| brass tacks(noun, expression, law, foundation, basic) |
| chief ingredient(expression, theory, guesstimate, premise) |
| coal and ice(noun, expression, idiom, law, foundation) |
| codification(theory, guesstimate, premise) |
| condition(theory, guesstimate, premise) |
| constituent(noun, law, foundation, basic, stipulation) |
| cornerstone(noun, law, foundation, basic, stipulation) |
| credenda(fundamental, shorts, undercarriage) |
| creed |
| deduction(noun, belief, proposition, formula) |
| descent |
| dogma(noun, law, rule, notion, fundamental) |
| educated guess(expression, theory, guesstimate, premise) |
| essential(fundamental, shorts, undercarriage) |
| essential element(expression, fundamental, shorts, undercarriage) |
| essential elements(expression, fundamental, shorts, undercarriage) |
| essential part(noun, expression, law, foundation, basic) |
| establishment |
| ethic(noun, law, rule, notion, fundamental) |
| exigency(noun, regulation, standard, principle, theory) |