Definition of base

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

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Trapezium :: Trapezium (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb..
Metathesis :: Metathesis (n.) The act, process, or result of exchange, substitution, or replacement of atoms and radicals; thus, by metathesis an acid gives up all or part of its hydrogen, takes on an equivalent amount of a metal or base, and forms a salt..
Adulterate :: Adulterate (a.) Debased by the admixture of a foreign substance; adulterated; spurious.
Toadyism :: Toadyism (n.) The practice of meanly fawning on another; base sycophancy; servile adulation.
Low-minded :: Low-minded (a.) Inclined in mind to low or unworthy things; showing a base mind.
Scapulet :: Scapulet (n.) A secondary mouth fold developed at the base of each of the armlike lobes of the manubrium of many rhizostome medusae. See Illustration in Appendix.
Mean :: Mean (superl.) Wanting dignity of mind; low-minded; base; destitute of honor; spiritless; as, a mean motive..
Spindle :: Spindle (n.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
Borate :: Borate (n.) A salt formed by the combination of boric acid with a base or positive radical.
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..
Low :: Low (superl.) Mean; vulgar; base; dishonorable; as, a person of low mind; a low trick or stratagem..
Honorable :: Honorable (a.) Proceeding from an upright and laudable cause, or directed to a just and proper end; not base; irreproachable; fair; as, an honorable motive..
Tetrabasic :: Tetrabasic (a.) Capable of neutralizing four molecules of a monacid base; having four hydrogen atoms capable of replacement by bases; quadribasic; -- said of certain acids; thus, normal silicic acid, Si(OH)4, is a tetrabasic acid..
Leucoline :: Leucoline (n.) A nitrogenous organic base from coal tar, and identical with quinoline. Cf. Quinoline..
Tricostate :: Tricostate (a.) Three-ribbed; having three ribs from the base.
Predicate :: Predicate (v. t.) To found; to base.
Kyanol :: Kyanol (n.) A base obtained from coal tar.
Prostitute :: Prostitute (n.) A base hireling; a mercenary; one who offers himself to infamous employments for hire.
Presumptive :: Presumptive (a.) Based on presumption or probability; grounded on probable evidence; probable; as, presumptive proof..
Shroffage :: Shroffage (n.) The examination of coins, and the separation of the good from the debased..
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