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Noun
- the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support
- a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation
- a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- thematic vowels are part of the stem
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being
- the Italian beginning of the Renaissance
- Jupiter was the origin of the radiation
- Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River
- (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground
Verb
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- dig with the snout
- the pig was rooting for truffles
- come into existence, originate
- The problem roots in her depression
- take root and begin to grow