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base

n. a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base"

base

n. (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

base

n. (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"

base

n. the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain"

base

n. the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle"

base, bag

n. a place that the runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"

nucleotide, base

n. a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

base, alkali

n. 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"

base, base of operations

n. installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases"

base, radix

n. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"

floor, base

n. a lower limit; "the government established a wage floor"

base, pedestal, stand

n. a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"

base, root, radical, root word

n. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

root, root word, base, stem, theme, radical

n. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

free-base, base

v. use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

establish, base, ground, found

v. use as a basis for; found on; "base a claim on some observation"

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base, baseborn

adj. illegitimate

basal, base

adj. serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"

base, immoral

adj. 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"

base, baseborn, humble, lowly

adj. of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

beginning, origin, root, rootage, source

n. the place where something begins, where it springs into being; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root"

foundation

n. the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"

camp, encampment, cantonment, bivouac

n. temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; "wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling"

Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison

n. United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879)

foundation

n. the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"

base, root, radical, root word

n. (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

grip

n. worker who moves the camera around while a film or television show is being made

foundation

n. the basis on which something is grounded; "there is little foundation for his objections"

base, radix

n. (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"

crooked, corrupt

adj. not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive

currish

adj. resembling a cur; snarling and rude

unprincipled

adj. having little or no integrity

amoral, unmoral

adj. lacking any sense of moral standards or principles; "a completely amoral person"

immoral

adj. deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

dishonest, unscrupulous

adj. lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable

sneaky, underhand, underhanded

adj. marked by deception; "achieved success in business only by underhand methods"

devious, scheming, calculating

adj. used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

perfidious, treacherous

adj. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"

unfair, unjust

adj. not fair; marked by injustice or partiality or deception; "used unfair methods"; "it was an unfair trial"; "took an unfair advantage"

adulterine

adj. conceived in adultery

bastardly, misbegot, misbegotten, spurious

adj. born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman

fatherless

adj. not having a known or legally responsible father

left-handed

adj. (of marriages) illicit or informal; "in Colonial America left-handed marriages between Frenchmen and Indians were frequent"

unlawful, wrongful

adj. having no legally established claim; "the wrongful heir to the throne"

elementary

adj. of or pertaining to or characteristic of elementary school or elementary education; "the elementary grades"; "elementary teachers"

fundamental, rudimentary, underlying

adj. being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"

radical

adj. arising from or going to the root or source; "a radical flaw in the plan"

condemnable, criminal, deplorable, reprehensible, vicious

adj. bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

mis

adj. (prefix) bad or wrong or lack: "misdeeds"; "misfire"

misguided, mistaken

adj. wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"

common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed

adj. of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

ignoble, ungentle, untitled

adj. not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"

right

adj. in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"

correct, right

adj. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

noble

adj. of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"

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