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Abased :: Abased (a.) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield..

Blank :: Blank (n.) A kind of base silver money, first coined in England by Henry V., and worth about 8 pence; also, a French coin of the seventeenth century, worth about 4 pence..

Basal-nerved :: Basal-nerved (a.) Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.

Poor-spirited :: Poor-spirited (a.) Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.

Tenor :: Tenor (n.) The higher of the two kinds of voices usually belonging to adult males; hence, the part in the harmony adapted to this voice; the second of the four parts in the scale of sounds, reckoning from the base, and originally the air, to which the other parts were auxillary..

Pitcher :: Pitcher (n.) One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman..

Scalene :: Scalene (a.) Having the axis inclined to the base, as a cone..

Croconate :: Croconate (n.) A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base.

Thiophthene :: Thiophthene (n.) A double thiophene nucleus, C6H4S2, analogous to thionaphthene, and the base of a large series of compounds..

Acrotomous :: Acrotomous (a.) Having a cleavage parallel with the base.

Base :: Base (a.) Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant..

Crane :: Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick..

Nectary :: Nectary (n.) That part of a blossom which secretes nectar, usually the base of the corolla or petals; also, the spur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium..

Pyridic :: Pyridic (a.) Related to, or formed from, pyridin or its homologues; as, the pyridic bases..

Antimonate :: Antimonate (n.) A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical.

Ferricyanide :: Ferricyanide (n.) One of a complex series of double cyanides of ferric iron and some other base.

Fissipedal :: Fissipedal (a.) Having the toes separated to the base. [See Aves..

Binoxalate :: Binoxalate (n.) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.

Articulary :: Articulary (n.) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes..

Sub-base :: Subbasal (a.) Near the base.

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