Words that Rhyme with stem
1 Syllable Words
behm, bem, blehm, brehm, brem, chem, clem, dehm, demme, em, emme, femme, gehm, gem, gemme, hem, hemm, hemme, jem, kehm, kem, khem, klem, klemm, klemme, lem, lemm, m, m., prem, rehm, rem, remme, rhem, schemm, schwemm, stemm, swem, temme, them
2 Syllable Words
am, condemn, fm, mayhem, medchem, p.m., pm, raychem
3 Syllable Words
bethlehem, cardizem, compuchem, diadem, imm, mam, mgm, pgm, ppm, rpm
4 Syllable Words
difm, diltiazem, wm
Definitions of stem
v. i. Alt. of Steem
n. Alt. of Steem
n. The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches or the head or top.
n. A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.
n. The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
n. A branch of a family.
n. A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
n. Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
n. Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
n. That part of a plant which bears leaves, or rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly subterranean.
n. The entire central axis of a feather.
n. The basal portion of the body of one of the Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
n. The short perpendicular line added to the body of a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
n. The part of an inflected word which remains unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a given inflection; theme; base.
v. t. To remove the stem or stems from; as, to stem cherries; to remove the stem and its appendages (ribs and veins) from; as, to stem tobacco leaves.
v. t. To ram, as clay, into a blasting hole.
v. t. To oppose or cut with, or as with, the stem of a vessel; to resist, or make progress against; to stop or check the flow of, as a current.
v. i. To move forward against an obstacle, as a vessel against a current.