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Apses
- noun - a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
Apsis
- noun - a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar
- extreme point of orbit
Arses
- noun - the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
- vulgar slang for anus
Arsis
- - That part of a foot where the ictus is put, or which is distinguished from the rest (known as the thesis) of the foot by a greater stress of voice. Hermann. (b) That elevation of voice now called metrical accentuation, or the rhythmic accent.
- upbeat (Mus)
Asses
- noun - a pompous fool
- hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
- slang for sexual intercourse
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
Bases
- noun -
- (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
- (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place;
- a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit;
- a lower limit;
- a phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)
- a place that the runner must touch before scoring;
- a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
- installation from which a military force initiates operations;
- lowest support of a structure;
- the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed;
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or ex
Basis
- noun -
- a relation that provides the foundation for something; "they were on a friendly footing"; "he worked on an interim basis"
- the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"
Basks
- verb - be exposed; "The seals were basking in the sun"
- derive or receive pleasure from; get enjoyment from; take pleasure in; "She relished her fame and basked in her glory"
Bests
- noun - Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978)
- get the better of; "the goal was to best the competition"
- the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others; "he could beat the best of them"
- the supreme effort one can make; "they did their best"