Definition of stem

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Stem (n.) Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.

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Organ :: Organ (n.) A natural part or structure in an animal or a plant, capable of performing some special action (termed its function), which is essential to the life or well-being of the whole; as, the heart, lungs, etc., are organs of animals; the root, stem, foliage, etc., are organs of plants..
Decametre :: Decametre (n.) A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches..
Entheic :: Entheic (a.) Caused by a morbifie virus implanted in the system; as, an enthetic disease like syphilis..
Manual :: Manual (a.) A prescribed exercise in the systematic handing of a weapon; as, the manual of arms; the manual of the sword; the manual of the piece (cannon, mortar, etc.)..
Proselytism :: Proselytism (n.) The act or practice of proselyting; the making of converts to a religion or a religious sect, or to any opinion, system, or party..
Runt :: Runt (a.) The dead stump of a tree; also, the stem of a plant..
Channeling :: Channeling (n.) A channel or a system of channels; a groove.
Garget :: Garget (n.) A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite..
Tonic :: Tonic (a.) Increasing strength, or the tone of the animal system; obviating the effects of debility, and restoring healthy functions..
Linkage :: Linkage (n.) A system of straight lines or bars, fastened together by joints, and having certain of their points fixed in a plane. It is used to describe straight lines and curves in the plane..
Commonwealth :: Commonwealth (n.) A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws..
Stemson :: Stemple (n.) A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step..
Patchouly :: Patchouly (n.) A mintlike plant (Pogostemon Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made..
Drainage :: Drainage (n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works..
Panel :: Panel (n.) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal..
Congregationalism :: Congregationalism (n.) That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.
Crystallography :: Crystallography (n.) The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold..
Systemless :: Systemizer (n.) One who systemizes, or reduces to system; a systematizer..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle..
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