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al-Qaeda, Qaeda, al-Qa'ida, al-Qaida, Base | [in terrorism] 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 | |
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base, base of operations | [in military] installation from which a military force initiates operations | |
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base | [in anatomy] the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment | |
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base, infrastructure | the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area | |
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mean, meanspirited, base | having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality | |
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base, nucleotide | a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) | |
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base, baseborn | illegitimate | |
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alkali, base | any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water | |
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base, foot, foundation, groundwork, fundament, substructure, understructure | lowest support of a structure | |
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base, radix | [in numeration_system] the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place | |
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floor, base | a lower limit | |
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base | the bottom or lowest part | |
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base, basal | serving as or forming a base | |
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base, free-base | use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes | |
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base | a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit | |
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base, establish, ground, found | use as a basis for; found on | |
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stand, base, pedestal | a support or foundation | |
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home, base | the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end | |
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base, basis | the most important or necessary part of something | |
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base | (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal | |
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base | debased; not genuine | |
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base | the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed | |
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base | the principal ingredient of a mixture | |
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stem, root, base, theme, root word, radical | [in linguistics] the form of a word after all affixes are removed | |
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base | situate as a center of operations | |
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base, bag | a place that the runner must touch before scoring | |
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base | [in electronics] the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector | |
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immoral, base | not adhering to ethical or moral principles | |
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basis, base, groundwork, foundation, cornerstone, fundament | the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained | |
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base, baseborn, humble, lowly | of low birth or station |