foundation (n.)

• affirmation
• alpha
• anchorage
• appanage
• arrangement
• assertion
• assumption
• axiom
• base
• baseboard
• basement
• basic
• basis
• bed
• bedding
• bedrock
• beginning
• bottom
• briefing
• call
• cause
• cellar
• chassis
• colonization
• commencement
• compact
• constitution
• creation
• dado
• data
• dawn
• dot
• dower
• dowry
• edge
• effectuation
• endowment
• equipment
• establishment
• familiarization
• fixation
• fixing
• floor
• flooring
• foot
• footing
• formation
• founding
• frame
• fundament
• fundamental
• greasepaint
• ground
• grounds
• groundwork
• hardpan
• hypothesis
• inauguration
• inception
• infrastructure
• initiation
• installation
• installment
• institute
• institution
• investiture
• investment
• jointure
• keel
• lemma
• lipstick
• lodgment
• makeready
• makeup
• manufacture
• mascara
• materialization
• mobilization
• mooring
• mopboard
• nadir
• oncoming
• onset
• opening
• organization
• origin
• origination
• outbreak
• outset
• paint
• pavement
• pillar
• planning
• plantation
• population
• portion
• position
• postulate
• postulation
• powder
• prearrangement
• preliminary
• premise
• prep
• preparation
• prerequisite
• presupposition
• primary
• principle
• processing
• propaedeutic
• proposition
• provision
• puff
• purpose
• radical
• rationale
• readying
• realization
• reason
• rest
• right
• rock
• rouge
• rudiment
• seat
• send-off
• settlement
• settling
• sill
• sole
• spadework
• start
• start-off
• statement
• substance
• substratum
• substructure
• sumption
• supposal
• talcum
• theorem
• thesis
• thirds
• toe
• tower
• training
• treatment
• trial
• tryout
• undercarriage
• understructure
• wainscot
• warm-up
• warrant