Definition of stems

"stems" in the noun sense

1. 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"

2. stalk, stem

a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

3. shank, stem

cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

4. stem

the tube of a tobacco pipe

5. bow, fore, prow, stem

front part of a vessel or aircraft

"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

6. 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

"stems" in the verb sense

1. stem

grow out of, have roots in, originate in

"The increase in the national debt stems from the last war"

2. stem

cause to point inward

"stem your skis"

3. stem, stanch, staunch, halt

stop the flow of a liquid

"staunch the blood flow"

"stem the tide"

4. stem

remove the stem from

"for automatic natural language processing, the words must be stemmed"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for stems

And soon
Their hushing dances languished to a stand,
Like midnight leaves when, as the Zephyrs swoon.
All on their drooping stems they sink unfanned. [ Hood ]

stems in Scrabble®

The word stems is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 7

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters stems:

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stems in Words With Friends™

The word stems is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters stems:

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Words within the letters of stems

2 letter words in stems (2 words)

3 letter words in stems (4 words)

4 letter words in stems (3 words)

5 letter words in stems (1 word)

stems + 1 blank (4 words)

Words containing the sequence stems

Words that start with stems (1 word)

Words with stems in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving stems

Shorter words in stems

em ems

em stem

Longer words containing stems

brainstems

meristems

restems

systems cryptosystems

systems ecosystems agroecosystems

systems eigensystems

systems filesystems

systems geosystems

systems microsystems

systems nanosystems

systems nonsystems

systems photosystems

systems powersystems

systems subsystems

systems supersystems