stem¹ /stem/

1. The leaf-bearing axis of a plant
2. A stalk
3. Anything stalklike, such as the slender vertical part of a written musical note, or of a wineglass, or the winding shaft of a watch
4. An upright stroke of a letter
5. The main line (or sometimes a branch) of a family
6. A race or family
7. The base of a word, to which inflectional suffixes are added (philology)

1. To provide with a stem
2. To deprive of stalk or stem

1. To grow a stem
2. To spring, take rise

stemˈless adjective

stemˈlet noun

stemmed adjective

stem-and-leafˈ diagram noun (statistics)

A type of diagram representing grouped data, in which class intervals are shown on a vertical line (the stem) with observations given beside each class interval on a horizontal line (a leaf)

stem cell noun (biology)

A generalized parent cell that gives rise to cells that specialize

stem cup noun

A Chinese porcelain goblet first produced in the Ming Dynasty, having a roomy bowl mounted on a stem that broadens to form the base

stem form noun

Ancestral form

stem ginger noun

The underground stem of the ginger plant

stem stitch noun

An overlapping stitch used in embroidery

stemˈware noun

Glasses and other stemmed vessels

stemˈwīnder noun (US)

A keyless watch

stem² /stem/

1. A curved timber at the prow of a ship
2. The forepart of a ship

1. To make slight headway or hold position against (a contrary tide or current)
2. Hence, to make way against, breast
3. To ram

stemˈson noun

A curved timber behind the apron of a wooden-hulled ship

from stem to stern

1. From one end of a vessel to the other
2. Throughout

stem³ /stem/

1. To stop, check
2. To dam
3. To plug or tamp (mining)
4. To staunch
5. To slow down by pushing the heels apart (skiing)

(in skiing) the process of stemming, used in turning

stemmˈer noun (mining)

A metal bar used to tamp down a charge in a blasting hole

stemmˈing noun

stem turn noun (skiing)

A turn performed by stemming one ski and bringing the other ski down parallel with it

stemma /stemˈə/

1. A garland
2. A scroll
3. A pedigree, family tree
4. A diagrammatic tree drawn up (using the internal evidence of manuscripts, etc) to show the descent and relationships of the texts of a literary work
5. An ocellus

stemmˈatous adjective

stemme /stem/ transitive verb (Spenser)

To encircle

• parroted
• parroter
• parroters
• parrot-fashion
• parrot fever
• parrot fevers
• parrot-fish
• parrot-fishes
• parroting
• parrot-jaw
• parrot-jaws
• parrot mouth
• parrotries
• parrotry
• parrots
• parrot-wrasse
• parrot-wrasses
• parroty
• parrs
• parry
• parrying
• pars
• parse
• parsec
• parsecs