The part of the leg between the knee and the ankle.
The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
A poorly played golf shot in which the ball is struck by the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
A redshank or greenshank, various species of Old World wading birds in the genus Tringa having distinctly colored legs.
A large ladle for molten metal, fitted with long bars for handling it.
The main part or beginning of a period of time.
Meat from that part of an animal.
The handle of a pair of shears, connecting the ride to the neck.
An improvised stabbing weapon.
The space between two channels of the Doric triglyph.
The part of the sole beneath the instep connecting the broader front part with the heel.
The end or remainder, particularly of a period of time.
A loop forming an eye to a button.
The metal part on a curb bit that falls below the mouthpiece, which length controls the severity of the leverage action of the bit, and to which the reins of the bridle are attached.
A protruding part of an object, by which it is or can be attached.
A straight, narrow part of an object, such as a key or an anchor; shaft; stem.
Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round.
Bad.
To hit or kick the ball in an unintended direction.
To misstrike the ball with the part of the club head that connects to the shaft.
To fall off, as a leaf, flower, or capsule, on account of disease affecting the supporting footstalk; usually followed by off.
To remove another's trousers, especially in jest; to depants.
To provide (a button) with a shank (loop forming an eye).
To apply the shank to a shoe, during the process of manufacturing it.
To stab, especially with an improvised blade.
A person's leg.
A lesbian, chiefly African-American, exhibiting both stud and femme traits.
A branch of a family.
A component on a bicycle that connects the handlebars to the bicycle fork.
The penis.
A slender supporting member of an individual part of a plant such as a flower or a leaf; also, by analogy, the shaft of a feather.
A premixed portion of a track for use in audio mastering and remixing.
The vertical or nearly vertical forward extension of the keel, to which the forward ends of the planks or strakes are attached.
A vertical stroke marking the length of a note in written music.
A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
A part of an anatomic structure considered without its possible branches or ramifications.
A winder on a clock, watch, or similar mechanism.
The stock of a family; a race or generation of progenitors.
The above-ground stalk (technically axis) of a vascular plant, and certain anatomically similar, below-ground organs such as rhizomes, bulbs, tubers, and corms.
A vertical stroke of a letter.
A crack pipe; or the long, hollow portion of a similar pipe (i.e. meth pipe) resembling a crack pipe.
The main part of an uninflected word to which affixes may be added to form inflections of the word. A stem often has a more fundamental root. Systematic conjugations and declensions derive from their stems.
An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
To direct the stem (of a ship) against; to make headway against.
To ram (clay, etc.) into a blasting hole.
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.
To be caused or derived; to originate.
To stop, hinder (for instance, a river or blood).
To descend in a family line.
To remove the stem from.