| basal | (adjective) especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem | Synonyms: radical |
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| (adjective) serving as or forming a base | Synonyms: base |
| (adjective) of or being the essential or basic part | Synonyms: elemental, elementary, primary |
| basaltic | (adjective) of or relating to or containing basalt | - |
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| base | (adjective) serving as or forming a base | Synonyms: basal |
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| (adjective) debased; not genuine | - |
| (adjective) having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality | Synonyms: mean, meanspirited |
| (adjective) illegitimate | Synonyms: baseborn |
| (adjective) (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal | - |
| (adjective) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: baseborn, humble, lowly |
| (adjective) not adhering to ethical or moral principles | Synonyms: immoral |
| baseborn | (adjective) illegitimate | Synonyms: base |
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| (adjective) of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense) | Synonyms: base, humble, lowly |
| based | (adjective) having a base of operations (often used as a combining form) | - |
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| (adjective) having a base | - |
| baseless | (adjective) without a basis in reason or fact | Synonyms: groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild |
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| bashful | (adjective) disposed to avoid notice | Synonyms: blate |
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| (adjective) self-consciously timid | - |
| basic | (adjective) pertaining to or constituting a base or basis | - |
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| (adjective) of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base | - |
| (adjective) reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality | Synonyms: canonic, canonical |
| (adjective) serving as a base or starting point | Synonyms: introductory |
| basidial | (adjective) relating to or characterized by basidia | - |
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| basidiomycetous | (adjective) pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes | - |
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| basidiosporous | (adjective) of or relating to or characterized by spores produced by basidia | - |
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| basifixed | (adjective) attached by its base (as certain anthers to their filaments or stalks) | - |
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| basilar | (adjective) of or relating to or located at the base | Synonyms: basilary |
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| basilary | (adjective) of or relating to or located at the base | Synonyms: basilar |
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| basilican | (adjective) of or relating to or resembling a basilica | - |
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| basinal | (adjective) of or relating to a basin | - |
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| basined | (adjective) enclosed in a basin | - |
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| basipetal | (adjective) of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from apex to base | - |
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| basiscopic | (adjective) facing or on the side toward the base | - |
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| basophilic | (adjective) staining readily with basic dyes | - |
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| bass | (adjective) having or denoting a low vocal or instrumental range | Synonyms: deep |
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| bastard | (adjective) fraudulent; having a misleading appearance | Synonyms: bogus, fake, phoney, phony |
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| bastardised | (adjective) deriving from more than one source or style | Synonyms: bastardized |
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| bastardized | (adjective) deriving from more than one source or style | Synonyms: bastardised |
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| bastardly | (adjective) of no value or worth | Synonyms: mean |
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| (adjective) born out of wedlock | Synonyms: misbegot, misbegotten, spurious |
| bastioned | (adjective) secured with bastions or fortifications | Synonyms: fortified |
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