Biognosis :: Biognosis (n.) The investigation of life.

Borosilicate :: Borosilicate (n.) A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc..

Caliginosity :: Caliginosity (n.) Darkness.

Callosities :: Callosities (pl. ) of Callosit.

Callosity :: Callosity (n.) A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction..

Cariosity :: Cariosity (n.) Caries.

Carnosity :: Carnosity (n.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth.

Carnosity :: Carnosity (n.) Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.

Cerosin :: Cerosin (n.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae..

Chemosmosis :: Chemosmosis (n.) Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane.

Chlorosis :: Chlorosis (n.) The green sickness; an anaemic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc..

Chlorosis :: Chlorosis (n.) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color..

Choosing :: Choosing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Choos.

Chromidrosis :: Chromidrosis (n.) Secretion of abnormally colored perspiration.

Cillosis :: Cillosis (n.) A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.

Circumposition :: Circumposition (n.) The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed..

Cirrhosis :: Cirrhosis (n.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ..

Closing :: Closing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Clos.

Composing :: Composing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Compos.

Composing :: Composing (a.) Tending to compose or soothe.

Composing :: Composing (a.) Pertaining to, or used in, composition..

Compositae :: Compositae (n. pl.) A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples..

Composite :: Composite (v. t.) Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language..

Composite :: Composite (v. t.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital..

Composite :: Composite (v. t.) Belonging to the order Compositae; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion..

Composite :: Composite (n.) That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound.

Composition :: Composition (n.) The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc..

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