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Basis
BA'SIS, n. plu.bases. [L.and Gr.; the same as base, which see.]
1. The foundation of any thing; that on which a thing stands or lies; the bottom or foot of the thing itself, or that on which it rests. See a full explanation under base.
2. The ground work or first principle; that which supports.
3. Foundation; support.
The basis of public credit is good faith.
The basis of all excellence is truth.
4. Basis, in chimistry. See Base. No. 12.
basis appears in definitions for these words:
Abase Acrothymion Almond Amber Ammonium Amygdaloid Assimilation Auditor Barium Baryta Base Basis C Calcium Colonizing Computation Confidence Cordon Deposit Enamel Extract Fine Fluorin Footing Form Fortitude Found Foundation Founded Fundamental Glaze Greatness Groundwork Harmonical Hight Icosahedral Laconism Lithia Overset Overthrow Overturn Oxygen Parenchyma Potassium Principle Reconciliation Rhomboid Set Shake Shoulder Sill Socle Soda Sphenoid Sphenoidal Substratum Sugar Superstruct Superstucture Ultimatum Wave-worn White-centaury Zirconium
Abase Acrothymion Almond Amber Ammonium Amygdaloid Assimilation Auditor Barium Baryta Base Basis C Calcium Colonizing Computation Confidence Cordon Deposit Enamel Extract Fine Fluorin Footing Form Fortitude Found Foundation Founded Fundamental Glaze Greatness Groundwork Harmonical Hight Icosahedral Laconism Lithia Overset Overthrow Overturn Oxygen Parenchyma Potassium Principle Reconciliation Rhomboid Set Shake Shoulder Sill Socle Soda Sphenoid Sphenoidal Substratum Sugar Superstruct Superstucture Ultimatum Wave-worn White-centaury Zirconium
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