| basal vein |
a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein
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| basal metabolism |
the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state
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| base |
any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia" installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" foundation: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower" place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag" (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system" the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain" (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull" floor: a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor" basis: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp" the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle" basis: the most important or necessary part of something; "the basis of this drink is orange juice" the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end basal: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats" al-Qaeda: a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal" root: (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem" of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth" infrastructure: the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan" not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds" the principal ingredient of a mixture; "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"; "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base" establish: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation" having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics" free-base: use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base" illegitimate station: assign to a station (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"
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| basswood |
soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork linden: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-shaped leaves and drooping cymose clusters of yellowish often fragrant flowers; several yield valuable timber
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| bastard |
asshole: insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous the illegitimate offspring of unmarried parents derogatory term for a variation that is not genuine; something irregular or inferior or of dubious origin; "the architecture was a kind of bastard suggesting Gothic but not true Gothic" bogus: fraudulent; having a misleading appearance
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