Adiposity :: Adiposity (n.) The state of being fat; fatness.

Anteposition :: Anteposition (n.) The placing of a before another, which, by ordinary rules, ought to follow it..

Apositic :: Apositic (a.) Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger..

Apposite :: Apposite (a.) Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case..

Apposition :: Apposition (n.) The act of adding; application; accretion.

Apposition :: Apposition (n.) The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed..

Apposition :: Apposition (n.) The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first..

Appositional :: Appositional (a.) Pertaining to apposition; put in apposition syntactically.

Appositive :: Appositive (a.) Of or relating to apposition; in apposition.

Appositive :: Appositive (n.) A noun in apposition.

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

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..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.

Composition :: Composition (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.

Composition :: Composition (n.) A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition..

Composition :: Composition (n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise..

Composition :: Composition (n.) Consistency; accord; congruity.

Composition :: Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement..

Composition :: Composition (n.) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment..

Composition :: Composition (n.) Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

Compositive :: Compositive (a.) Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.

Compositor :: Compositor (n.) One who composes or sets in order.

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