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1.nounAcronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
2.nounAn electron microscope that transmits a very narrow beam of electrons through a sample; it can detect individual large or heavy atoms.
3.nounA gleam of light; a flame.
4.nounThe stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
5.nounA branch of a family.
6.nounAn advanced or leading position; the lookout.
7.nounThe above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
8.nounA slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather."the stem of an apple or a cherry"
9.nounA narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
10.nounThe main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
11.nounA person's leg.
12.nounThe penis.
13.nounA vertical stroke of a letter.
14.nounA vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
15.nounA premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.
16.nounThe vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
17.nounA component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
18.nounA part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
19.nounA crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
20.noun(chiefly British) A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
21.verbTo remove the stem from."to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves"
22.verbTo be caused or derived; to originate."The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government."
23.verbTo descend in a family line.
24.verbTo direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
25.verbTo hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
26.verbTo ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
27.verbTo stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood)."to stem a tide"
28.verbTo move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.