| antemortem | (adjective) preceding death | - |
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| 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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| item | (noun) a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection | - |
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| (noun) an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, point |
| (noun) a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list | Synonyms: point |
| (noun) an individual instance of a type of symbol | Synonyms: token |
| (noun) a small part that can be considered separately from the whole | Synonyms: detail, particular |
| (adverb) (used when listing or enumerating items) also | - |
| meristem | (noun) undifferentiated tissue from which new cells are formed, as at the tip of a stem or root | - |
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| postmortem | (adjective) occurring or done after death | Synonyms: postmortal |
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| (adjective) after death or after an event | - |
| (noun) an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease | Synonyms: autopsy, necropsy, PM, post-mortem, post-mortem examination, postmortem examination |
| (noun) discussion of an event after it has occurred | Synonyms: post-mortem |
| retem | (noun) desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista | Synonyms: Genista raetam, juniper, juniper bush, raetam, Retama raetam |
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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 | - |
| totem | (noun) emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians) | - |
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| (noun) a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object | - |
| 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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