Something from which other things extend; a foundation. • A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object. • The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis. • A site, structure, or both, usually durable and often permanent, for housing military personnel and materiel. • The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters. • A basic but essential component or ingredient. • A substance used as a mordant in dyeing. • Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform. • Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds that turn red litmus blue and react with acids to form salts. • Important areas in games and sports. • A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek. • One of the four places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out when the ball is in play. • The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement. • A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer. • The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support. • The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT). • The lowest side of a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat. • The lowest third of a shield (or field), or an ordinary occupying this space, the champagne. (Compare terrace.) • A number raised to the power of an exponent. • Synonym of radix. • The set of sets from which a topology is generated. • A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles. • A sequence of elements not jointly stabilized by any nontrivial group element. • In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground. • A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached. • Dated form of bass. • The smallest kind of cannon. • The housing of a horse. • A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower. • A kind of armour skirt, of mail or plate, imitating the preceding civilian skirt. • The lower part of a robe or petticoat. • An apron. • A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles. • A group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates for elected office. • The forces and relations of production that produce the necessities and amenities of life. • A material that holds paint or other materials together; a binder. • Ellipsis of base leg. • freebase cocaine