Acid vs. Base

Acidadjective

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar.

Acidadjective

(figuratively) Sour-tempered.

Acidadjective

Of or pertaining to an acid; acidic.

Acidadjective

(music) Denoting a musical genre that is a distortion (as if hallucinogenic) of an existing genre, as in acid house, acid jazz, acid rock.

Acidnoun

A sour substance.

Acidnoun

(chemistry) Any of several classes of compound having the following properties:-

Acidnoun

Any of a class of water-soluble compounds, having sour taste, that turn blue litmus red, and react with some metals to liberate hydrogen, and with bases to form salts.

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Any compound that easily donates protons; a Brønsted acid

Acidnoun

Any compound that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond; a Lewis acid

Acidnoun

(slang) lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)

Acidadjective

Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.

Acidadjective

Of or pertaining to an acid; as, acid reaction.

Acidnoun

A sour substance.

Acidnoun

One of a class of compounds, generally but not always distinguished by their sour taste, solubility in water, and reddening of vegetable blue or violet colors. They are also characterized by the power of destroying the distinctive properties of alkalies or bases, combining with them to form salts, at the same time losing their own peculiar properties. They all contain hydrogen, united with a more negative element or radical, either alone, or more generally with oxygen, and take their names from this negative element or radical. Those which contain no oxygen are sometimes called hydracids in distinction from the others which are called oxygen acids or oxacids.

Acidnoun

any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt

Acidnoun

street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

Acidadjective

harsh or corrosive in tone;

Acidadjective

containing acid;

Acidnoun

a substance with particular chemical properties including turning litmus red, neutralizing alkalis, and dissolving some metals; typically, a corrosive or sour-tasting liquid of this kind.

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bitter or cutting remarks or tone of voice

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a molecule or other species which can donate a proton or accept an electron pair in reactions.

Acidnoun

the drug LSD

Acidadjective

containing acid or having the properties of an acid; having a pH of less than 7.

Acidadjective

sharp-tasting or sour

Acidadjective

(of a person's remarks or tone) bitter or cutting

Acidadjective

(of a colour) strikingly intense or bright

Acidadjective

(of rock, especially lava) containing a relatively high proportion of silica

Acidadjective

relating to or denoting steel-making processes involving silica-rich refractories and slags

Acid

An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e., hydrogen ion, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or, capable of forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.The first category of acids are the proton donors, or Brønsted–Lowry acids. In the special case of aqueous solutions, proton donors form the hydronium ion H3O+ and are known as Arrhenius acids.

Basenoun

Something from which other things extend; a foundation.

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A supporting, lower or bottom component of a structure or object.

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The starting point of a logical deduction or thought; basis.

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A permanent structure for housing military personnel and material.

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The place where decisions for an organization are made; headquarters.

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A basic but essential component or ingredient.

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A substance used as a mordant in dyeing.

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(cosmetics) Foundation: a cosmetic cream to make the face appear uniform.

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(chemistry) Any of a class of generally water-soluble compounds, having bitter taste, that turn red litmus blue, and react with acids to form salts.

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Important areas in games and sports.

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A safe zone in the children's games of tag and hide-and-go-seek.

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(baseball) One of the three places that a runner can stand without being subject to being tagged out.

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(architecture) The lowermost part of a column, between the shaft and the pedestal or pavement.

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A nucleotide's nucleobase in the context of a DNA or RNA biopolymer.

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(botany) The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ where it is attached to its support.

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(electronics) The name of the controlling terminal of a bipolar transistor (BJT).

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(geometry) The lowest side of a in a triangle or other polygon, or the lowest face of a cone, pyramid or other polyhedron laid flat.

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(heraldry) The lowest third of a shield or escutcheon.

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(heraldry) The lower part of the field. See escutcheon.

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(mathematics) A number raised to the power of an exponent.

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(topology) The set of sets from which a topology is generated.

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(topology) A topological space, looked at in relation to one of its covering spaces, fibrations, or bundles.

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In hand-to-hand balance, the person who supports the flyer; the person that remains in contact with the ground.

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(linguistics) A morpheme (or morphemes) that serves as a basic foundation on which affixes can be attached.

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The smallest kind of cannon.

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(archaic) The housing of a horse.

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A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armour) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.

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(obsolete) The lower part of a robe or petticoat.

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(obsolete) An apron.

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A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.

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The game of prisoners' bars.

Baseverb

(transitive) To give as its foundation or starting point; to lay the foundation of.

Baseverb

(transitive) To be located (at a particular place).

Baseverb

To act as a base; to be the person supporting the flyer.

Baseadjective

(obsolete) Low in height; short.

Baseadjective

Low in place or position.

Baseadjective

(obsolete) Of low value or degree.

Baseadjective

(archaic) Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.

Baseadjective

Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.

Baseadjective

Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.

Baseadjective

Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.

Baseadjective

Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.

Baseadjective

(obsolete) Of illegitimate birth; bastard.

Baseadjective

Not classical or correct.

Baseadjective

obsolete form of bass

Baseadjective

(legal) Not held by honourable service.

Baseadjective

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

Baseadjective

Low in place or position.

Baseadjective

Of humble birth; or low degree; lowly; mean.

Baseadjective

Illegitimate by birth; bastard.

Baseadjective

Of little comparative value, as metal inferior to gold and silver, the precious metals.

Baseadjective

Alloyed with inferior metal; debased; as, base coin; base bullion.

Baseadjective

Morally low. Hence: Low-minded; unworthy; without dignity of sentiment; ignoble; mean; illiberal; menial; as, a base fellow; base motives; base occupations.

Baseadjective

Not classical or correct.

Baseadjective

Deep or grave in sound; as, the base tone of a violin.

Baseadjective

Not held by honorable service; as, a base estate, one held by services not honorable; held by villenage. Such a tenure is called base, or low, and the tenant, a base tenant.

Basenoun

The bottom of anything, considered as its support, or that on which something rests for support; the foundation; as, the base of a statue.

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Fig.: The fundamental or essential part of a thing; the essential principle; a groundwork.

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The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented.

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That extremity of a leaf, fruit, etc., at which it is attached to its support.

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The positive, or non-acid component of a salt; a substance which, combined with an acid, neutralizes the latter and forms a salt; - applied also to the hydroxides of the positive elements or radicals, and to certain organic bodies resembling them in their property of forming salts with acids.

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The chief ingredient in a compound.

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A substance used as a mordant.

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The exterior side of the polygon, or that imaginary line which connects the salient angles of two adjacent bastions.

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The line or surface constituting that part of a figure on which it is supposed to stand.

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The number from which a mathematical table is constructed; as, the base of a system of logarithms.

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A low, or deep, sound. (Mus.) (a) The lowest part; the deepest male voice. (b) One who sings, or the instrument which plays, base.

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A place or tract of country, protected by fortifications, or by natural advantages, from which the operations of an army proceed, forward movements are made, supplies are furnished, etc.

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The smallest kind of cannon.

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That part of an organ by which it is attached to another more central organ.

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The basal plane of a crystal.

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The ground mass of a rock, especially if not distinctly crystalline.

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The lower part of the field. See Escutcheon.

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The housing of a horse.

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A kind of skirt (often of velvet or brocade, but sometimes of mailed armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.

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The lower part of a robe or petticoat.

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An apron.

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The point or line from which a start is made; a starting place or a goal in various games.

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A line in a survey which, being accurately determined in length and position, serves as the origin from which to compute the distances and positions of any points or objects connected with it by a system of triangles.

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A rustic play; - called also prisoner's base, prison base, or bars.

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Any one of the four bounds which mark the circuit of the infield.

Baseverb

To put on a base or basis; to lay the foundation of; to found, as an argument or conclusion; - used with on or upon.

Baseverb

To abase; to let, or cast, down; to lower.

Baseverb

To reduce the value of; to debase.

Basenoun

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

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installation from which a military force initiates operations;

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lowest support of a structure;

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place that runner must touch before scoring;

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(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place;

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the bottom or lowest part;

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(anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment;

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a lower limit;

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

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a support or foundation;

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

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the most important or necessary part of something;

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

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an intensely anti-western terrorist network that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist group; has cells in more than 50 countries

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(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed;

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

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the principal ingredient of a mixture;

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a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit;

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(electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector

Baseverb

use as a basis for; found on;

Baseverb

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

Baseverb

assign to a station

Baseadjective

serving as or forming a base;

Baseadjective

(used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal;

Baseadjective

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

Baseadjective

not adhering to ethical or moral principles;

Baseadjective

having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality;

Baseadjective

illegitimate

Baseadjective

debased; not genuine;

Basenoun

the lowest part or edge of something, especially the part on which it rests or is supported

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the part of a column between the shaft and pedestal or pavement.

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the end at which a part or organ is attached to the trunk or main part

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a line or surface on which a figure is regarded as standing

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a known line used as a geometrical base for trigonometry.

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the lowest part of a shield.

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a conceptual structure or entity on which something draws or depends

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a foundation or starting point for further work

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a group of people regarded as supporting an organization, for example by buying its products

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a place used as a centre of operations by the armed forces or others; a headquarters

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the main place where a person works or stays

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a main or important element or ingredient to which other things are added

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a substance into which a pigment is mixed to form paint, such as water, oil, or powdered aluminium hydroxide.

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a substance used as a foundation for make-up

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a substance capable of reacting with an acid to form a salt and water, or (more broadly) of accepting or neutralizing hydrogen ions.

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a purine or pyrimidine group in a nucleotide or nucleic acid.

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the middle part of a bipolar transistor, separating the emitter from the collector.

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the root or stem of a word or a derivative.

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the uninflected form of a verb.

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a number used as the basis of a numeration scale.

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a number in terms of which other numbers are expressed as logarithms.

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each of the four stations that must be reached in turn to score a run.

Baseverb

use (something specified) as the foundation or starting point for something

Baseverb

situate at a specified place as the centre of operations

Baseadjective

without moral principles; ignoble

Baseadjective

denoting or befitting a person of low social class.

Baseadjective

(of coins or other articles) not made of precious metal