a stem ending in a consonant.

(botany) Alternative form of leaf node

plural of stem cell

(neuroanatomy, anatomy) The part of the brain that connects the spinal cord to the forebrain and cerebrum.

(medicine, cytology) A primal undifferentiated cell from which a variety of other cells can develop through the process of cellular differentiation.

(slang, derogatory, dated, early 1900s) prostitute

(idiomatic, euphemistic) To have anal sex; to insert one's penis (stem) into another's anus (rose).

(anthropology) A family system in which a couple's firstborn child lives with them in the family home, and that child's spouse moves into the home of said in-laws, so that the younger couple's children are raised in the home of their grandparents. Usually, the younger offspring move out upon marriage. The inheritance, depending on the culture, may or may not be the most favorable to the firstborn.

(historical or astrology) A day of the traditional ten-day week. / (mythology) One of the ten suns thought to appear in succession on its appointed day of the traditional week.

plural of stem-winder