Bas


Bachelor of Agricultural Science.
Bachelor of Applied Science.
an aspect of the soul, represented as a human-headed bird.
the second letter of the Arabic alphabet.
Contemporary Examples

The biggest net gains in people with bas and higher are primarily in the sunbelt, led by Phoenix, Houston, Dallas-Ft.
Forget What the Pundits Tell You, Coastal Cities are Old News – it’s the Sunbelt that’s Booming Joel Kotkin February 28, 2014

Historical Examples

Fixed in the wall, opposite to the window, there is a bas relief of amazing beauty—the marriage of Neptune and Amphitrite.
Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Anna Jameson

A woman in the mob said ‘Pauvre’ and somebody else said ‘ bas!’
Terribly Intimate Portraits Nol Coward

basanite, bas′an-īt, n. a kind of quartz serviceable for testing the purity of the precious metals by the marks made.
Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various

“I reckon ye’ve done heered all I kin tell ye,” said bas, gravely.
The Roof Tree Charles Neville Buck

About a mile from Barbizon, the path to the bas Breau diverges to the right.
The History of David Grieve Mrs. Humphry Ward

In killing bas Rowlett he would be performing a virtuous act.
The Roof Tree Charles Neville Buck

Somebody, no doubt a refugee, hissed out: “A bas les Bosches!”
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, November 18, 1914 Various

Elsewhere it shelved off into the steep slope down which bas had carried him.
The Roof Tree Charles Neville Buck

The author smacks not of the bas bleu; she is a simple woman in the truest sense of the word, and a regal grande dame as well.
The Mystery of the Lost Dauphin Emilia Pardo Bazn

abbreviation
Bosnia-Herzegovina
noun
(Egyptian myth) the soul, represented as a bird with a human head
Chemical symbol
barium
abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts
British Academy
British Airways
British Association (for the Advancement of Science)
British Association screw thread

Ba
The symbol for the element barium.
Ba
The symbol for barium.
Bachelor of Agricultural Science
Bachelor of Applied Science
block acquisition sequence
Bashkir
barium
Baruch
Bachelor of Arts
bare ass
batting average
Boeing Co.
British Academy
budget authority

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    noun (pl) bas bleus (bɑ blø) a bluestocking; intellectual woman Historical Examples The author smacks not of the bas bleu; she is a simple woman in the truest sense of the word, and a regal grande dame as well. The Mystery of the Lost Dauphin Emilia Pardo Bazn She was welcomed as a sister spirit […]

  • Bas mitzvah

    bat mitzvah. a solemn ceremony, chiefly among Reform and Conservative Jews, that is held in the synagogue on Friday night or Saturday morning to admit formally as an adult member of the Jewish community a girl 12 to 13 years old. the girl participating in this ceremony. to administer the ceremony of bat mitzvah to. […]

  • Bas-relief

    relief sculpture in which the figures project slightly from the background. Historical Examples Miss Ross described her beauty graphically enough when she said it was that of an old Greek bas-relief. Contraband G. J. Whyte-Melville When she felt a bas-relief of dancing girls she asked, “Where are the singers?” Story of My Life Helen Keller […]

  • Bas-rhin

    a department in NE France. 1848 sq. mi. (4785 sq. km). Capital: Strasbourg. Historical Examples The people of this district have a less soft pronunciation than those of Bas-Rhin. Musical Myths and Facts, Volume I (of 2) Carl Engel The democratic idea grew and was represented chiefly by the Courrier du Bas-Rhin which influenced public […]

  • Basad

    toward the base. basad ba·sad (bā’sād’) adj. Having a direction toward the base of an object or structure.


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