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based
  • v  use as a basis for; found on
  • v  situate as a center of operations
  • v  use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
  • s  having a base
    firmly based ice
  • s  having a base of operations (often used as a combining form)
    a locally based business
    an Atlanta-based company
    carrier-based planes
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baseless
  • s  without a basis in reason or fact
    baseless gossip
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bashful
  • s  self-consciously timid; lowering my head, I looked at the wall"- Ezra Pound
    I never laughed, being bashful
  • s  disposed to avoid notice; (`blate' is a Scottish term for bashful)
    they considered themselves a tough outfit and weren't bashful about letting anybody know it
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bastardly
  • s  born out of wedlock
  • s  of no value or worth
    I was caught in the bastardly traffic
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basic
  • n  a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use
  • n  (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
  • a  pertaining to or constituting a base or basis
    a basic fact
    the basic ingredients
    basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities
  • s  reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality
    a basic story line
  • s  serving as a base or starting point
    a basic course in Russian
    basic training for raw recruits
    a set of basic tools
  • s  of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base
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basidiomycetous
  • a  pertaining to or characteristic of fungi of the class Basidiomycetes
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