Basicerite
(Ba*sic"er*ite) n. [Basi- + Gr. ke`ras horn, antenna.] (Zoöl.) The second joint of the antennæ
of crustaceans.
Basicity
(Ba*sic"i*ty), n. (Chem.) (a) The quality or state of being a base. (b) The power of an acid
to unite with one or more atoms or equivalents of a base, as indicated by the number of replaceable
hydrogen atoms contained in the acid.
Basidiospore
(Ba*sid"i*o*spore) n. [Basidium + spore.] (Bot.) A spore borne by a basidium. — Ba*sid`i*o*spor"ous
a.
Basidium
(||Ba*sid"i*um) n. [NL., dim. of Gr. ba`sis base.] (Bot.) A special oblong or pyriform cell,
with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which
the common mushroom is an example.
Basifier
(Ba"si*fi`er) n. (Chem.) That which converts into a salifiable base.
Basifugal
(Ba*sif"u*gal) a. [Base, n. + L. fugere to flee.] (Bot.) Tending or proceeding away from the
base; as, a basifugal growth.
Basify
(Ba"si*fy) v. t. [Base + - fy.] (Chem.) To convert into a salifiable base.
Basigynium
(||Ba`si*gyn"i*um) n. [NL., fr. Gr. basis base + gynh woman.] (Bot.) The pedicel on
which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.
Basihyal
(Ba`si*hy"al) a. [Basi- + Gr. &upsilon (the letter "upsilon"); from the shape.] (Anat.) Noting two
small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch.
Basihyoid
(Ba`si*hy"oid) n. [Basi- + hyoid.] (Anat.) The central tongue bone.
Basil
(Bas"il) n. [Cf. F. basile and E. Bezel.] The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool,
as a plane, is ground. Grier.
Basil
(Bas"il), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Basiled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Basiling.] To grind or form the edge of to
an angle. Moxon.
Basil
(Bas"il), n. [F. basilic, fr. L. basilicus royal, Gr. basiliko`s fr. basiley`s king.] (Bot.) The name
given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum
basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also
given to several kinds of mountain mint
Basil thyme, a name given to the fragrant herbs Calamintha Acinos and C. Nepeta. — Wild basil,
a plant (Calamintha clinopodium) of the Mint family.
Basil
(Bas"il) n. [Corrupt. from E. basan, F. basane, LL. basanium, bazana, fr. Ar. bithana, prop.,
lining.] The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.
Basilar
(Bas"i*lar Bas"i*la*ry) a. [F. basilaire, fr. L. basis. See Base, n.]
1. Relating to, or situated at, the base.
2. Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action. [R.] "Basilar instincts." H. W. Beecher.
Basilic
(Ba*sil"ic) n. [F. basilique.] Basilica.
Basilic
(Ba*sil"ic Ba*sil"ic*al) a. [See Basilica.]
1. Royal; kingly; also, basilican.
