basculer, v.n., to see-saw, to tip off (to fall).

bas-dessus, n.m., (—-—) (mus.) low treble.

base, n.f., base, basis, bottom, foundation; ground-work, ground-plot; foot, stock, radix (of logarithms). La — d’un système; the basis of a system. — des fondations; (engineering) footing.

baselle, n.f., (bot.) basella.

baser, v.a., to found, to fix, to base, to ground, to rest, to settle.

se baser, v.r., to be fixed; to be grounded; to be founded; to depend, to rely.

bas-fond, n.m., (—-—s) flat, hollow, bottom; (nav.) shoal, shallow, shallow water.

basilaire, adj., (anat.) basilar.

basilic, n.m., (bot.) basil, sweet basil; (erpetology) basilisk, cockatrice.

basilicon or basilicum, n.m., ointment, basilicon.