Definition of composition

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

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Accompany :: Accompany (v. i.) To perform an accompanying part or parts in a composition.
Effloresce :: Effloresce (v. i.) To change on the surface, or throughout, to a whitish, mealy, or crystalline powder, from a gradual decomposition, esp. from the loss of water, on simple exposure to the air; as, Glauber's salts, and many others, effloresce..
Stuff :: Stuff (n.) To fill with a seasoning composition of bread, meat, condiments, etc.; as, to stuff a turkey..
Monger :: Monger (n.) A trader; a dealer; -- now used chiefly in composition; as, fishmonger, ironmonger, newsmonger..
Transposition :: Transposition (n.) A change of a composition into another key.
Jawed :: "Jawed (a.) Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed..
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine..
Eyed :: Eyed (a.) Heaving (such or so many) eyes; -- used in composition; as sharp-eyed; dull-eyed; sad-eyed; ox-eyed Juno; myriad-eyed.
Adelphous :: Adelphous (a.) Having coalescent or clustered filaments; -- said of stamens; as, adelphous stamens. Usually in composition; as, monadelphous..
Hued :: Hued (a.) Having color; -- usually in composition; as, bright-hued; many-hued..
Bois Durci :: Bois durci () A hard, highly polishable composition, made of fine sawdust from hard wood (as rosewood) mixed with blood, and pressed..
Stuffing :: Stuffing (n.) Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing..
Whitewash :: Whitewash (n.) A composition of line and water, or of whiting size, and water, or the like, used for whitening walls, ceilings, etc.; milk of lime..
Ode :: Ode (n.) A short poetical composition proper to be set to music or sung; a lyric poem; esp., now, a poem characterized by sustained noble sentiment and appropriate dignity of style..
Thermifugine :: Thermifugine (n.) An artificial alkaloid of complex composition, resembling thalline and used as an antipyretic, -- whence its name..
Natured :: Natured (a.) Having (such) a nature, temper, or disposition; disposed; -- used in composition; as, good-natured, ill-natured, etc..
Digitain :: Digitain (n.) Any one of several extracts of foxglove (Digitalis), as the French extract, the German extract, etc., which differ among themselves in composition and properties..
Heptachord :: Heptachord (n.) A composition sung to the sound of seven chords or tones.
Kneed :: Kneed (a.) Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed..
Glycocoll :: Glycocoll (n.) A crystalline, nitrogenous substance, with a sweet taste, formed from hippuric acid by boiling with hydrochloric acid, and present in bile united with cholic acid. It is also formed from gelatin by decomposition with acids. Chemically, it is amido-acetic acid. Called also glycin, and glycocin..
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