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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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LOW
The lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving

BAG
An activity that you like or at which you are superior; "chemistry is not my cup of tea"; "his bag now is learning to play golf"; "marriage was scarcely his dish"

TEN
One of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face

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ROOT
The part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support

HOME
An institution where people are cared for; "a home for the elderly"

STEM
Cause to point inward; "stem your skis"

FOOT
Travel by walking; "he followed on foot"; "the swiftest of foot"

MEAN
Characterized by malice; "a hateful thing to do"; "in a mean mood"

VILE
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

EVIL
Morally objectionable behavior

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RADIX
(numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"

BASIS
The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture"

FOUND
Come upon unexpectedly or after searching; "found art"; "the lost-and-found department"

THEME
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

FLOOR
The inside lower horizontal surface (as of a room, hallway, tent, or other structure); "they needed rugs to cover the bare floors"; "we spread our sleeping bags on the dry floor of the tent"

STAND
A defensive effort; "the army made a final stand at the Rhone"

QAEDA
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

LOWLY
Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"

BASAL
Serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats"

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HUMBLE
Marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful; "a humble apology"; "essentially humble...and self-effacing, he achieved the highest formal honors and distinctions"- B.K.Malinowski

PLINTH
An architectural support or base (as for a column or statue)

GROUND
The first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface

ALKALI
Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"

SORDID
Meanly avaricious and mercenary; "sordid avarice"; "sordid material interests"

BOTTOM
Come to understand

ABJECT
Of the most contemptible kind; "abject cowardice"; "a low stunt to pull"; "a low-down sneak"; "his miserable treatment of his family"; "You miserable skunk!"; "a scummy rabble"; "a scurvy trick"

VULGAR
Of or associated with the great masses of people; "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"

COARSE
Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"

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IMMORAL
Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

NONACID

IGNOBLE
Not of the nobility; "of ignoble (or ungentle) birth"; "untitled civilians"

ALQAEDA

ALQAIDA

BEDROCK
Solid unweathered rock lying beneath surface deposits of soil

RADICAL
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

IGNOBLE

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ROOTWORD
(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"

PLATFORM
A woman's shoe with a very high thick sole

BASEBORN
Illegitimate

DEPRAVED
Deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat"

FREEBASE

PEDESTAL
A support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"

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FUNDAMENT
Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

ESTABLISH
Establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"

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GROUNDWORK
Preliminary preparation as a basis or foundation; "we are prepared today because of groundwork that was done ten years ago"

NUCLEOTIDE
A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (DNA or RNA)

FOUNDATION
The act of starting something for the first time; introducing something new; "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult"; "the foundation of a new scientific society"

DESPICABLE
Morally reprehensible; "would do something as despicable as murder"; "ugly crimes"; "the vile development of slavery appalled them"; "a slimy little liar"

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CORNERSTONE
A stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls

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SUBSTRUCTURE
Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

HEADQUARTERS
The military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command; "the general's headquarters were a couple of large tents"

CONTEMPTIBLE
Deserving of contempt or scorn

DISHONORABLE
Lacking honor or integrity; deserving dishonor; "dishonorable in thought and deed"

MEANSPIRITED
Lacking in magnanimity; "it seems ungenerous to end this review of a splendid work of scholarship on a critical note"- Times Litt. Sup.; "a meanspirited man unwilling to forgive"

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REPREHENSIBLE
Bringing or deserving severe rebuke or censure; "a criminal waste of talent"; "a deplorable act of violence"; "adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife"

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UNDERSTRUCTURE
Lowest support of a structure; "it was built on a base of solid rock"; "he stood at the foot of the tower"

INFRASTRUCTURE
The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; "the industrial base of Japan"

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BASEOFOPERATIONS
Installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases"