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
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| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | foot, foundation, fundament, groundwork, substructure, understructure |
| Type of | support |
| Has types | raft, raft foundation, mat, bed |
| Derivation | basal |
it was built on a base of solid rock.
base::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | basis |
| Type of | part, component, component part, constituent, portion |
base::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bag |
| Type of | baseball equipment |
| Has types | plate, third base, third, first base, home, home base, home plate, second base |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | baseborn |
base::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | nucleotide |
| Type of | ester |
| Has types | g, polynucleotide, oligonucleotide, oligo, adenosine triphosphate, adenylic acid, adp, muton, a, amp, adenosine monophosphate, adenosine diphosphate, atp, base pair, c, uracil, u, deoxyadenosine monophosphate, deoxycytidine monophosphate, deoxyguanosine monophosphate, deoxythymidine monophosphate, t |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | floor |
| Type of | control |
| Has types | price floor, wage floor |
base::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | basis, cornerstone, foundation, fundament, groundwork |
| Type of | assumption, supposition, supposal |
| Has types | meat and potatoes |
| Derivation | basal |
base::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | infrastructure |
| Type of | store, fund, stock |
the industrial base of Japan.
base::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | mean, meanspirited |
| Derivation | baseness |
that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble.
base::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | alkali |
| Type of | chemical compound, compound |
| Has types | glyoxaline, melamine, iminazole, purine, cyanuramide, pyridine, pyrimidine, imidazole |
| Derivation | basify |
bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia.
base::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | immoral |
| Derivation | baseness |
base and unpatriotic motives.
a base, degrading way of life.
base::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | base of operations |
| Type of | military installation |
| Has types | air station, army base, rocket base, air base, firebase, navy base |
the attack wiped out our forward bases.
base::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bottom, underside, undersurface |
a tub should sit on its own base.
base::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | bottom |
| Derivation | basal, basilary |
the base of the skull.
| Type | Words |
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an attempt to eliminate the base coinage.
base::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | electrode |
| Type | Words |
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| Type of | ingredient |
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.
base::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
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base coins of aluminum.
a base metal.
Examples of base
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It could help reduce costly competition among area cities for jobs and tax base.
From the stltoday.com
Descalso has mostly played second base, but looked fine playing third last year.
From the stltoday.com
Jones was called out at the plate and Scrum was thrown out going for third base.
From the stltoday.com
East left seven runners on base for the game, while Edwardsville stranded three.
From the stltoday.com
Embree got a base salary worth approximately $1 million a season for five years.
From the omaha.com
Place the borders on top of the base, lining them up with the edges of the base.
From the sacbee.com
Anaheim has a solid corporate base and is in a large television market, he said.
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In college, Ackley played mostly outfield and then first base after arm surgery.
From the thenewstribune.com
The crash knocked the pig off her concrete base, which will have to be repaired.
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- Installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases"
- Basal: serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"
- Establish: use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"
- Foundation: lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"
- Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"
- Situate as a center of operations; "we will base this project in the new lab"
- A column in structural engineering is a vertical structural element that transmits, through compression, the weight of the structure above to other structural elements below. For the purpose of wind or earthquake engineering, columns may be designed to resist lateral forces. ...
- A baseball field, also called a ball field or a baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The terms "baseball field" and "ball field" are also often used as synonyms for ballpark.
- In chemistry, a base is most commonly thought of as an aqueous substance that can accept hydronium ions. Bases are also the oxides or hydroxides of metals. A soluble base is also often referred to as an alkali if hydroxide ions are involved. ...
