Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z baseness The quality or condition of being base. basenji A hunting dog (for aiding human hunters) of a particular African breed. baseonemoside A particular steroid glycoside. basepair To bind separate DNA or RNA sequences by base pairs. basepath The grassless ways around the baseball diamond on which runners advance. basepeak The most intense peak in a mass spectrum baseperson A fielder (of any gender) positioned near a base. baseplate A solid piece of material that has enough strength and sturdiness to serve as the surface to which other things are attached to be supported. basepoint A point that marks the beginning and the end of a topological loop baser someone who uses freebase cocaine or other drugs baserock The layer of hardrock that lies beneath any surface soil, clay, silt, gravel, and/or sedimentary rock. baserunner A player who is on base and is thus trying to advance to the next base. baserunning The act of running bases, or a player's skill in doing so basestealer A player who steals a base. basestock refined petroleum oil with no additives basetender A baseman. basewards Toward the base of a structure. basewide Throughout a military base. basewise One base / base pair at a time basewoman A female fielder positioned near a base baseword A word used as a base, to whose stem affixes are added, forming new words. Basey A surname. baseyard An area set aside for equipment and supplies. BASF A German chemical manufacturer. Basford A surname. Basgallop A surname. Basger A surname. bash To strike heavily; to beat. basha A tarpaulin or plastic waterproof sheet. Bashaar A male given name from Arabic. bashable Capable of being bashed or hit. Basham A surname. Bashan A region of the Transjordan Bashandy An Egyptian surname from Coptic. Bashar A male given name from Arabic. bashaw A pasha. bashawism The behaviour of a bashaw. bashawship The role or status of a bashaw. bashedness The state or quality of being bashed. Basheer A male given name from Arabic. basher One who bashes something, figuratively or literally. bashert preordained, fated bashfest An event or situation involving a lot of bashing (whether physical collisions or criticism). Bashford A surname. bashful Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid. bashfully In a bashful manner. bashfulness The quality or property of being bashful Bashilange A tribe of the Congo Basin. bashing An instance of bashing; a physical or verbal attack. Bashir A male given name from Arabic. bashism A shell command specific to the Bash interpreter. Bashkir Of or pertaining to a certain Turkic ethnic group that lives mostly in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan. Bashkiria Synonym of Bashkortostan. Bashkirian A native or inhabitant of Bashkiria. Bashkortostan A republic and federal subject of Russia. Official name: Republic of Bashkortostan. Capital: Ufa. Bashkortostani Of, from or relating to the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia. bashless shameless bashlessness The quality of being bashless. bashlyk A protective cone-shaped hood with lappets for wrapping around the neck, used especially by Turks and Cossacks. bashment A party or rave. Bashmur A historical region of the Nile Delta. Bashmuric Of or relating to the Bashmur region or its inhabitants. basho A sumo tournament of any kind. Bashor A surname. Bashore A surname from Dutch. bashow In matchmaking, a preliminary meeting of a potential couple in one of their parents' homes. bashtag A hashtag used to criticize something, especially one that was intended for promotional use but repurposed by users to criticize that which it was intended to promote, or make the opposite point. Bashtanka A former miskrada of Bashtanka Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine, amalgamated into Bashtanka urban hromada in September 2016. bashy Intensely percussive basial Relating to the basion. basialveolar Relating to the basion and the alveolus (or to their separation) Basiao A barangay of Badian, Cebu, Philippines. basiapical Situated at the base of an apex basiation Kissing. basibiont An organism that is host to an epibiont basibranchial Relating to the bony base of gills, or to the corresponding parts of abranchiate vertebrates basibregmatic Relating to, or connecting the basion and the bregma basic Necessary, essential for life or some process. basical Basic. basically In a fundamental, essential or basic manner. basicapsular At the base of a capsule basicerite The second joint of the antennae of crustaceans. basichondrocranium A basal chondrocranium basichromatin The basophil portion of the chromatin of a cell. basicity The condition of being basic. basicness Quality or degree of being basic. basiconic Having a conical base basicosta The distal plate in the axillary area of the wing of an insect along which the costa of the wing articulates basicostal Relating to the basicosta. basicoxal basal and coxal basicranial Of or pertaining to the basicranium basicranium The inferior region of the skull basid Synonym of basidium. basidial Relating to the basidium. basidiate Being or containing a basidium. basidiobolaceous Belonging to the Basidiobolaceae. basidiobolomycosis A fungal disease caused by a fungus in the genus Basidiobolus. basidiocarp A mushroom which contains basidia. basidiole An immature or aborted basidium; similar in shape but smaller in size. basidiolichen Any lichen in which the fungus is a member of the Basidiomycota basidioma A basidiocarp. basidiome Synonym of basidiocarp. basidiomycetal Relating to basidiomycetes basidiomycete Any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota, that produces sexual spores on a basidium. basidiomycetic Relating to basidiomycetes basidiomycetous Relating to the basidiomycetes. basidiomycosis A fungal infection by Basidiomycota basidiomycotan Any fungus of the division Basidiomycota basidiomycotic Relating to basidiomycosis basidiophore A sporophore bearing a basidium. basidiospore A sexually reproductive spore produced by fungi of the phylum Basidiomycota. basidiosporous Relating to, or producing, basidiospores. basidium A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. basidorsal At the base of the rear basiepidermal relating to the base of the epidermis basiepidermally In a basiepidermal manner or direction basiepithelial basal and epithelial basiethmoid basal and ethmoid basifacial Relating to the lower half of the face basificate To make something more basic (less acidic) basification The act or process of making something more basic; raising the pH of something. basifier Something that basifies. basifixed Of an anther, attached to the filament at the base and pointing away from the filament. basiflagellar Of or relating to the basiflagellum. basiflagellum The portion of an insect's antenna that lies between the pedicel and the distiflagellum; the first segment of the flagellum. basifugal Tending or proceeding away from the base. basify To make more basic (less acidic). basigamous Having the normal position of egg apparatus and antipodals reversed, so that the oosphere and synergids are at the lower end of the mother cell of the endosperm (embryo sac). basigaster The anus of a siphonophore basigin A gene that codes for the basigin (BSG) protein. basiglossal Relating to the base of the tongue basihyal Either of two small bones that form the body of the inverted hyoid arch. basihyoid The central part of the hyoid bone, which is found at the base of the tongue. Basij A paramilitary group under the command of IRGC in Iran. Basiji A member of the Basij. basikoside A particular steroid glycoside. basikuloside A particular steroid glycoside. basil A plant (Ocimum basilicum). Basilan A province of Bangsamoro, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital: Lamitan. Largest city: Isabela. basilar Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti. basilateral basal and lateral Basildon A new town in Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7088). basilean A royalist; a partisan of a king. basilect A variety of a language that differs substantially from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers. basilectal Of, or relating to a basilect. basilectalization The process of basilectalizing, becoming a basilect. basilectalize To diverge from the standard form of a language and become a basilect. basilectally In a basilectal way. basiled With basil (leaves of Ocimum basilicum used as a herb). basileiolatry Worship of the king.