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Stem :: Stem (n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.

Apostematous :: Apostematous (a.) Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme..

System :: System (n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n..

Embodiment :: Embodiment (n.) That which embodies or is embodied; representation in a physical body; a completely organized system, like the body; as, the embodiment of courage, or of courtesy; the embodiment of true piety..

Dictionary :: Dictionary (n.) Hence, a book containing the words belonging to any system or province of knowledge, arranged alphabetically; as, a dictionary of medicine or of botany; a biographical dictionary..

Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A system of bracing bars, not crossing each other in the middle, connecting the channel bars of a compound strut..

Neoplatonism :: Neoplatonism (n.) A pantheistic eclectic school of philosophy, of which Plotinus was the chief (A. D. 205-270), and which sought to reconcile the Platonic and Aristotelian systems with Oriental theosophy. It tended to mysticism and theurgy, and was the last product of Greek philosophy..

Neural :: Neural (a.) relating to the nerves or nervous system; taining to, situated in the region of, or on the side with, the neural, or cerebro-spinal, axis; -- opposed to hemal. As applied to vertebrates, neural is the same as dorsal; as applied to invertebrates it is usually the same as ventral. Cf. Hemal..

Traditionlism :: Traditionlism (n.) A system of faith founded on tradition; esp., the doctrine that all religious faith is to be based solely upon what is delivered from competent authority, exclusive of rational processes..

Muscoid :: Muscoid (n.) A term formerly applied to any mosslike flowerless plant, with a distinct stem, and often with leaves, but without any vascular system..

Homomallous :: Homomallous (a.) Uniformly bending or curving to one side; -- said of leaves which grow on several sides of a stem.

Pendant :: Pendant (n.) The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended..

Latticing :: Latticing (n.) A system of bars crossing in the middle to form braces between principal longitudinal members, as of a strut..

Papaw :: Papaw (n.) A tree (Carica Papaya) of tropical America, belonging to the order Passifloreae. It has a soft, spongy stem, eighteen or twenty feet high, crowned with a tuft of large, long-stalked, palmately lobed leaves. The milky juice of the plant is said to have the property of making meat tender. Also, its dull orange-colored, melon-shaped fruit, which is eaten both raw and cooked or pickled..

Harlech Group :: Harlech group () A minor subdivision at the base of the Cambrian system in Wales.

Aposteme :: Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.

Truss :: Truss (n.) A tuft of flowers formed at the top of the main stalk, or stem, of certain plants..

Re :: Re () A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale..

Cytoblastema :: Cytoblastema (n.) See Protoplasm.

Proselyte :: Proselyte (v. t.) To convert to some religion, opinion, or system; to bring over..

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