| BAS | a woman having literary or intellectual interests |
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| BAS | (Judaism) an initiation ceremony marking the 12th birthday of a Jewish girl and signifying the beginning of religious responsibility |
| BAS | a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background |
| BAS | (botany) especially of leaves |
| BAS | of primary importance |
| BAS | serving as or forming a base |
| BAS | body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything |
| BAS | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
| BAS | natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation |
| BAS | any of several masses of subcortical gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement |
| BAS | the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state |
| BAS | the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state |