Base Mnemonic

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base

base

/beɪs/

alkali

Examples

installation from which a military force initiates operations

noun

lowest support of a structure

noun

a place that the runner must touch before scoring

noun

the bottom or lowest part

noun

the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment

noun

a lower limit

noun

the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained

noun

a support or foundation

noun

a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

noun

any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water

noun

the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed

noun

the most important or necessary part of something

noun

the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place

noun

the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end

noun

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

noun

the form of a word after all affixes are removed

noun

the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area

noun

the principal ingredient of a mixture

noun

a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit

noun

the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

noun

use as a basis for; found on

verb

situate as a center of operations

verb

use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes

verb

serving as or forming a base

adjective

of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

adjective

consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal

adjective

not adhering to ethical or moral principles

adjective

having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality- Edmund Burke- Shakespeare

adjective

illegitimate

adjective

debased; not genuine

adjective
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"Base+Case. The lowest part is the base, as in the base case of an argument."

"Base + Case. The foundation of any case is its base."

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