(linguistics) A word, especially a noun in Indo-European linguistics, whose stem ends in /a/.

A surname.

present participle of stem

(nautical) Movement against a current, especially a tidal current. / A process for removing the inflexional, and sometimes derivational, affixes from words.

plural of stem

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of stem

(cytology) An essential characteristic of a stem cell that distinguishes it from ordinary cells

plural of STEM: scanning transmission electron microscopes

plural of a-stem

plural of stemming