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. |
Load
(v.) A burden |
Load
(v.) The quantity which can be carried or drawn in some specified way |
Load
(v.) That which burdens, oppresses, or grieves the mind or spirits |
Load
(v.) A particular measure for certain articles, being as much as may be carried at one time by the conveyance commonly used for the article measured |
Load
(v.) The charge of a firearm |
Load
(v.) Weight or violence of blows. |
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 |
| prisoner's base | a children's game, two teams capture opposing players by tagging them and taking them to their own base |
workload
work load | work that a person is expected to do in a specified time |
| case load | the number of cases handled in a given period of time (as by a court or agency) |
| 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 |
| load-shedding | cutting off the electric current on certain lines when the demand becomes greater than the supply |
| range animal | any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep) |
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 |
cargo
lading
freight
load loading
payload
shipment
consignment | goods carried by a large vehicle |
| dead load | a constant load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) due to the weight of the supported structure itself |
| electric range | a kitchen range in which the heat for cooking is provided by electric power |
firing range
target range | a practice range for target practice |
| 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 |
gas range
gas stove
gas cooker | a range with gas rings and an oven for cooking with gas |
golf range
driving range | a practice range for practicing golf shots |
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 |
latex paint
latex
rubber-base paint | a water-base paint that has a latex binder |
live load
superload | a variable load on a structure (e.g. a bridge) such as moving traffic |
load
loading burden | weight to be borne or conveyed |
| load | electrical device to which electrical power is delivered |
| navy base | base of operations for a naval fleet |
omnirange
omnidirectional range
omnidirectional radio range | a navigational system consisting of a network of radio beacons that provide aircraft with information about exact position and bearing |
| practice range | a place for practicing golf shots |
| range | a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds, the army maintains a missile range in the desert, any good golf club will have a range where you can practice |
rangefinder
range finder | a measuring instrument (acoustic or optical or electronic) for finding the distance of an object |
| range hood | exhaust hood over a kitchen range |
range pole
ranging pole
flagpole | surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide, used for sightings by surveyors |
| rifle range | a range where people can practice shooting rifles, during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle ranges |
| rocket base | a military base for rocket missiles |
| rocket range | a firing range for rocket missiles |
| second base | the base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball |
shooting gallery
shooting range | an enclosed firing range with targets for rifle or handgun practice |
stove kitchen stove
range kitchen range
cooking stove | a kitchen appliance used for cooking food, dinner was already on the stove |
| test range | a range for conducting tests |