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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Element :: Element (n.) One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of a planet's orbit..
Briar :: Briar (n.) A plant with a slender woody stem bearing stout prickles; especially, species of Rosa, Rubus, and Smilax..
Thorn :: Thorn (n.) A hard and sharp-pointed projection from a woody stem; usually, a branch so transformed; a spine..
Shrub :: Shrub (n.) A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root..
Systemized :: Systemization (n.) The act or process of systematizing; systematization.
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow..
Frondose :: Frondose (a.) Frond bearing; resembling a frond; having a simple expansion not separable into stem and leaves.
Sexenary :: Sexenary (a.) Proceeding by sixes; sextuple; -- applied especially to a system of arithmetical computation in which the base is six.
Retrofracted :: Retrofracted (a.) Refracted; as, a retrofract stem..
Tigella :: Tigella (n.) That part of an embryo which represents the young stem; the caulicle or radicle.
Anatifa :: Anatifa (n.) An animal of the barnacle tribe, of the genus Lepas, having a fleshy stem or peduncle; a goose barnacle. See Cirripedia..
Installation :: Installation (n.) The whole of a system of machines, apparatus, and accessories, when set up and arranged for practical working, as in electric lighting, transmission of power, etc..
Psychology :: Psychology (n.) The science of the human soul; specifically, the systematic or scientific knowledge of the powers and functions of the human soul, so far as they are known by consciousness; a treatise on the human soul..
Pantology :: Pantology (n.) A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A painting done with this preparation.
Isopathy :: Isopathy (n.) The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical..
Revertent :: Revertent (n.) A remedy which restores the natural order of the inverted irritative motions in the animal system.
Ritualism :: Ritualism (n.) A system founded upon a ritual or prescribed form of religious worship; adherence to, or observance of, a ritual..
Cosmography :: Cosmography (n.) A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts..
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