Definition of base

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Base (a.) Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals..

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Hydriodide :: Hydriodide (n.) A compound of hydriodic acid with a base; -- distinguished from an iodide, in which only the iodine combines with the base..
Biacid :: Biacid (a.) Having two hydrogen atoms which can be replaced by negative atoms or radicals to form salts; -- said of bases. See Diacid.
Palm :: Palm (n.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.
Vilify :: Vilify (v. t.) To make vile; to debase; to degrade; to disgrace.
Base :: Base (a.) Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs..
Base :: Base (n.) To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; -- used with on or upon..
Covert :: Covert (a.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.
Flavaniline :: Flavaniline (n.) A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline..
Harlot :: Harlot (a.) Wanton; lewd; low; base.
Reproachful :: Reproachful (a.) Occasioning or deserving reproach; shameful; base; as, a reproachful life..
Mitre :: Mitre (n.) A sort of base money or coin.
Margarate :: Margarate (n.) A compound of the so-called margaric acid with a base.
Picoline :: Picoline (n.) Any one of three isometric bases (C6H7N) related to pyridine, and obtained from bone oil, acrolein ammonia, and coal-tar naphtha, as colorless mobile liquids of strong odor; -- called also methyl pyridine..
Limmer :: Limmer (n.) A low, base fellow; also, a prostitute..
Disdain :: Disdain (v. t.) To reject as unworthy of one's self, or as not deserving one's notice; to look with scorn upon; to scorn, as base acts, character, etc..
Area :: Area (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building..
Equitant :: Equitant (a.) Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris..
Diamond :: Diamond (n.) The infield; the square space, 90 feet on a side, having the bases at its angles..
Cocoa Palm :: Cocoa palm () A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree..
Circumvallate :: Circumvallate (a.) Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue..
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