plural of stemness

(nautical, obsolete, of ships) Side by side so that both ships’ prows or stems are even with one another, abreast.

The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors. / A branch of a family. / An advanced or leading position; the lookout.

To remove the stem from. / To be caused or derived; to originate. / To descend in a family line. / To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.

(transitive) To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood). / (skiing) To move the feet apart and point the tips of the skis inward in order to slow down the speed or to facilitate a turn.

Alternative form of steem

Alternative form of STEM

A lesbian, chiefly African-American, exhibiting both stud and femme traits.

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.