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nouncylinder forming a long narrow part of something
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nouna slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
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"stem the tide"verbstop the flow of a liquidtype of:
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"thematic vowels are part of the stem"noun(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removedtype of:
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nouna turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
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nounfront part of a vessel or aircrafttype of:part of:
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"stem your skis"verbcause to point inwardtype of:
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"The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"verbgrow out of, have roots in, originate intype of:
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"for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"verbremove the stem from
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nounthe tube of a tobacco pipepart of:
Definition that contains stem
- black stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- dark stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- sinister stemming from evil characteristics or forces; wicked or dishonorable
- beanstalk stem of a bean plant
- malacca stem of the rattan palm used for making canes and umbrella handles
- snake plant stemless plant having narrow rigid leaves often cultivated as a houseplant
- penstemon deustus stems in clumps with cream-colored flowers; found from Washington to Wyoming and southward to California and Utah
- stemless carline thistle stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath; of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe
- bear grass stemless plant with tufts of grasslike leaves and erect panicle of minute creamy white flowers; southwestern United States and Mexico
- close off stem the flow of