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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.
- English Word Stench Definition A smell; an odor.
- English Word Stench Definition An ill smell; an offensive odor; a stink.
- English Word Stench Definition To cause to emit a disagreeable odor; to cause to stink.
- English Word Stenchy Definition Having a stench.
- English Word Stencil Definition A thin plate of metal, leather, or other material, used in painting, marking, etc. The pattern is cut out of the plate, which is then laid flat on the surface to be marked, and the color brushed over it. Called also stencil plate.
- English Word Stencil Definition To mark, paint, or color in figures with stencils; to form or print by means of a stencil.
- English Word Stenciled Definition of Stencil
- English Word Stenciler Definition One who paints or colors in figures by means of stencil.
- English Word Stenciling Definition of Stencil
- English Word Stencilled Definition of Stencil