| basal | (botany) especially of leaves |
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| basal | of primary importance |
| basal | serving as or forming a base |
| basal | body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything |
| basal | 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 |
| basal | 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 |
| basal | any of several masses of subcortical gray matter in each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement |
| basal | the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state |
| basal | the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state |
| basal | where one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or compound ovary |
| basal | a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein |
| basal | the commonest type of solidified lava |