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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Disorganize :: Disorganize (v. t.) To destroy the organic structure or regular system of (a government, a society, a party, etc.); to break up (what is organized); to throw into utter disorder; to disarrange..
Pantology :: Pantology (n.) A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.
Bluff-headed :: Bluff-headed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Slender :: Slender (superl.) Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet..
Independentism :: Independentism (n.) Independency; the church system of Independents.
Militarism :: Militarism (n.) A military state or condition; reliance on military force in administering government; a military system.
Stem :: 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..
Jalapin :: Jalapin (n.) A glucoside found in the stems of the jalap plant and scammony. It is a strong purgative.
Pestalozzian :: Pestalozzian (a.) Belonging to, or characteristic of, a system of elementary education which combined manual training with other instruction, advocated and practiced by Jean Henri Pestalozzi (1746-1827), a Swiss teacher..
Stemlet :: Stemless (a.) Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.
Pedicular :: Pedicular (a.) Of or pertaining to lice; having the lousy distemper (phthiriasis); lousy.
Restem :: Restem (v. t.) To stem, or move against; as, to restem a current..
Anatifa :: Anatifa (n.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia..
Cat-tail :: Cat-tail (n.) A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, flat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin..
Bracing :: Bracing (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss..
Apostemation :: Apostemation (n.) The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.
Tree :: Tree (n.) Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree..
Sarment :: Sarment (n.) A prostrate filiform stem or runner, as of the strawberry. See Runner..
Grain :: Grain (n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
Ethical :: Ethical (a.) Of, or belonging to, morals; treating of the moral feelings or duties; containing percepts of morality; moral; as, ethic discourses or epistles; an ethical system; ethical philosophy..
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