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Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
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An electron microscope that transmits a very narrow beam of electrons through a sample; it can detect individual large or heavy atoms.
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A gleam of light; a flame.
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The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
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A branch of a family.
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An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
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The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
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A 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.
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the stem of an apple or a cherry
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A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
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The 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.
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A person's leg.
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The penis.
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A vertical stroke of a letter.
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A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
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A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.
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The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
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A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork
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A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
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A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
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(chiefly British) A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism
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To remove the stem from.
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to stem cherries; to stem tobacco leaves
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To be caused or derived; to originate.
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The current crisis stems from the short-sighted politics of the previous government.
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To descend in a family line.
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To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
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To hit with the stem of a ship; to ram.
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To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
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To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
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to stem a tide
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To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.