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more info Base, n.
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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more info Basel, n.
a city in northwestern Switzerland
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more info Basia, n.
the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq
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more info Basic English, n.
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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more info Basidiomycetes, n.
more info Basidiomycota, n.
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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more info Basidiomycotina, n.
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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more info Basil, n.
(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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more info Basil of Caesarea, n.
(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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more info Basil the Great, n.
(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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more info Basilicata, n.
a region of southern Italy (forming the instep of the Italian `boot')
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more info Basiliscus, n.
a reptile genus of Iguanidae
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more info Basket Maker, n.
early Amerindians related to the Pueblo; known for skill in making baskets
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more info Basle, n.
a city in northwestern Switzerland
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more info Basotho, n.
a member of a subgroup of people who inhabit Lesotho
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more info Basque, n.
the language of the Basque people; of no known relation to any other language
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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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more info Basque Fatherland and Liberty, n.
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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"in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials"
more info Basque Homeland and Freedom, n.
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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"in 1968 ETA launched a campaign of political assassinations of government officials"
more info Basra, n.
the second largest city in Iraq; an oil port in southern Iraq
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more info Bassariscidae, n.
in some classifications considered a separate family
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more info Bassariscus, n.
more info Bassariscus astutus, n.
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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more info Basse-Normandie, n.
a division of Normandy
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more info Basseterre, n.
the capital of Saint Kitts and Nevis on the island of Saint Christopher
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more info Bassia, n.
more info Bassia scoparia, n.
densely branched Eurasian plant; foliage turns purple-red in autumn
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more info Bast, n.
cat- or lion-headed Egyptian goddess; represents life-giving power of the sun
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more info Bastille, n.
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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more info Bastille Day, n.
a legal holiday in France celebrating the storming of the Paris bastille in 1789
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more info Basuto, n.
the dialect of Sotho spoken by the Basotho; an official language of Lesotho
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