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. |
Horse power
() The power which a horse exerts. |
Horse power
() A unit of power, used in stating the power required to drive machinery, and in estimating the capabilities of animals or steam engines and other prime movers for doing work. It is the power required for the performance of work at the rate of 33,000 English units of work per minute |
Horse power
() A machine worked by a horse, for driving other machinery |
Power
(n.) Same as Poor, the fish. |
Power
(n.) Ability to act, regarded as latent or inherent |
Power
(n.) Ability, regarded as put forth or exerted |
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 |
| accession rise to power | the act of attaining or gaining access to a new office or right or position (especially the throne), Elizabeth's accession in |
| first base | the initial stage in accomplishing something, we didn't get to first base with that approach |
| power dive | a dive of an airplane that is accelerated both by gravity and by the power of the engine |
| prisoner's base | a children's game, two teams capture opposing players by tagging them and taking them to their own base |
| power play | (ice hockey) a play in which one team has a numerical advantage over the other as a result of penalties, the team was unable to capitalize on the power play |
| power play | a play in which there is a concentration of players in one location on the field of play, they used a power play to return the kickoff |
| power walking | a form of cardiopulmonary exercise consisting of rapid walking accompanied by vigorous swinging of the arms |
| 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 |
power play
squeeze play squeeze | an aggressive attempt to compel acquiescence by the concentration or manipulation of power, she laughed at this sexual power play and walked away |
| power trip | (slang) a self-aggrandizing action undertaken simply for the pleasure of exercising control over other people |
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 |
electric meter
power meter | a meter for measuring the amount of electric power used |
| 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 |
gearing
gear geartrain
power train
train | wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed, the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain |
| hammer power hammer | a power tool for drilling rocks |
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 |
| navy base | base of operations for a naval fleet |
| point power point | a wall socket |
| power brake | a brake on an automobile that magnifies a small force applied to the brake pedal into a proportionately larger force applied to slow or stop the vehicle |
| power cord | a cord to conduct power to an electrical appliance |
| power drill | a power tool for drilling holes into hard materials |
power line
power cable | cable used to distribute electricity |
| power loom | a loom operated mechanically |
| power module | module that provides power to operate other modules |
power mower
motor mower | a lawn mower powered by a gasoline motor |
| power pack | a device for converting a power supply to a voltage required by particular equipment |
power saw
saw sawing machine | a power tool for cutting wood |
power shovel
excavator
digger
shovel | a machine for excavating |
power station
power plant
powerhouse | an electrical generating station |
power steering
power-assisted steering | automotive steering where engineer power amplifies the torque applied to the steering wheel |
power system
power grid
grid | a system of high tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region |
power takeoff
PTO | a device that transfers power from an engine (as in a tractor or other motor vehicle) to another piece of equipment (as to a pump or jackhammer) |
| power tool | a tool driven by a motor |