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Base :: Base (n.) Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.

Flat Foot :: Flat foot () A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot..

Area :: Area (n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building..

Dependence :: Dependence (n.) A matter depending, or in suspense, and still to be determined; ground of controversy or quarrel..

Ground :: Ground (v. t.) To found; to fix or set, as on a foundation, reason, or principle; to furnish a ground for; to fix firmly..

Ricochet :: Ricochet (v. i.) To skip with a rebound or rebounds, as a flat stone on the surface of water, or a cannon ball on the ground. See Ricochet, n..

Scramble :: Scramble (v. i.) To struggle eagerly with others for something thrown upon the ground; to go down upon all fours to seize something; to catch rudely at what is desired.

Slippery :: Slippery (a.) Not affording firm ground for confidence; as, a slippery promise..

Gannister :: Gannister (n.) A refractory material consisting of crushed or ground siliceous stone, mixed with fire clay; -- used for lining Bessemer converters; also used for macadamizing roads..

Basin :: Basin (n.) A circular or oval valley, or depression of the surface of the ground, the lowest part of which is generally occupied by a lake, or traversed by a river..

Faith :: Faith (n.) The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth..

Morass :: Morass (n.) A tract of soft, wet ground; a marsh; a fen..

Tripping :: Tripping (n.) The loosing of an anchor from the ground by means of its cable or buoy rope.

Kohl-rabi :: Kohl-rabi (n.) A variety of cabbage, in which the edible part is a large, turnip-shaped swelling of the stem, above the surface of the ground..

Negative :: Negative (n.) A picture upon glass or other material, in which the light portions of the original are represented in some opaque material (usually reduced silver), and the dark portions by the uncovered and transparent or semitransparent ground of the picture..

Bottom :: Bottom (v. i.) To rest, as upon an ultimate support; to be based or grounded; -- usually with on or upon..

Pinole :: Pinole (n.) Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water, it makes a nutritious beverage..

Appropriate :: Appropriate (v. t.) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, in exclusion of all others; -- with to or for; as, a spot of ground is appropriated for a garden; to appropriate money for the increase of the navy..

Crouch :: Crouch (v. i.) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear..

Pulp :: Pulp (n.) The material of which paper is made when ground up and suspended in water.

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