Stem
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

BOW
Bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head; "He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"

DAM
Female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

4 letters

COME
The thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

CURB
The act of restraining power or action or limiting excess; "his common sense is a bridle to his quick temper"

STOP
A brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"

FORE
Front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

HALT
An interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"

PROW
Front part of a vessel or aircraft; "he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"

AXIS
The 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head

BASE
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"

ROOT
The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

5 letters

THEME
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

STALK
A slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

ABATE
Make less active or intense

HEAVE
Bend out of shape, as under pressure or from heat; "The highway buckled during the heat wave"

TOOTH
Hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates; used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense

SHANK
Lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

CHECK
The act of inspecting or verifying; "they made a check of their equipment"; "the pilot ran through the check-out procedure"

ARISE
Move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"

6 letters

BRANCH
Any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm; "the arm of the record player"; "an arm of the sea"; "a branch of the sewer"

ARREST
The act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal); "the policeman on the beat got credit for the collar"

STANCH
Stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"

7 letters

STAUNCH
Stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "stem the tide"

RADICAL
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

8 letters

STEMTURN
A turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

ROOTWORD
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

RESTRAIN
Keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"

9 letters

ORIGINATE
Begin a trip at a certain point, as of a plane, train, bus, etc.; "The flight originates in Calcutta"

11 letters

FLOWERSTALK
Erect leafless flower stalk growing directly from the ground as in a tulip