Definition of stem

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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..

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Shock :: Shock (n.) A sudden depression of the vital forces of the entire body, or of a port of it, marking some profound impression produced upon the nervous system, as by severe injury, overpowering emotion, or the like..
Method :: Method (n.) Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development, or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual..
Feodality :: Feodality (n.) Feudal tenure; the feudal system. See Feudality.
Water Tree :: Water tree () A climbing shrub (Tetracera alnifolia, / potatoria) of Western Africa, which pours out a watery sap from the freshly cut stems..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size..
Octachord :: Octachord (n.) An instrument of eight strings; a system of eight tones.
Rush :: Rush (n.) A name given to many aquatic or marsh-growing endogenous plants with soft, slender stems, as the species of Juncus and Scirpus..
Root :: Root (n.) An ancestor or progenitor; and hence, an early race; a stem..
Cholagogue :: Cholagogue (a.) Promoting the discharge of bile from the system.
Admiralty :: Admiralty (n.) The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
Metric :: Metric (a.) Of or pertaining to the meter as a standard of measurement; of or pertaining to the decimal system of measurement of which a meter is the unit; as, the metric system; a metric measurement..
Sea Whip :: Sea whip () A gorgonian having a simple stem.
Syncretism :: Syncretic (a.) Uniting and blending together different systems, as of philosophy, morals, or religion..
Refracted :: Refracted (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf..
Neography :: Neography (n.) A new method or system of writing.
Scheme :: Scheme (n.) A combination of things connected and adjusted by design; a system.
Vaginated :: Vaginated (a.) Invested with, or as if with, a sheath; as, a vaginate stem, or one invested by the tubular base of a leaf..
Observatory :: Observatory (n.) A building fitted with instruments for making systematic observations of any particular class or series of natural phenomena.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor.
Devonian :: Devonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Devon or Devonshire in England; as, the Devonian rocks, period, or system..
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