English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Basipterygoid
(a. & n.)
Applied to a protuberance of the base of the
sphenoid bone.
Basis
(n.)
The foundation of anything; that on which a thing rests.
Basis
(n.)
The pedestal of a column, pillar, or statue.
Basis
(n.)
The ground work the first or fundamental principle; that
which supports.
Basis
(n.)
The principal component part of a thing.
Basisolute
(a.)
Prolonged at the base, as certain leaves.
Basisphenoid
(a.)
Alt. of Basisphenoidal
Basisphenoid
(n.)
The basisphenoid bone.
Basisphenoidal
(a.)
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.
Bask
(v. t.)
To warm by continued exposure to heat; to warm with genial
heat.
Bask
(v. t.)
To lie in warmth; to be exposed to genial heat.
Basked
(imp. & p. p.)
of Bask
Basket
(v. t.)
To put into a basket.
Basket
(n.)
The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a
stagecoach.
Basket
(n.)
The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
Basket
(n.)
The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as,
a basket of peaches.
Basket
(n.)
A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes,
splints, or other flexible material, interwoven.
Basketful
(n.)
As much as a basket will contain.
Basketfuls
(pl. )
of Basketful
Basketry
(n.)
The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken
collectively.