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nouna 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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"baseborn wretches with dirty faces"adjectiveof low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
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verbuse (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
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"it was built on a base of solid rock"nounlowest support of a structuretype of:part of:
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"the base of the lamp"nouna support or foundationtype of:
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nouna place that the runner must touch before scoring
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noun(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
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nouna phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
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nouna lower limit
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"the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"adjectiveserving as or forming a base
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nounthe fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
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nounthe place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
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"the industrial base of Japan"nounthe stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
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"that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"adjectivehaving or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
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"bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"nounany of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
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"base and unpatriotic motives" "a base, degrading way of life"adjectivenot adhering to ethical or moral principles
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"the attack wiped out our forward bases"nouninstallation from which a military force initiates operations
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"base a claim on some observation"verbuse as a basis for; found on
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"a tub should sit on its own base"nouna flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
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"the base of the skull"noun(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachmenttype of:
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"an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"adjectivedebased; not genuine
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noun(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collectortype of:
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"we will base this project in the new lab"verbsituate as a center of operations
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"the base of the mountain"nounthe bottom or lowest part
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"the base of the triangle"nounthe bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructedtype of:
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"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"nounthe principal ingredient of a mixturetype of:
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"base coins of aluminum" "a base metal"adjective(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
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a mean home wrong found part number c stand bed control u piece g bag floor ground third store foot support form build drug bottom plate location stock basic theme foundation basis fund root humble establish radical locate compound portion mat qaeda raft immoral counterfeit stem inferior flank component assumption lowly ingredient illegitimate infrastructure pedestal amp cornerstone underside ester supposition groundwork electrode trivet ignoble alkali constituent signifier baseness imidazole basal situate basilar fundament radix imitative substructure lowborn supposal descriptor melamine firebase al-qa'ida al-qaeda al-qaida al qaeda al qaida baseborn free-base do drugs understructure raft foundation brass monkey staddle component part baseball equipment third base first base home base home plate second base nucleotide polynucleotide oligonucleotide oligo adenosine triphosphate adenylic acid adp muton adenosine monophosphate adenosine diphosphate atp base pair uracil deoxyadenosine monophosphate deoxycytidine monophosphate deoxyguanosine monophosphate deoxythymidine monophosphate t price floor wage floor meat and potatoes root word word form meanspirited chemical compound glyoxaline iminazole purine cyanuramide pyridine pyrimidine basify base of operations military installation air station army base rocket base air base navy base undersurface basilary