Definition of base

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Base (a.) Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals..

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Understairs :: Understairs (n.) The basement or cellar.
Mean-spirited :: Mean-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; base; groveling.
Basal :: Basal (a.) Relating to, or forming, the base..
Scalene :: Scalene (a.) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone..
Surbated :: Surbased (a.) Having the vertical height from springing line to crown less than the half span; -- said of an arch; as, a segmental arch is surbased..
Trimethylene :: Trimethylene (n.) A gaseous hydrocarbon, C3H6, isomeric with propylene and obtained from it indirectly. It is the base of a series of compounds analogous to the aromatic hydrocarbons..
Latitat :: Latitat (n.) A writ based upon the presumption that the person summoned was hiding.
Thiophene :: Thiophene (n.) A sulphur hydrocarbon, C4H4S, analogous to furfuran and benzene, and acting as the base of a large number of substances which closely resemble the corresponding aromatic derivatives..
Sheath :: Sheath (n.) The base of a leaf when sheathing or investing a stem or branch, as in grasses..
Dipyridil :: Dipyridil (n.) A crystalline nitrogenous base, C10H8N2, obtained by the reduction of pyridine..
Dastardy :: Dastardy (n.) Base timidity; cowardliness.
Artichoke :: Artichoke (n.) The Cynara scolymus, a plant somewhat resembling a thistle, with a dilated, imbricated, and prickly involucre. The head (to which the name is also applied) is composed of numerous oval scales, inclosing the florets, sitting on a broad receptacle, which, with the fleshy base of the scales, is much esteemed as an article of food..
Hangdog :: Hangdog (n.) A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird..
Hexacid :: Hexacid (a.) Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base..
Protamin :: Protamin (n.) An amorphous nitrogenous substance found in the spermatic fluid of salmon. It is soluble in water, which an alkaline reaction, and unites with acids and metallic bases..
Cap :: Cap (n.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.
Nerve :: Nerve (n.) One of the principal fibrovascular bundles or ribs of a leaf, especially when these extend straight from the base or the midrib of the leaf..
Calculation :: Calculation (n.) An expectation based on circumstances.
Gynobase :: Gynobase (n.) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary..
Strumatic :: Struma (n.) A cushionlike swelling on any organ; especially, that at the base of the capsule in many mosses..
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