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

• paiocks
• pair
• pair-bond
• pair-bonding
• pair-bonds
• pair case
• pair cases
• paire
• paired
• paired reading
• pair-horse
• pairial
• pairing
• pairings
• pairing-time
• pairing-times
• pair-oar
• pair-oars
• pair of bellows
• pair of colours
• pair of compasses
• pair off
• pair of snuffers
• pair of spectacles
• pair of stays