Definition of composition

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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..

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Wildfire :: Wildfire (n.) A composition of inflammable materials, which, kindled, is very hard to quench; Greek fire..
Body :: Body (n.) A person; a human being; -- frequently in composition; as, anybody, nobody..
Bodied :: Bodied (a.) Having a body; -- usually in composition; as, able-bodied..
Bloodwit :: Bloodwit (n.) A fine or amercement paid as a composition for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled..
Extra- :: Extra- () A Latin preposition, denoting beyond, outside of; -- often used in composition as a prefix signifying outside of, beyond, besides, or in addition to what is denoted by the word to which it is prefixed..
Sulphionide :: Sulphion (n.) A hypothetical radical, SO4, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; -- so called in accordance with the binary theory of salts..
Etude :: Etude (n.) A composition in the fine arts which is intended, or may serve, for a study..
Verine :: Verine (n.) An alkaloid obtained as a yellow amorphous substance by the decomposition of veratrine.
Melanuric :: Melanuric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex nitrogenous acid obtained by decomposition of melam, or of urea, as a white crystalline powder; -- called also melanurenic acid..
Kaoline :: Kaoline (n.) A very pure white clay, ordinarily in the form of an impalpable powder, and used to form the paste of porcelain; China clay; porcelain clay. It is chiefly derived from the decomposition of common feldspar..
Arrangement :: Arrangement (n.) The adaptation of a composition to voices or instruments for which it was not originally written.
Setter :: Setter (n.) One who adapts words to music in composition.
Putrid :: Putrid (a.) Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction..
Metamer :: Metamer (n.) Any one of several metameric forms of the same substance, or of different substances having the same composition; as, xylene has three metamers, viz., orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene..
Introit :: Introit (n.) Any composition of vocal music appropriate to the opening of church services.
Heavy :: Heavy (adv.) Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden..
Discomposition :: Discomposition (n.) Inconsistency; discordance.
Flintware :: Flintware (n.) A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flint enters largely.
Chemolysis :: Chemolysis (n.) A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone..
Topic :: Topic (n.) The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head..
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