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Stems
Acronym of science, technology, engineering, (and) mathematics.
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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.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Stems"
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| Word | Definition |
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| radicalnoun | Favoring fundamental change, or change at the root cause of a matter. |
| staunchnoun | (figuratively) Staying true to one's aims or principles; firm, resolute, unswerving. |
| basenoun | Something from which other things extend; a foundation. |
| themenoun | A subject, now especially of a talk or an artistic piece; a topic. |
| root wordnoun | A prefix in an English word derived from Greek or Latin. |
| forenoun | Forward; situated towards the front (of something). |
| stanchverb | To stop the flow of (blood); also, to stop (a wound) from bleeding. |
| haltnoun | (intransitive) To stop either temporarily or permanently. |
| shanknoun | The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle. |
| bownoun | (archery) A weapon made of a curved piece of wood or other flexible material whose ends are connected by a string, used for shooting arrows. |
| prownoun | (nautical) The front part of a vessel. |
| stalknoun | The stem or main axis of a plant. |
| rootnoun | The part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors and supports the plant body, absorbs and stores water and nutrients, and in some plants is able to perform vegetative reproduction. |
| arisesverb | (intransitive) To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. |
| barsnoun | (sports) Any event in gymnastics using the bars. |
| bolenoun | The trunk or stem of a tree. |
| bolesnoun | A surname. |
| buildsverb | (transitive) To form (something) by combining materials or parts. |
| canenoun | A plant with simple stems, like bamboo or sugar cane, or the stem thereof: |
| canesnoun | Bamboo plants of genus Arundinaria, the sole temperate genus of bamboo native to the New World. |
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