Definition of base

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Base (a.) Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion..

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Intercavernous :: Intercavernous (a.) Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain..
Sinapoline :: Sinapoline (n.) A nitrogenous base, CO.(NH.C3H5)2, related to urea, extracted from mustard oil, and also produced artifically, as a white crystalline substance; -- called also diallyl urea..
Sheathed :: Sheathed (a.) Invested by a sheath, or cylindrical membranaceous tube, which is the base of the leaf, as the stalk or culm in grasses; vaginate..
Unicostate :: Unicostate (a.) Having a single rib or strong nerve running upward from the base; -- said of a leaf.
Echidnine :: Echidnine (n.) The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus..
Trinervate :: Trinervate (a.) Having three ribs or nerves extending unbranched from the base to the apex; -- said of a leaf.
Family :: Family (v. t.) A group of organisms, either animal or vegetable, related by certain points of resemblance in structure or development, more comprehensive than a genus, because it is usually based on fewer or less pronounced points of likeness. In zoology a family is less comprehesive than an order; in botany it is often considered the same thing as an order..
Antimonate :: Antimonate (n.) A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical.
Carnalize :: Carnalize (v. t.) To make carnal; to debase to carnality.
Margarate :: Margarate (n.) A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base.
Bisulphite :: Bisulphite (n.) A salt of sulphurous acid in which the base replaces but half the hydrogen of the acid; an acid sulphite.
Prostitute :: Prostitute (a.) Openly given up to lewdness; devoted to base or infamous purposes.
Base :: Base (n.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ.
Dichromate :: Dichromate (n.) A salt of chromic acid containing two equivalents of the acid radical to one of the base; -- called also bichromate.
Natural :: Natural (a.) Belonging to, to be taken in, or referred to, some system, in which the base is 1; -- said or certain functions or numbers; as, natural numbers, those commencing at 1; natural sines, cosines, etc., those taken in arcs whose radii are 1..
Sarcobases :: Sarcobases (pl. ) of Sarcobasi.
Phenanthroline :: Phenanthroline (n.) Either of two metameric nitrogenous hydrocarbon bases, C12H8N2, analogous to phenanthridine, but more highly nitrogenized..
Debased :: Debased (imp. & p. p.) of Debas.
Tricostate :: Tricostate (a.) Three-ribbed; having three ribs from the base.
Chevron :: Chevron (n.) One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center..
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