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Column :: Column (n.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order..

Sub-bass :: Sub-base (n.) The lowest member of a base when divided horizontally, or of a baseboard, pedestal, or the like..

Pyridine :: Pyridine (n.) A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaines, may be mentioned. See Lutidine..

Base :: Base (n.) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield.

Viridine :: Viridine (n.) A greenish, oily, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C12H19N7, obtained from coal tar, and probably consisting of a mixture of several metameric compounds which are higher derivatives of the base pyridine..

Base :: Base (n.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline..

C. G. S. :: C. G. S. () An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much employed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time..

Hydrochloride :: Hydrochloride (n.) A compound of hydrochloric acid with a base; -- distinguished from a chloride, where only chlorine unites with the base..

Down :: Down (prep.) A state of depression; low state; abasement.

Ignobly :: Ignobly (adv.) In an ignoble manner; basely.

Subsextuple :: Subsesqui- () A prefix (also used adjectively) denoting the combination of constituents (especially electro-negative and electro-positive bodies) in the proportion of two to three; as, a subsesqui acetate, i. e., a salt having two equivalents of acetic acid to three of the base..

Absinthate :: Absinthate (n.) A combination of absinthic acid with a base or positive radical.

Involucrum :: Involucrum (n.) A sheath which surrounds the base of the lasso cells in the Siphonophora.

Glossic :: Glossic (n.) A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only..

Vilify :: Vilify (v. t.) To degrade or debase by report; to defame; to traduce; to calumniate.

Hypoglossal :: Hypoglossal (a.) Under the tongue; -- applied esp., in the higher vertebrates, to the twelfth or last pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the base of the tongue..

Cuneated :: Cuneated (a.) wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as, a cuneate leaf..

Lath-shaped :: Lath-shaped (a.) Having a slender elongated form, like a lath; -- said of the feldspar of certain igneous rocks, as diabase, as seen in microscopic sections..

Tetanin :: Tetanin (n.) A poisonous base (ptomaine) formed in meat broth through the agency of a peculiar microbe from the wound of a person who has died of tetanus; -- so called because it produces tetanus as one of its prominent effects.

Spot :: Spot (n.) The southern redfish, or red horse, which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail. See Redfish..

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