bases


Meanings

  • installation from which a military force initiates operations;
    • "the attack wiped out our forward bases"
  • lowest support of a structure;
  • a place that the runner must touch before scoring;
  • the bottom or lowest part;
  • (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment;
  • a lower limit;
  • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;
  • a support or foundation;
  • a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
  • any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water;
    • "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"
  • the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed;
  • the most important or necessary part of something;
  • (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place;
  • the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
  • 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
  • (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;
  • the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area;
  • the principal ingredient of a mixture;
  • a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit;
  • (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
  • a relation that provides the foundation for something;
  • the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained;
  • the most important or necessary part of something;
  • use as a basis for; found on;
  • situate as a center of operations;
  • use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
  • BASES pl. of basis


Scrabble Score: 7

bases is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

bases is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

bases is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 8

bases is a valid Words With Friends word