bluestem | (noun) tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States | Synonyms: Andropogon furcatus, Andropogon gerardii, blue stem |
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brainstem | (noun) the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus | Synonyms: brain-stem, brain stem |
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ecosystem | (noun) a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment | - |
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meristem | (noun) undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root | - |
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servosystem | (noun) control system that converts a small mechanical motion into one requiring much greater power; may include a negative feedback system | Synonyms: servo, servomechanism |
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stem | (noun) a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it | Synonyms: stem turn |
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(noun) front part of a vessel or aircraft | Synonyms: bow, fore, prow |
(noun) the tube of a tobacco pipe | - |
(noun) cylinder forming a long narrow part of something | Synonyms: shank |
(noun) (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed | Synonyms: base, radical, root, root word, theme |
(noun) a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ | Synonyms: stalk |
(verb) stop the flow of a liquid | Synonyms: halt, stanch, staunch |
(verb) remove the stem from | - |
(verb) grow out of, have roots in, originate in | - |
(verb) cause to point inward | - |
subsystem | (noun) a system that is part of some larger system | - |
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system | (noun) instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity | - |
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(noun) an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized | Synonyms: organisation, organization |
(noun) a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts | - |
(noun) the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole | - |
(noun) a complex of methods or rules governing behavior | Synonyms: system of rules |
(noun) a procedure or process for obtaining an objective | - |
(noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: arrangement, organisation, organization |
(noun) a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole | Synonyms: scheme |
(noun) (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium | - |
wingstem | (noun) perennial herb with showy yellow flowers; the eastern United States | Synonyms: Actinomeris alternifolia, golden honey plant, golden ironweed, Verbesina alternifolia, yellow ironweed |
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