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Basal TemperaturenounMWEbody temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anythingverified
Basal VeinnounMWEa large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral veinverified
Base HitnounMWE(baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safelyverified
Base on BallsnounMWEin baseball, an advance to first base by a batter who receives four ballsverified
Base PairnounMWEone of the pairs of chemical bases joined by hydrogen bonds that connect the complementary strands of a DNA molecule or of an RNA molecule that has two strandsverified
Base RunnernounMWEa baseball player on the team at bat who is on base or attempting to reach a baseverified
Baseball CardnounMWEa trading card with a picture of a baseball player and information about his playing recordverified
Baseball ClinicnounMWEa meeting at which baseball players receive special evaluation and instructionverified
Baseball DiamondnounMWEthe area of a baseball field that is enclosed by 3 bases and home plateverified
Baseball GamenounMWEa ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine playersverified
baseline configurationnounMWEA documented set of specifications for a system or a configuration item within a system that has been formally reviewed and agreed on at a given point in time and which can be changed only through change control procedures.verified
Baseline SecuritynounMWEThe minimum security controls required for safeguarding an IT system based on its identified needs for confidentiality, integrity, and/or availability protection.verified
Basic AuthenticationnounMWEBasic Authentication is the simplest web-based authentication scheme that works by sending the username and password with each request.verified
Basic Cognitive ProcessnounMWEcognitive processes involved in obtaining and storing knowledgeverified
Basic ColornounMWEa dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ionverified
Basic ColournounMWEa dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ionverified
Basic DyenounMWEa dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ionverified
Basic TestingnounMWEA test methodology that assumes no knowledge of the internal structure and implementation detail of the assessment object. Also known as black box testing.verified
Basil BalmnounMWEperennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink ballsverified
Basil MintnounMWEperennial herb of the eastern United States having inconspicuous greenish flowers and narrow leaves that are very aromatic when bruisedverified
Basilic VeinnounMWEa vein that drains the back of the hand and forearm and empties into the axillary veinverified
Basivertebral VeinnounMWEone of a number of veins draining the spongy substance of the vertebrae and emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexusverified
Basket FernnounMWEtropical American fern cultivated for its finely divided greyish-green foliageverified
Basket FishnounMWEany starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central discverified
Basket FlowernounMWEannual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small basketsverified
Basket StarnounMWEany starfish-like animal of the genera Euryale or Astrophyton or Gorgonocephalus having slender complexly branched interlacing arms radiating from a central discverified
Basket WeavenounMWEa cloth woven of two or more threads interlaced to suggest the weave of a basketverified
Basket-Handle ArchnounMWEa round arch whose inner curve is drawn with circles having three centersverified
Basketball ClinicnounMWEa meeting at which basketball players receive special evaluation and instructionverified
Basketball HoopnounMWEhorizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketballverified
Bass ViolnounMWEviol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the celloverified
Basso ContinuonounMWEa bass part written out in full and accompanied by numbers to indicate the chords to be playedverified
Basso RelievonounMWEa sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the backgroundverified
Basso RilievonounMWEa sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the backgroundverified
Bast FibernounMWEstrong woody fibers obtained especially from the phloem of from various plantsverified
Bastard FeverfewnounMWEtropical American annual weed with small radiate heads of white flowersverified
Bastard IndigonounMWEdense shrub of moist riverbanks and flood plains of the eastern United States having attractive fragrant foliage and dense racemes of dark purple flowersverified
Bastard Lignum VitaenounMWEsmall evergreen tree of the southern United States and West Indies a source of lignum vitae woodverified