a terrorist network intensely opposed to the United States that dispenses money and logistical support and training to a wide variety of radical Islamic terrorist groups; has cells in more than 50 countries
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Base |
Qaeda |
al Qaeda |
al Qaida |
al-Qa'ida |
al-Qaeda |
al-Qaida |
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a simplified form of English proposed for use as an auxiliary language for international communication; devised by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards
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Basic English |
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large class of higher fungi coextensive with subdivision Basidiomycota
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Basidiomycetes |
class Basidiomycetes |
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comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi
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Basidiomycota |
Basidiomycotina |
subdivision Basidiomycota |
subdivision Basidiomycotina |
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Basidiomycetes, class Basidiomycetes
Hymenomycetes, class Hymenomycetes
Agaricales, order Agaricales
Gasteromycetes, class Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gastromycetes
Aphyllophorales, order Aphyllophorales
Tiliomycetes, class Tiliomycetes
Ustilaginales, order Ustilaginales
Septobasidiaceae, family Septobasidiaceae
comprises fungi bearing the spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) and Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) and Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics and bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom Fungi
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<noun.plant>
Basidiomycota |
Basidiomycotina |
subdivision Basidiomycota |
subdivision Basidiomycotina |
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Basidiomycetes, class Basidiomycetes
Hymenomycetes, class Hymenomycetes
Agaricales, order Agaricales
Gasteromycetes, class Gasteromycetes, Gastromycetes, class Gastromycetes
Aphyllophorales, order Aphyllophorales
Tiliomycetes, class Tiliomycetes
Ustilaginales, order Ustilaginales
Septobasidiaceae, family Septobasidiaceae
(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
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Basil |
Basil of Caesarea |
Basil the Great |
St. Basil |
St. Basil the Great |
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(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
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Basil |
Basil of Caesarea |
Basil the Great |
St. Basil |
St. Basil the Great |
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(Roman Catholic Church) the bishop of Caesarea who defended the Roman Catholic Church against the heresies of the 4th century; a saint and Doctor of the Church (329-379)
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Basil |
Basil of Caesarea |
Basil the Great |
St. Basil |
St. Basil the Great |
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a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot')
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Basilicata |
Lucania |
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early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets
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Basket Maker |
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the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language
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Basque |
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a member of a people of unknown origin living in the western Pyrenees in France and Spain
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Basque |
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a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees
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Basque Fatherland and Liberty |
Basque Homeland and Freedom |
ETA |
Euskadi ta Askatasuna |
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"in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials"
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a terrorist organization organized in 1959 by student activists who were dissatisfied with the moderate nationalism of the traditional Basque party; want to create an independent homeland in Spain's western Pyrenees
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Basque Fatherland and Liberty |
Basque Homeland and Freedom |
ETA |
Euskadi ta Askatasuna |
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"in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials"
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in some classifications considered a separate family
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Bassariscidae |
subfamily Bassariscidae |
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raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings
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<noun.animal>
Bassariscus astutus |
bassarisk |
cacomistle |
cacomixle |
civet cat |
coon cat |
miner's cat |
raccoon fox |
ring-tailed cat |
ringtail |
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densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
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<noun.plant>
Bassia scoparia |
Kochia scoparia |
belvedere |
burning bush |
fire bush |
fire-bush |
summer cypress |
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a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution
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Bastille |
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a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789
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14 July |
Bastille Day |