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 |
Stem
(n.) A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch |
Stem
(n.) The stock of a family |
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 |
Stem
(n.) Fig.: An advanced or leading position |
Stem
(n.) Anything resembling a stem or stalk |
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 |
Stem
(n.) The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection |
Stem
(v. t.) To remove the stem or stems from |
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 |
Stem
(v. i.) To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current. |
Stem-clasping
(a.) Embracing the stem with its base |
Stem-winder
(n.) A stem-winding watch. |
Stem-winding
(a.) Wound by mechanism connected with the stem |
Watch
(v. i.) The act of watching |
Watch
(v. i.) One who watches, or those who watch |
Watch
(v. i.) The post or office of a watchman |
Watch
(v. i.) The period of the night during which a person does duty as a sentinel, or guard |
Watch
(v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried about the person, the machinery of which is moved by a spring. |
Watch
(n.) An allotted portion of time, usually four hour for standing watch, or being on deck ready for duty. Cf. Dogwatch. |
Watch
(n.) That part, usually one half, of the officers and crew, who together attend to the working of a vessel for an allotted time, usually four hours. The watches are designated as the port watch, and the starboard watch. |
Watch
(v. i.) To be awake |
Watch
(v. i.) To be attentive or vigilant |
Watch
(v. i.) To be expectant |
Watch
(v. i.) To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant |
Watch
(v. i.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating properly in its place |
Watch
(v. t.) To give heed to |
Watch
(v. t.) To tend |
Watches
(n. pl.) The leaves of Saracenia flava. See Trumpets. |
Winding
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind |
Winding
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind |
Winding
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wind |
Winder
(n.) One who, or that which, winds |
Winder
(n.) An apparatus used for winding silk, cotton, etc., on spools, bobbins, reels, or the like. |
Winder
(n.) One in a flight of steps which are curved in plan, so that each tread is broader at one end than at the other |
Winder
(v. t. & i.) To fan |
Winder
(n.) A blow taking away the breath. |
Winder
(v. i.) To wither |
Winding
(n.) A call by the boatswain's whistle. |
Winding
(a.) Twisting from a direct line or an even surface |
Winding
(n.) A turn or turning |
Winding
(n.) A line- or ribbon-shaped material (as wire, string, or bandaging) wound around an object |
wind
winding
twist | the act of winding or twisting, he put the key in the old clock and gave it a good wind |
stem turn
stem | a turn made in skiing, the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it |
watch
vigil | a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe |
listening watch
continuous receiver watch | a watch established for the reception of traffic of interest to the unit maintaining the watch |
| vigil watch | the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival) |
| watch night | a devotional service (especially on New Year's Eve) |
| analog watch | a watch that represents time by the position of hands on a dial |
bow fore
prow
stem | front part of a vessel or aircraft, he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line |
crystal
watch crystal
watch glass | a protective cover that protects the face of a watch |
| digital watch | a watch with a digital display |
field coil
field winding | the electric coil around a field magnet that produces the magneto motive force to set up the flux in an electric machine |
fob
watch chain
watch guard | short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest |
| fob watch pocket | a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch |
hunter
hunting watch | a watch with a hinged metal lid to protect the crystal |
pall shroud
cerement
winding-sheet
windinglothes | burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped |
| pendulum watch | (th century) a watch with a balance wheel having a fake pendulum attached to it |
| pocket watch | a watch that is carried in a small watch pocket |
primary coil
primary winding
primary | coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit, current through the primary coil induces current in the secondary coil |
secondary coil
secondary winding
secondary | coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil |
| shank stem | cylinder forming a long narrow part of something |
| stem | the tube of a tobacco pipe |
| stem-winder | a watch that is wound by turning a knob at the stem |
stopwatch
stop watch | a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race) |
watch
ticker | a small portable timepiece |
watchband
watchstrap
wristband watch bracelet
bracelet | a band of cloth or leather or metal links attached to a wristwatch and wrapped around the wrist |
| watch cap | a knitted dark blue wool cap worn by seamen in cold or stormy weather |
| watch case | the metal case in which the works of a watch are housed |
| watch glass | laboratory glassware, a shallow glass dish used as an evaporating surface or to cover a beaker |
| watch key | winder consisting of a key with a square hole, used for winding some watches |
| winder | mechanical device around which something can be wound |
| winder key | mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) |
wristwatch
wrist watch | a watch that is worn strapped to the wrist |
brainstem
brain-stem
brain stem | the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus |
| stem cell | an undifferentiated cell whose daughter cells may differentiate into other cell types (such as blood cells) |
| hematopoeitic stem cell | blood forming stem cells in the bone marrow, T cells and B cells arise from these stem cells |
root
root word
base
stem theme radical | (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed, thematic vowels are part of the stem |
| watch fire | a fire lighted at night as a signal |
stem vowel
thematic vowel | a vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection |
day shift
day watch | workers who work during the day (as a.m. to p.m.) |
lookout
lookout man
sentinel
sentry
watch
spotter scout picket | a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event |
| winder | a worker who winds (e.g., a winch or clock or other mechanism) |
celtuce
stem lettuce
Lactuca sativa asparagina | lettuce valued especially for its edible stems |
bluestem
blue stem
Andropogon furcatus
Andropogon gerardii | tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States |
common ginger
Canton ginger
stem ginger
Zingiber officinale | tropical Asian plant widely cultivated for its pungent root, source of gingerroot and powdered ginger |
onion stem
Lepiota cepaestipes | a white agaric that tends to cluster and has a club-shaped base |
stalk
stem | a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ |
black-stem spleenwort
black-stemmed spleenwort
little ebony spleenwort | fern of tropical America: from southern United States to West Indies and Mexico to Brazil |
| stem blight | a fungous blight attacking the stems of plants |
little potato
rosette
russet scab
stem canker | rhizoctinia disease of potatoes |
| watch | a period of time ( or hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty |