Something which helps; a material source of help.
Help; assistance; succor, relief.
An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
A helper; an assistant.
An exchequer loan.
A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.
To climb with the use of aids such as pitons.
To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist.
A narrow part on certain man-made objects, such as a wine glass, a tobacco pipe, a spoon.
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.
A person's leg.
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 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.