Background (n.) Ground in the rear or behind, or in the distance, as opposed to the foreground, or the ground in front. |
Background (n.) The space which is behind and subordinate to a portrait or group of figures. |
Background (n.) Anything behind, serving as a foil |
Background (n.) A place in obscurity or retirement, or out of sight. |
Base (a.) Of little, or less than the usual, height |
Base (a.) Low in place or position. |
Base (a.) Of humble birth |
Base (a.) Illegitimate by birth |
Base (a.) Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals. |
Base (a.) Alloyed with inferior metal |
Base (a.) Morally low. Hence: Low-minded |
Base (a.) Not classical or correct. |
Base (a.) Deep or grave in sound |
Base (a.) Not held by honorable service |
Base (n.) The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support |
Base (n.) Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing |
Base (n.) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented. |
Base (n.) The lower part of a complete architectural design, as of a monument |
Base (n.) That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support. |
Base (n.) The positive, or non-acid component of a salt |
Base (n.) The chief ingredient in a compound. |
Base (n.) A substance used as a mordant. |
Base (n.) The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions. |
Base (n.) The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand. |
Base (n.) The number from which a mathematical table is constructed |
Base (n.) A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part |
Base (n.) A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc. |
Base (n.) The smallest kind of cannon. |
Base (n.) That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ. |
Base (n.) The basal plane of a crystal. |
Base (n.) The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline. |
Base (n.) The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon. |
Base (n.) The housing of a horse. |
Base (n.) A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. |
Base (n.) The lower part of a robe or petticoat. |
Base (n.) An apron. |
Base (n.) The point or line from which a start is made |
Base (n.) A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. |
Base (n.) A rustic play |
Base (n.) Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield. |
Base (n.) To put on a base or basis |
Base (a.) To abase |
Base (a.) To reduce the value of |
Base-burner (n.) A furnace or stove in which the fuel is contained in a hopper or chamber, and is fed to the fire as the lower stratum is consumed. |
Base-court (n.) The secondary, inferior, or rear courtyard of a large house |
Base-court (n.) An inferior court of law, not of record. |
Base viol () See Bass viol. |
Country-base (n.) Same as Prison base. |
Granite State () New Hampshire |
Information (v. t.) The act of informing, or communicating knowledge or intelligence. |
cognition knowledge noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning |
state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes, the current state of knowledge, his state of health, in a weak financial state |
base on balls walk pass | (baseball) an advance to first base by a batter who receives four balls, he worked the pitcher for a base on balls |
base hit safety | (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely |
double two-base hit two-bagger two-baser | a base hit on which the batter stops safely at second base, he hit a double to deep centerfield |
triple three-base hit three-bagger | a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base |
change of state | the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics |
first base | the initial stage in accomplishing something, we didn't get to first base with that approach |
prisoner's base | a children's game, two teams capture opposing players by tagging them and taking them to their own base |
Secretary of State | the position of the head of the State Department, the position of Secretary of State was established in |
research | systematic investigation to establish facts |
operations research | research designed to determine most efficient way to do something |
biological research | scientific research conducted by biologists |
stemell research | research on stem cells and their use in medicine |
embryonic stemell research | biological research on stem cells derived from embryos and on their use in medicine |
marketing research market research | research that gathers and analyzes information about the moving of good or services from producer to consumer |
product research | marketing research that yields information about desired characteristics of the product or service |
consumer research | marketing research that yields information about the motives and needs of different classes of consumers |
scientific research research project | research into questions posed by scientific theories and hypotheses |
first base first | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate) |
second base second | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield |
third base third | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate), he is playing third |
state-sponsored terrorism | terrorism practiced by a government against its own people or in support of international terrorism |
b sexual intercourse intercourse sex act copulation coitus coition sexual congress congress sexual relation relation carnal knowledge | the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman, the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur |
unlawful carnal knowledge criminal congress | forbidden or tabu sexual intercourse between individuals |
information gathering | the act of collecting information |
information warfare IW | the use of information or information technology during a time of crisis or conflict to achieve or promote specific objectives over a specific adversary or adversaries, not everyone agrees that information warfare is limited to the realm of traditional warfare |
air base air station | a base for military aircraft |
Air Force Research Laboratory AFRL | a United States Air Force defense laboratory responsible for discovering and developing and integrating fighting technologies for aerospace forces |
army base | a large base of operations for an army |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
auxiliary research submarine | a submarine for research purposes |
backdrop background backcloth | scenery hung at back of stage |
background desktop screen background | (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear |
base pedestal stand | a support or foundation, the base of the lamp |
base bag | a place that the runner must touch before scoring, he scrambled to get back to the bag |
base | (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector |
base base of operations | installation from which a military force initiates operations, the attack wiped out our forward bases |
base | a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit, a tub should sit on its own base |
base | 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 |
chair of state | a ceremonial chair for an exalted or powerful person |
computer computing machine computing device data processor electronic computer information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
data system information system | system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization |
Empire State Building | a skyscraper built in New York City in ,feet tall |
expressway freeway motorway pike state highway superhighway throughway thruway | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic |
first base | the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball |
foundation base fundament foot groundwork substructure understructure | lowest support of a structure, it was built on a base of solid rock, he stood at the foot of the tower |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
home plate home base home plate | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands, it must be touched by a base runner in order to score, he ruled that the runner failed to touch home |
infrastructure base | the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area, the industrial base of Japan |