foundation
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foundation |
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A, a priori principle, affirmation,
alpha, anchorage, appanage, apriorism, arrangement, assertion, assumed position, assumption, axiom, basal, base, baseboard, basement, basic, basic training, basis, bearing wall, bed, bedding, bedrock, beginning, blast-off, bottom, briefing, call, categorical proposition, cause, cellar, chassis,
clearing the decks, clown white, cold cream, colonization, commencement, compact, constitution, cosmetics, creation, cutting edge, dado, data, dawn, dot,
dower, dowry, drugstore complexion,
edge, effectuation, endowment,
equipment, establishment, eye
shadow, eyebrow pencil, familiarization, first principles, fixation, fixing, floor, flooring, flying start, fond,
foot, footing, formation, foundation cream, foundational, founding, frame, fresh start, fundament, fundamental, good reason, greasepaint, ground, grounds, groundwork, hand cream, hand lotion, hardpan, hypothesis, hypothesis ad hoc, inauguration, inception, infrastructure, initiation, installation, installment, institute, instituting, institution,
investiture, investment, jointure, jump-off, keel, kick-off,
leading edge, legal jointure, lemma, lip
rouge, lipstick, lodgment, major premise, makeready, makeup, making ready, manufacture, marriage portion, mascara, material basis, materialization, minor premise, mobilization, mooring, mopboard, mudpack, nadir, nail polish, new departure,
oncoming, onset, opening, organization, organizing, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, paint, pavement,
peopling, philosopheme, philosophical proposition, pillar, planning, plantation, population, portion, position, postulate, postulation, postulatum, powder, powder puff, prearrangement, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, premise, prep, preparation, preparatory study, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, presupposition, pretreatment, primary, principle, processing, propaedeutic, proposition, propositional function, provision, puff, purpose, radical, raison d'etre, rationale, readying, realization, reason, rest, right, riprap, rock, rock bottom, rouge, rudiment,
running start, seat, send-off,
setting-up, setting in motion, settlement, settling, shoemold, sill, sole, solid ground, solid rock, spadework, square one, start-off, start,
starting point, statement, stereobate, stylobate, substance, substratum, substruction, substructure, sumption, supposal, take-off, talcum, talcum powder, terra firma, theorem,
thesis, thirds, toe,
tower, training, treatment, trial, truth-function, truth-value, truth table, tryout, underbuilding,
undercarriage, undergirding, underlying, underpinning, understruction, understructure,
vanishing cream, vanity case, wainscot, war paint, warm-up, warrant
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foundation garment |
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advocate, alpenstock, arm,
athletic supporter, back, backbone,
backing, bandeau, bearer, bra, brace, bracer, bracket, brassiere, buttress, cane, carrier,
cervix, corselet, corset,
crook, crutch, fulcrum, girdle, guy, guywire, jock, jockstrap, mainstay, maintainer, mast, neck, prop, reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, rest, resting place, rigging, shoulder,
shroud, spine, sprit,
staff, standing rigging, stave,
stay, stays, stick,
stiffener, strengthener, support,
supporter, sustainer, upholder, walking stick
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lay the foundation |
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base, blaze the trail, break the ice, build, build in, clear the way, cultivate the soil, establish, fix, found, go in advance, ground, install, invest, lay the groundwork, open the way, pave the way, pitch, plant, prepare the way, put in, put up, seat, set, set up, sow the seed, vest
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without foundation |
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baseless, built on sand, empty, groundless, idle, ill-founded, not well-founded, unbased, unfounded,
ungrounded, unsupportable, unsupported, unsustainable, unsustained, untenable, unwarranted, vain, without basis
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Main entries similar to: foundation
affirmation, alpha, anchorage, appanage, argument, arrangement, assertion, assumption, axiom, base, basement, basic training, basis, bed, bedding, bedrock, blast off, bottom,
briefing, call, cause, chassis, cold cream, colonization, commencement, compact, constitution, core, cosmetics, creation, dado, data, dawn, derivation, dot, dower,
dowry, edge, endowment, equipment, establishment, excuse, fabric, fixation, floor, flooring, flying start, foot, footing, formation, frame, fresh start, fundament, fundamental, greasepaint, ground, grounds, groundwork, hypothesis, inauguration, inception, initiation, installation, installment, institute, institution, investiture, investment, jointure, keel, keystone, lipstick, makeup, manufacture, mascara, materialization,
mobilization, mooring, mudpack, nadir, occasion, oncoming, onset, opening, organization, origin, origination, outbreak, outset, paint, pavement, pedestal, peopling, pillar, planning, plantation, population, portion, position, postulate, powder, prearrangement, preliminary, premise, prep, preparation, prerequisite, presupposition, principle, processing, proposition, provision, puff, radical, realization, reason, rest, right, rock,
rock bottom, root, rouge, rudiment, running start, seat, send off, settlement, sill, sole, spadework, start, starting point,
statement, substance, substratum, substructure, support, takeoff, talcum powder, terra firma, theorem, thesis, toe, tower, training,
treatment, trial, tryout, underpinning, understructure,
vanity case, wainscot, war paint, warm up, warrant
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