base

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

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

a lower limit

serving as or forming a base

“the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats”

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

the form of a word after all affixes are removed

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

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

“the industrial base of Japan”

having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality

“that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble”

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

“bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia”

not adhering to ethical or moral principles

“base and unpatriotic motives”

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

“baseborn wretches with dirty faces”