Air level () Spirit level. See Level. |
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. |
Erosion (n.) The act or operation of eroding or eating away. |
Erosion (n.) The state of being eaten away |
Level (n.) A line or surface to which, at every point, a vertical or plumb line is perpendicular |
Level (n.) A horizontal line or plane |
Level (n.) An approximately horizontal line or surface at a certain degree of altitude, or distance from the center of the earth |
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 |
first base | the initial stage in accomplishing something, we didn't get to first base with that approach |
terrain flight low level flight | flight at very low altitudes |
flow stream | the act of flowing or streaming, continuous progression |
prisoner's base | a children's game, two teams capture opposing players by tagging them and taking them to their own base |
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 |
blood-oxygenation level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging BOLD FMRI | functional magnetic resonance imaging that relies on intrinsic changes in hemoglobin oxygenation |
Abney level | a surveying instrument consisting of a spirit level and a sighting tube, used to measure the angle of inclination of a line from the observer to the target |
air base air station | a base for military aircraft |
army base | a large base of operations for an army |
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 |
carpenter's level | a straight bar of light metal with a spirit level in it |
Dumpy level | a surveyor's level having a short telescope fixed to a horizontally rotating table and a spirit level |
first base | the base that must be touched first by a base runner in baseball |
floor level storey story | a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale, what level is the office on? |
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 |
ground floor first floor ground level | the floor of a building that is at or nearest to the level of the ground around the building |
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 |
horizontal surface level | a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line, park the car on the level |
infrastructure base | the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area, the industrial base of Japan |
latex paint latex rubber-base paint | a water-base paint that has a latex binder |
level spirit level | indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid |
level crossing grade crossing | intersection of a railway and a road on the same level, barriers close road when trains pass |
mason's level | a level longer than a carpenter's level |
navy base | base of operations for a naval fleet |
plumb level | a carpenter's level with a plumb line at right angles to it |
rocket base | a military base for rocket missiles |
second base | the base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball |
surveyor's level | surveying instrument consisting basically of a small telescope with an attached spirit level rotating around a vertical axis, for measuring relative heights of land |
third base third | the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball, he was cut down on a close play at third |
water-base paint | paint in which water is used as the vehicle |
water level | a water gauge that shows the level by showing the surface of the water in a trough or U-shaped tube |
luminosity brightness brightness level luminance luminousness light | the quality of being luminous, emitting or reflecting light, its luminosity is measured relative to that of our sun |
degree grade level | a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality, a moderate grade of intelligence, a high level of care is required, it is all a matter of degree |
amplitude level | the level on a scale of amplitude |
signal level | the amplitude level of the desired signal |
noise level background level | the amplitude level of the undesired background noise |
intensity strength intensity level | the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation), he adjusted the intensity of the sound, they measured the station's signal strength |
threshold level | the intensity level that is just barely perceptible |