided into the Trenton, Utica, and Cincinnati epochs. See the Chart of Geology..
Node :: Node (n.) The joint of a stem, or the part where a leaf or several leaves are inserted..
Apostematous :: Apostematous (a.) Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme..
Eliminate :: Eliminate (v. t.) To separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system..
Pericambium :: Pericambium (n.) A layer of thin-walled young cells in a growing stem, in which layer certain new vessels originate..
Isodiametric :: Isodiametric (a.) Developed alike in the directions of the several lateral axes; -- said of crystals of both the tetragonal and hexagonal systems.
Footstalk :: Footstalk (n.) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold..
Down :: Down (n.) The soft under feathers of birds. They have short stems with soft rachis and bards and long threadlike barbules, without hooklets..
Synergy :: Synergy (n.) the combined healthy action of every organ of a particular system; as, the digestive synergy..
Homogangliate :: Homogangliate (a.) Having the ganglia of the nervous system symmetrically arranged, as in certain invertebrates; -- opposed to heterogangliate..
Non-episcopal :: Non-Episcopal (a.) Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.
Hegelism :: Hegelism (n.) The system of logic and philosophy set forth by Hegel, a German writer (1770-1831)..
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