Scurrilous Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "BASE" which means:

noun
• • Installation from which a military force initiates operations
• • 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
• • Lowest support of a structure
• • A place that the runner must touch before scoring
• • The bottom or lowest part
• • (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment
• • A lower limit
• • The fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained
• • A support or foundation
• • A phosphoric ester of a nucleoside; the basic structural unit of nucleic acids (dna or rna)
• • Any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water
• • The bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed
• • The most important or necessary part of something
• • (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place
• • The place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
• • (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
• • The stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area
• • The principal ingredient of a mixture
• • A flat bottom on which something is intended to sit
• • (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector
adjective satellite
• • Serving as or forming a base
• • Of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)
• • (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal
• • Not adhering to ethical or moral principles
• • Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
• • Illegitimate
• • Debased; not genuine
verb
• • Use as a basis for; found on
• • Situate as a center of operations
• • Use (purified cocaine) by burning it and inhaling the fumes
adjective
• • Low in height; short.
• • Low in place or position.
• • Of low value or degree.
• • Of low social standing or rank; vulgar, common.
• • Morally reprehensible, immoral; cowardly.
• • Inferior; unworthy, of poor quality.
• • Designating those metals which are not classed as precious or noble.
• • Alloyed with inferior metal; debased.
• • Of illegitimate birth; bastard.
• • Not classical or correct.
• • Not held by honourable service.
• • Of sound, a voice or an instrument, low in pitch or frequency.

An example sentence would be:

• • "She used a cake base for the chocolate tart."
• • "The soldiers set up a base camp in the forest."

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