22) basic. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Of, relating to, or forming a base; fundamental: Basic changes in public opinion often occur because of shifts in concerns and priorities (Atlantic). 2. Of, being,...

23) Veblen, Thorstein Bunde. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...American economist who described a fundamental conflict between the provision of goods and the making of money. In his popular study The Theory of the Leisure Class...

24) Maxwell, James Clerk. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...British physicist who made fundamental contributions to electromagnetic theory and the kinetic theory of gases....

25) species. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: pl. species1. Biology a. A fundamental category of taxonomic classification, ranking below a genus or subgenus and consisting of related organisms...

26) family. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Inflected forms: pl. famˇiˇlies1a. A fundamental social group in society typically consisting of one or two parents and their children. b. Two or more people who...

27) underlying. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Lying under or beneath something: underlying strata. 2. Basic; fundamental. 3. Present but not obvious; implicit: an underlying meaning. 4. Taking precedence;...

28) elementary. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. Of, relating to, or constituting the basic, essential, or fundamental part: an elementary need for love and nurturing. 2. Of, relating to, or involving the fundamental...

29) Watt, James. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...British engineer and inventor who made fundamental improvements in the steam engine, resulting in the modern high-pressure steam engine (patented 1769)....

30) gnome 2. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A pithy saying that expresses a general truth or fundamental principle; an aphorism. Greek gnom, from gignoskein, to know. See gno- in Appendix I....