letter stem

  • 11stem — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English stefn, stemn stem of a plant or ship; akin to Old High German stam plant stem and probably to Greek stamnos wine jar, histanai to set more at stand Date: before 12th century 1. a. the main trunk …

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  • 12stem — Synonyms and related words: IC analysis, Maypole, V, accidence, accrue from, adjutage, advance, affiliation, affix, affixation, affront, allomorph, animal kingdom, ankle, antagonize, anthrophore, apparentation, arise, arise from, arrest, ascender …

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  • 13Letter box — This article is about boxes for depositing letters. For video framing, see letterbox. For the type of interprocess communication, see MailSlot . A letter box, letterbox, letter plate, letter hole, mail slot, or mailbox is a receptacle for… …

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  • 14letter — Synonyms and related words: PP, RD, RFD, accurately, acknowledgment, advice, airmail, alphabet, alphabetize, answer, art, article, ascender, autograph, back, bastard type, beard, belles lettres, belly, bevel, billet, black letter, blueprint, body …

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  • 15stem — stem1 noun 1》 the main body or stalk of a plant or shrub.     ↘the stalk supporting a fruit, flower, or leaf, and attaching it to a larger branch, twig, or stalk. 2》 a long, thin supportive or main section of something, such as that of a wine… …

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  • 16Embryonic stem cell — Embryonic stem cells (ES cells) are stem cells derived from the inner cell mass of an early stage embryo known as a blastocyst. Human embryos reach the blastocyst stage 4 5 days post fertilization, at which time they consist of 50 150 cells.… …

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  • 17Superior letter — Superior Su*pe ri*or, a. [L., compar. of superus being above, fr. super above, over: cf. F. sup[ e]rieur. See {Super }, and cf. {Supreme}.] 1. More elevated in place or position; higher; upper; as, the superior limb of the sun; the superior part… …

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  • 18Vend (letter) — Vend is a letter of Old Norse. It was used to represent the sound IPA|/u/, IPA|/v/, and IPA|/w/.It was related to and probably derived from the Old English letter Wynn (Runic alphabet ᚹ and later the Latin alphabet (unicode|Ƿ ƿ)), except that the …

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  • 19descending letter — descending letter, Printing. a letter with a long stem which descends below the line …

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  • 20Biblical Hebrew — Biblical Hebrew, Classical Hebrew שְֹפַת כְּנַעַן, יְהוּדִית, (לְשוֹן) עִבְרִית …

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