The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.

Prolonged at the base, as certain leaves.

The basisphenoid bone.

Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial heat.

To put into a basket.

A ball game, usually played indoors in an area called the basketball court, in which two opposing teams of five players each contest with each other to toss a large inflated ball (the basketball) into opposite goals (baskets) resembling baskets, each typically a cylindrical mesh suspended from a circular rim which is held ten feet above the court. A goal scored by passing the basketball through the basket may count from one to three points, depending on the situation in which it was thrown.

As much as a basket will contain.

The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.

Same as Bascinet.

A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

A basin.

One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France.

Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque

To sound in a deep tone.

The largest of the different kinds of drums, having two heads, and emitting a deep, grave sound. See Bass, a.

A stringed instrument of the viol family, used for playing bass. See 3d Bass, n., and Violoncello.

Same as Bas-relief.

a division of mammals, in some classifications considered a separate family.

a genus comprising the cacomistles. See bassarisk.

A raccoonlike omnivorous mammal (Bassariscus astutus) of Mexico and southwestern U. S. having a long bushy tail with black and white rings.

See Bashaw.

To incline upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets.

An instrument blown with a reed, and resembling a clarinet, but of much greater compass, embracing nearly four octaves; The corno di bassetto.

The capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis. Population (2000) = 19,000.

The upward direction of a vein in a mine; the emergence of a stratum at the surface.

A tenor or small bass viol.

Coarse leaf fiber from palmyra palms used in making brushes and brooms.

A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

The bass or lowest part; as, to sing basso. One who sings the lowest part. The double bass, or contrabasso.

Same as Bas-relief.

A hassock. See 2d Bass, 2.

A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms the natural bass to the oboe, clarinet, etc.

A performer on the bassoon.

A constituent part of a species of gum from Bassora, as also of gum tragacanth and some gum resins. It is one of the amyloses.

The bass (Tilia) or its wood; especially, Tilia Americana. See Bass, the lime tree.

The inner fibrous bark of various plants; esp. of the lime tree; hence, matting, cordage, etc., made therefrom.

Enough; stop.

To bastardize.

An act that debases or corrupts.

Same as bastardize.

The state of being a bastard; bastardy.

An act that debases or corrupts.

To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.

deriving from more than one source or style.

Bastardlike; baseborn; spurious; corrupt. In the manner of a bastard; spuriously.

The state of being a bastard; illegitimacy.

To sew loosely, or with long stitches; -- usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.

To bastinado.

To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

Loose temporary stitches.

A work projecting outward from the main inclosure of a fortification, consisting of two faces and two flanks, and so constructed that it is able to defend by a flanking fire the adjacent curtain, or wall which extends from one bastion to another. Two adjacent bastions are connected by the curtain, which joins the flank of one with the adjacent flank of the other. The distance between the flanks of a bastion is called the gorge. A lunette is a detached bastion. See Ravelin.

Furnished with a bastion; having bastions.

The ace of clubs in quadrille and omber.

A warlike South African people of the Bantu stock, divided into many tribes, at one time subjected by the English. They formerly practiced cannibalism, but have now adopted many European customs.

A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element.

Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous.

Same as Tical, n., 1.

Disputable.

Embattled.

An aboriginal American name for the sweet potato (Ipom/a batatas).

A native or inhabitant of Batavia or Holland.

A boy who holds the bats and presents the bat to a batter when the batter is going to the batter's box to bat. The batboy sometimes also keeps other team equipment.

To steep in bate, as hides, in the manufacture of leather.

A boat; esp. a flat-bottomed, clumsy boat used on the Canadian lakes and rivers.

Reduced; lowered; restrained; as, to speak with bated breath.

Exciting contention; contentious.

Not to be abated.

Abatement; diminution.

A name given to several species of fishes: The Malthe vespertilio of the Atlantic coast. The flying gurnard of the Atlantic (Cephalacanthus spinarella). The California batfish or sting ray (Myliobatis Californicus.)

One who practices or finds sport in batfowling.

A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

Rich; fertile.

A city in the west of England, resorted to for its hot springs, which has given its name to various objects.

a large towel used to dry oneself after a bath.

The immersion of the body in water; as, to take one's usual bathe.

One who bathes.

Having the character of bathos.

a building containing dressing rooms for bathers.

Act of taking a bath or baths.

See Vital force.

A large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.

A large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth.

Of or pertaining to a batholith.

An instrument for measuring depths, esp. one for taking soundings without a sounding line.

A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign.

A ludicrous descent from the elevated to the low, in writing or speech; anticlimax.

A relatively large tub used to take a bath, usually a permanent fixture in a bathroom; it is an open container that is filled with water, in which a person immerses himself for the purpose of washing the body.

of or pertaining to bathymetry.

A name given by Prof. Huxley to a gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and preserved in alcohol. He supposed that it was free living protoplasm, covering a large part of the ocean bed. It is now known that the substance is of chemical, not of organic, origin.

a natural family inclusing the mole rats and sand rats.

a genus consisting of the mole rats.

Descriptive of the ocean depth; as, a bathygraphic chart.

Pertaining to bathymetry; relating to the measurement of depths, especially of depths in the sea.

The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea.

navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration.

a spherical deep diving apparatus (lowered by a cable) for underwater exploration; it is constructed with a strong steel shell to withstand high pressures at the ocean bottom.

a natural family coextensive with genus Batis; the saltworts.

A dyed fabric with designs drawn on by applying a removable wax where the dye is not wanted.

With the exception of; excepting.

A small genus of plants constituting the family Batidaceae: low straggling dioecious shrubs.

Originally, cambric or lawn of fine linen; now applied also to cloth of similar texture made of cotton.

A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff.

A man who has charge of a bathorse and his load.

The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.

A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes; as, the baton of a field marshal; the baton of a conductor in musical performances.

See Baton, and Baston.

The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia.

Pertaining to the Batrachia. One of the Batrachia.

Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachid/, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.

The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship.

Feeding on frogs.

Crazy; insane; loony; demented; batty.

The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.; in baseball, the batsman is usually called the batter.

Rate of exchange; also, the discount on uncurrent coins.

Capable of cultivation; fertile; productive; fattening.

Prepared for battle; combatant; warlike. A combatant.

Arrayed for battle; fit or eager for battle; warlike.

Order of battle; disposition or arrangement of troops (brigades, regiments, battalions, etc.), or of a naval force, for action.

To form into battalions.