grass roots
bones
headspring
groundwork
bedrock
underlie
base
groundlaying
rootstock
heart and soul
support
superstruction
basis
substruct
foundation stone
meat and potatoes
foundational
foundationalistic
taproot
foundationalist
infrastructure
mother
warp
build
order of the day
lay the groundwork
main
from the ground up
chief
fundamental
primary
master
principal
substantive
airy
focal
strike
mother lode
parent
groundwall
substructure
ground
epicentre
reduce
bare bones
come down
crux
essence
boil down
footing
cardinal
feature
key
staple
primal
essentialness
essentiality
basic
crucial
central
aetiology
must
be-all and end-all
fundament
be all and end all
elementary
foundationality
ratio formalis
basics
underpinning
substance
first-order
the breath of life
salient point
rudiments
substantial
keyness
artefactual
retrodorsal
root
metaphysic
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bulk
ur-science
artifactual
principiant
pith

English words for 'The essential foundation or source of something'

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