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- English Word Stem Definition To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
- English Word Stem Definition To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
- English Word Stem Definition 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.
- English Word Stem Definition To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.
- English Word Stem-clasping Definition Embracing the stem with its base; amplexicaul; as a leaf or petiole.
- English Word Stem-winder Definition A stem-winding watch.
- English Word Stem-winding Definition Wound by mechanism connected with the stem; as, a stem-winding watch.
- English Word Stemless Definition Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent.
- English Word Stemlet Definition A small or young stem.
- English Word Stemma Definition One of the ocelli of an insect. See Ocellus.
- English Word Stemma Definition One of the facets of a compound eye of any arthropod.
- English Word Stemmata Definition of Stemma
- English Word Stemmed Definition of Stem
- English Word Stemmer Definition One who, or that which, stems (in any of the senses of the verbs).
- English Word Stemmery Definition A large building in which tobacco is stemmed.
- English Word Stemming Definition of Stem
- English Word Stemmy Definition Abounding in stems, or mixed with stems; -- said of tea, dried currants, etc.
- English Word Stemple Definition A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.
- English Word Stemson Definition A piece of curved timber bolted to the stem, keelson, and apron in a ship's frame near the bow.
- English Word Stench Definition To stanch.