Crossword-Solution: STEM
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Stem | v. i. | Alt. of Steem |
| Stem | n. | Alt. of Steem |
| Stem | n. | The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top. |
| Stem | n. | A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry. |
| Stem | n. | The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. |
| Stem | n. | A branch of a family. |
| Stem | n. | A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow. |
| Stem | n. | Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout. |
| 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. |
| Stem | n. | That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean. |
| Stem | n. | The entire central axis of a feather. |
| Stem | n. | The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian. |
| Stem | n. | The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc. |
| Stem | n. | The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base. |
| Stem | v. t. | 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. |
| Stem | v. t. | To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole. |
| Stem | v. t. | 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. |
| Stem | v. i. | To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| STEM | anagram | EMTS, MEST, METS, SMET, SMTE, TEMS |
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An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
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Sentences with STEM (5)
And the people of the village Welcomed him with songs and dances, Made a joyous feast, and shouted: “Honor be to Hiawatha! He has slain the great Pearl-Feather, Slain the mightiest of Magicians, Him, who sent the fiery fever, Sent the white fog from the fen-lands, Sent disease and death among us!” Ever dear to Hiawatha Was the memory of Mama! And in token of his friendship, As a mark of his remembrance, He adorned and decked his pipe-stem With the crimson tuft of feathers, With the blood-red crest of Mama.
Determined to keep as far apart as possible, the one seated himself in the stem, and the other in the prow of the ship.
Economic difficulties stem from a sustained drop in copper production and ineffective economic policies.
Oak seized the cut ends of the sheaves, as if he were going to engage in the operation of “reed-drawing,” and digging in his feet, and occasionally sticking in the stem of his sheep-crook, he clambered up the beetling face.
The above non-techspeak academic usages stem from this instance of a defined and accepted body of work.
Quotes with STEM (3)
I stood still, vision blurring, and in that moment, I heard my heart break. It was a small, clean sound, like the snapping of a flower's stem.
Seeds eat no mud Stem eats no seed, Leaf eats no stem, Flower consumes no leaf Nor fruit eats flower, The fruit, quit the tree with happiness Without harming it. But the intelligent human-being, eats up all; still unhappy , hungry and ...
Every decision you make in life will stem from one of two options: love or fear. Choose love.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Onion, Rock & Roll, Slate, The Atlantic, Three Across, TIME, Tribune, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 1,430 times in crossword archives (1943–2025).