base
base is a valid 4-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
What does base mean?
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.
A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA).
A lower limit.
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained.
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed.
The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end.
The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area.
“the industrial base of Japan”
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”
A flat bottom on which something is intended to sit.
“a tub should sit on its own base”
(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment.
“the base of the skull”
(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector.
The bottom or lowest part.
“the base of the mountain”
The bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed.
“the base of the triangle”
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”
Lowest support of a structure.
“it was built on a base of solid rock”
A support or foundation.
“the base of the lamp”
The most important or necessary part of something.
A place that the runner must touch before scoring.
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place.
Serving as or forming a base.
“the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats”
Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality.
“that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble”
Not adhering to ethical or moral principles.
“base and unpatriotic motives”
“a base, degrading way of life”
Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense).
“baseborn wretches with dirty faces”
Debased; not genuine.
“an attempt to eliminate the base coinage”
(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal.
“base coins of aluminum”
“a base metal”
Illegitimate.
Use as a basis for; found on.
“base a claim on some observation”
Situate as a center of operations.
“we will base this project in the new lab”
Use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes.
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