Stem-winder: alternatives and connections

attach or become attached to a stem word; "grammatical morphemes affix to the stem"

A circuit; a winding. Hence: Circuitous way or proceeding; quibble; circumlocution; indirect mode of speech.

Winding; full of windings and turnings; sinuous; tortuous; as, the anfractuous spires of a born.

A mazy winding.

The winding or twining stem of a hop vine or other climbing plant.

A winding or zigzag trench forming a path or communication from one siegework to another, to a magazine, etc.

The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine.

a division of a stem, or secondary stem arising from the main stem of a plant

The stem of a tree., esp. a stem without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the perennial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; -- otherwise called a radicle.

A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.

A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for…

The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.

To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way through a crowd.

solid swollen underground bulb-shaped stem or stem base and serving as a reproductive structure

Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

The gradual formation or production of organs or parts by a process of evolution or development, as when the seed develops the root an…

A half watch; a watch of two hours, of which there are two, the first dogwatch from 4 to 6 o'clock, p. m., and the second dogwatch fro…