Thesaurus / basal
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It makes out of the savage raw material which is our basal mental stuff, a citizen.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSThe specimens from Honduras have a basal cusp on the hinder edge of the lower canine.
A SYNOPSIS OF THE AMERICAN BATS OF THE GENUS PIPISTRELLUSWALTER W. DALQUESTProthorax two-thirds wider than long, sides parallel in basal half, convergent anteriorly.
JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY AND ZOOLOGY, MARCH 1917VARIOUSOut of this basal belief have sprung up the stories that relate the deeds of the 'hidden' saints.
THE HISTORY OF YIDDISH LITERATURE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURYLEO WIENERThis he did on an oak branch six feet long whose basal end was placed in water.
MAKERS OF BRITISH BOTANY; A COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHIES BY LIVING BOTANISTSVARIOUSThe basal remains of this antique dyke form the peninsula of Keweena.
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFTIn a basal flow in Moraine Park, the slaggy and compact phases show differences in phenocrysts as well as in groundmass.
MOUNT RAINIERVARIOUSThis odd species is wholly a dull black color, except for the white head and neck, and basal half of the primaries.
WESTERN BIRD GUIDECHESTER A. (CHESTER ALBERT) REED, HARRY F. HARVEY, AND REX I. BRASHERAt many places also gray feldspathic sandstones and basal conglomerates appear.
HISTORY AND COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIAJAMES W. HEADThe basal diameter of this second hemisphere is such that when the latter is placed over J its edge rests upon the lower disk, M.
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN SUPPLEMENT, VOL. XXI., NO. 531, MARCH 6, 1886VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO BASAL
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- supporting
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- theoretical
- underived
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