basifixed
1: attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks)
basify
1: turn basic and less acidic; "the solution alkalized" [syn: {alkalize}, {alkalise}, {alkalify}] [ant: {acidify}] [also: {basified}]
basil
1: any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum 2: (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Church against the heresies of the 4th ce...
basil balm
1: perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls [syn: {Monarda clinopodia}] 2: fragrant European mint havi...
basil mint
1: perennial herb of the eastern United States having inconspicuous greenish flowers and narrow leaves that are very aromatic when bruised [syn: {Pycnanthemum virginianum}]
Basil of Caesarea
1: (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379) [syn: {Basil}, {St. Basil}, {Basil the Gre...
Basil the Great
1: (Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379) [syn: {Basil}, {St. Basil}, {Basil of Caes...
basil thyme
1: fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America [syn: {basil balm}, {mother of thyme}, {Acinos arvensis}, {Satureja acinos}...
basilar
1: of or relating to or located at the base; "the basilar membrane of the cochlea" [syn: {basilary}]
basilar artery
1: an unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear [syn: {arteria basilaris}]
basilary
1: of or relating to or located at the base; "the basilar membrane of the cochlea" [syn: {basilar}]
basileus
1: a ruler of the eastern Roman Empire [also: {basileis} (pl)]
basilic vein
1: a vein that drains the back of the hand and forearm and empties into the axillary vein [syn: {vena basilica}]
basilica
1: an early Christian church designed like a Roman basilica; or a Roman Catholic church or cathedral accorded certain privileges; "the church was raised to the rank of basilica" 2: a Roman building us...
basilican
1: of or relating to or resembling a basilica
Basilicata
1: a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot') [syn: {Lucania}]
Basiliscus
1: a reptile genus of Iguanidae [syn: {genus Basiliscus}]
basilisk
1: (classical mythology) a serpent (or lizard or dragon) able to kill with its breath or glance 2: ancient brass cannon 3: small crested arboreal lizard able to run on its hind legs; of tropical Ameri...
basin
1: a bowl-shaped vessel; usually used for holding food or liquids; "she mixed the dough in a large basin" 2: the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water" [syn: {basinful}] 3: a natural d...
basinal
1: of or relating to a basin; "basinal deposits"
basinful
1: the quantity that a basin will hold; "a basinful of water" [syn: {basin}]
basipetal
1: of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from apex to base [ant: {acropetal}]
basis
1: a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis" [syn: {footing}, {ground}] 2: the fundamental assumptions from which someth...
basiscopic
1: facing or on the side toward the base [ant: {acroscopic}]
basivertebral vein
1: one of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus [syn: {vena basivertebralis}]
bask
1: derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory" [syn: {enjoy}, {relish}, {savor}, {savour}] 2: be exposed; "The seals were bas...
basket
1: a container that is usually woven and has handles [syn: {handbasket}] 2: the quantity contained in a basket [syn: {basketful}] 3: horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the b...
basket ash
1: vigorous spreading North American tree having dark brown heavy wood; leaves turn gold in autumn [syn: {black ash}, {brown ash}, {hoop ash}, {Fraxinus nigra}]
basket fern
1: tropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided grayish-green foliage; West Indies and southern Mexico to Peru and Brazil [syn: {toothed sword fern}, {Nephrolepis pectinata}] 2: giant epip...
basket fish
1: any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc [syn: {basket star}]
basket flower
1: annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple-rayed flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets [syn: {Centaurea americana}]
basket hilt
1: a hilt with a basket-shaped guard for the hand
Basket Maker
1: early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets
basket oak
1: medium to large deciduous tree of the eastern United States; its durable wood is used as timber or split and woven into baskets or chair seats [syn: {cow oak}, {Quercus prinus}, {Quercus montana}]
basket rummy
1: a form of rummy using two decks and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to meld groups of seven of the same rank [syn: {canasta}, {meld}]
basket spikemoss
1: spikemoss forming dense mats; eastern North America [syn: {meadow spikemoss}, {Selaginella apoda}]
basket star
1: any starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central disc [syn: {basket fish}]
basket weave
1: a cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basket
basket willow
1: Eurasian osier having reddish or purple twigs and bark rich in tannin [syn: {purple willow}, {red willow}, {red osier}, {purple osier}, {Salix purpurea}]
basket-handle arch
1: a round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centers [syn: {three-centered arch}]
basketball
1: a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop [syn: {basketball game}, {hoops}] 2: an inflated ball u...
basketball backboard
1: a raised vertical board with basket attached; used to play basketball; "he banked the shot off the backboard" [syn: {backboard}]
basketball clinic
1: a meeting at which basketball players receive special evaluation and instruction
basketball game
1: a game played on a court by two opposing teams of 5 players; points are scored by throwing the basketball through an elevated horizontal hoop [syn: {basketball}, {hoops}]
basketball hoop
1: horizontal hoop with a net through which players try to throw the basketball [syn: {basket}, {hoop}]
basketball shot
1: throwing the basketball toward the hoop; "his shot hit the rim and bounced out"
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basketeer
1: an athlete who plays basketball [syn: {basketball player}, {cager}]
basketful
1: the quantity contained in a basket [syn: {basket}]
basketmaker
1: someone skilled in weaving baskets [syn: {basketweaver}]
basketweaver
1: someone skilled in weaving baskets [syn: {basketmaker}]
basking shark
1: large harmless plankton-eating northern shark; often swims slowly or floats at the sea surface [syn: {Cetorhinus maximus}]
Basle
1: a city in northwestern Switzerland [syn: {Basel}, {Bale}]
basophil
1: a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains [syn: {basophile}]
basophile
1: a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains [syn: {basophil}]
basophilia
1: the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes; "cytoplasmic basophilia"
Basotho
1: a member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho
Basque
1: a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain 2: the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language
Basque Fatherland and Liberty
1: a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalis of the traditional Basque party; want to create on independent homeland in Spain's...
Basque Homeland and Freedom
1: a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalis of the traditional Basque party; want to create on independent homeland in Spain's...
Basra
1: the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq [syn: {Basia}]
bass
1: having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range; "a deep voice"; "a bass voice is lower than a baritone voice"; "a bass clarinet" [syn: {deep}] n 1: the lowest part of the musical range 2: the...
bass clarinet
1: a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet
bass clef
1: a clef that puts the F below middle C on the fourth line of a staff [syn: {F clef}]
bass drum
1: a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch [syn: {gran casa}]
bass fiddle
1: largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: {bass viol}, {bull fiddle}, {double bass}, {contrabass}, {string bass}]
bass horn
1: the lowest brass wind instrument [syn: {sousaphone}, {tuba}]
bass part
1: the lowest part in polyphonic music [syn: {bass}]
bass viol
1: viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello [syn: {viola da gamba}] 2: largest and lowest member of the violin family [syn: {bass fiddle}, {bull fiddle...
bass voice
1: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn: {bass}, {basso}]
Bassariscidae
1: in some classifications considered a separate family [syn: {subfamily Bassariscidae}]
Bassariscus astutus
1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: {bassarisk}, {cacomistle}, {cacomixle}, {coon cat}, {raccoon fo...
bassarisk
1: raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings [syn: {cacomistle}, {cacomixle}, {coon cat}, {raccoon fox}, {ringtail...
basset
1: smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears [syn: {basset hound}] v : appear at the surface; "A seam of coal bassets" [syn: {crop out}]
basset horn
1: a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet
basset hound
1: smooth-haired breed of hound with short legs and long ears [syn: {basset}]
basset oboe
1: a oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe [syn: {heckelphone}]
Basseterre
1: the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher
Bassia
1: summer cypress [syn: {genus Bassia}, {Kochia}, {genus Kochia}]
Bassia scoparia
1: densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn [syn: {summer cypress}, {burning bush}, {fire bush}, {fire-bush}, {belvedere}, {Kochia scoparia}]
bassine
1: coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms
bassinet
1: a basket (usually hooded) used as a baby's bed 2: a perambulator that resembles a bassinet
bassist
1: a musician who play the bass viol
basso
1: an adult male singer with the lowest voice [syn: {bass}] 2: the lowest adult male singing voice [syn: {bass}, {bass voice}] [also: {bassi} (pl)]
basso continuo
1: a bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be played [syn: {figured bass}, {continuo}, {thorough bass}]
basso relievo
1: a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut [syn: {bas relief}, {low relief}, {basso rilievo}] [ant: {alto relievo}]
basso rilievo
1: a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut [syn: {bas relief}, {low relief}, {basso relievo}] [ant: {alto relievo}]
bassoon
1: a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
basswood
1: soft light-colored wood of any of various linden trees; used in making crates and boxes and in carving and millwork [syn: {linden}] 2: any of various deciduous trees of the genus Tilia with heart-s...
bast
1: strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants [syn: {bast fiber}] 2: (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where ne...
bast fiber
1: strong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plants [syn: {bast}]
bastard
1: born out of wedlock; "the dominions of both rulers passed away to their spurious or doubtful offspring"- E.A.Freeman [syn: {bastardly}, {misbegot}, {misbegotten}, {spurious}] 2: fraudulent; having ...
bastard feverfew
1: tropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowers; adventive in southern United States [syn: {Parthenium hysterophorus}]
bastard indigo
1: East Indian shrub [syn: {Tephrosia purpurea}] 2: dense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple fl...
bastard lignum vitae
1: small evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae wood [syn: {Guaiacum sanctum}]
bastard pennyroyal
1: aromatic plant of the eastern United States [syn: {Trichostema dichotomum}]
bastard pimpernel
1: weedy plant having short dry chafflike leaves [syn: {chaffweed}, {false pimpernel}]
bastard ridley
1: gray sea turtle of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of North America [syn: {Atlantic ridley}, {bastard turtle}, {Lepidochelys kempii}]
bastard title
1: a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book [syn: {half title}]
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