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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Runt :: Runt (a.) The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant..
Orrery :: Orrery (n.) An apparatus which illustrates, by the revolution of balls moved by wheelwork, the relative size, periodic motions, positions, orbits, etc., of bodies in the solar system..
Trigonal :: Trigonal (a.) Having three angles, or corners; triangular; as, a trigonal stem, one having tree prominent longitudinal angles..
Systematical :: Systematical (a.) Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence..
Second :: Second (a.) In the duodecimal system of mensuration, the twelfth part of an inch or prime; a line. See Inch, and Prime, n., 8..
Bluff-bowed :: Bluff-bowed (a.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down.
Abstemiousness :: Abstemiousness (n.) The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing in the use of food and strong drinks. It expresses a greater degree of abstinence than temperance..
Totemism :: Totemism (n.) The system of distinguishing families, clans, etc., in a tribe by the totem..
Stemmer :: Stemma (n.) One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
Grain :: Grain (n.) A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
Root :: Root (n.) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem..
Harlech Group :: Harlech group () A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales.
Multicipital :: Multicipital (a.) Having many heads or many stems from one crown or root.
Sawfly :: Sawfly (n.) Any one of numerous species of hymenopterous insects belonging to the family Tenthredinidae. The female usually has an ovipositor containing a pair of sawlike organs with which she makes incisions in the leaves or stems of plants in which to lay the eggs. The larvae resemble those of Lepidoptera.
Hamilton Period :: Hamilton period () A subdivision of the Devonian system of America; -- so named from Hamilton, Madison Co., New York. It includes the Marcellus, Hamilton, and Genesee epochs or groups. See the Chart of Geology..
Non-episcopal :: Non-Episcopal (a.) Not Episcopal; not pertaining to the Episcopal church or system.
Psarolite :: Psarolite (n.) A silicified stem of tree fern, found in abundance in the Triassic sandstone..
Scallion :: Scallion (n.) Any onion which does not bottom out, but remains with a thick stem like a leek..
Hutchunsonian :: Hutchunsonian (n.) A follower of John Hutchinson of Yorkshire, England, who believed that the Hebrew Scriptures contained a complete system of natural science and of theology..
Crinoidea :: Crinoidea (n. pl.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula..
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