A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA). Synonym:nucleotide.
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Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water. Synonym:alkali.
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The bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed.
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The most important or necessary part of something. Synonym:basis.
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(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place. Synonym:radix.
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The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end. Synonym:home.
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A 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. Synonyms:al-Qa'ida, al-Qaeda, al-Qaida, Qaeda.
The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area. Synonym:infrastructure.
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The principal ingredient of a mixture. "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"
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A flat bottom on which something is intended to sit.
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(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector.
Of low birth or station ('base' is archaic in this sense). Synonyms:baseborn, humble, lowly."Of humble (or lowly) birth"
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(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal. "A base metal"
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Not adhering to ethical or moral principles. Synonym:immoral."A base, degrading way of life" , "Cheating is dishonorable" , "They considered colonialism immoral" , "Unethical practices in handling public funds"
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Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality. Synonyms:mean, meanspirited."Taking a mean advantage" , "Chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort" , "Something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"
... while he thrashed about in his cup with a spoon, much as he might have wielded a glass rod in a delinquent mixture. Then, his spoon poised in mid air, he asked, with a sudden show of curiosity, "On what do you base your theory, Olive?" ... — The Brentons • Anna Chapin Ray Read full book for free!
... its very base, and the rock rocked. I threw myself upon my face, and clung to the scant herbage in an excess ... — Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 8 • Charles H. Sylvester Read full book for free!
... rejoiced I had got out of his clutches!—So I write you this, that you may see how matters stand; for I am resolved to come away, if possible. Base, wicked, treacherous gentleman ... — Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded • Samuel Richardson Read full book for free!
... determinist. Logical Pantheism rules out the possibility of sin against man or God—"for who withstandeth His will," seeing that He is the only real Existence? Let a further quotation make this plain. "What," asks Mr. Picton, "are we to say of bad men, the vile, the base, the liar, the murderer? Are they {49} also in God and of God? . . . Yes, they are." [5] And this amazing conclusion—amazing, though involved in his fundamental outlook—is sought to be defended on the ground that we have "no adequate idea" "of the part played by bad men in the ... — Problems of Immanence - Studies Critical and Constructive • J. Warschauer Read full book for free!
... is in erring human will, and this will is an outcome of what I call mortal mind, — a false and temporal sense of Truth, Life, and Love. To 12 heal, in Christian Science, is to base your practice on immortal Mind, the divine Principle of man's being; and this requires a preparation of the heart and an answer 15 of the lips from ... — Rudimental Divine Science • Mary Baker G. Eddy Read full book for free!
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