| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| basalt | noun | A rock of igneous origin, consisting of augite and triclinic feldspar, with grains of magnetic or titanic iron, and also bottle-green particles of olivine frequently disseminated., An imitation, in pottery, of natural basalt; a kind of black porcelain. |
| basing | present participle & vb. noun | of Base |
| basely | adverb | In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully., Illegitimately; in bastardy. |
| bashaw | noun | A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha., Fig.: A magnate or grandee., A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; — also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat. |
| basify | verb t. | To convert into a salifiable base. |
| basion | noun | The middle of the anterior margin of the great foramen of the skull. |
| basked | imp. & past participle | of Bask |
| basket | noun | A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven., The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches., The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital., The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach., To put into a basket. |
| basnet | noun | Same as Bascinet. |
| basque | adjective | Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language., One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France., The language spoken by the Basque people., A part of a lady’s dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; — probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques. |
| basses | plural | of Bass |
| bassaw | noun | See Bashaw. |
| basset | noun | A game at cards, resembling the modern faro, said to have been invented at Venice., Inclined upward; as, the basset edge of strata., The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop., To inclined upward so as to appear at the surface; to crop out; as, a vein of coal bassets. |
| basted | imp. & past participle | of Baste |
| baston | noun | A staff or cudgel., See Baton., An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king’s court to take into custody persons committed by the court. |
| basyle | noun | A positive or nonacid constituent of compound, either elementary, or, if compound, performing the functions of an element. |