the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface | a support or foundation |
(art) the surface (as a wall or canvas) prepared to take the paint for a painting | lowest support of a structure |
a connection between an electrical device and a large conducting body, such as the earth (which is taken to be at zero voltage) | a place that the runner must touch before scoring |
the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground | (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector |
a relatively homogeneous percept extending back of the figure on which attention is focused | installation from which a military force initiates operations |
a position to be won or defended in battle (or as if in battle) | a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit |
a rational motive for a belief or action | the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area |
the solid part of the earth's surface | the principal ingredient of a mixture |
material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use) | the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained |
a relation that provides the foundation for something | (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed |
the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface | a lower limit |
| (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment |
| the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end |
| the bottom or lowest part |
| (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place |
| the most important or necessary part of something |
| the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed |
| any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water |
| a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA) |