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Emendation :: Emendation (n.) Alteration by editorial criticism, as of a text so as to give a better reading; removal of errors or corruptions from a document; as, the book might be improved by judicious emendations..

Changeable :: Changeable (a.) Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor..

Syncope :: Syncopation (n.) The act of syncopating; a peculiar figure of rhythm, or rhythmical alteration, which consists in welding into one tone the second half of one beat with the first half of the beat which follows..

Amendment :: Amendment (n.) An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

Alteration :: Alteration (n.) The act of altering or making different.

Countermarch :: Countermarch (n.) A change of measures; alteration of conduct.

Change :: Change (v. t.) Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.

Tarnish :: Tarnish (n.) A thin film on the surface of a metal, usually due to a slight alteration of the original color; as, the steel tarnish in columbite..

Interlining :: Interlining (n.) Correction or alteration by writing between the lines; interlineation.

Disease :: Disease (n.) An alteration in the state of the body or of some of its organs, interrupting or disturbing the performance of the vital functions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; -- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc..

Corrupt :: Corrupt (v. t.) To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text..

Vermiculite :: Vermiculite (n.) A group of minerals having, a micaceous structure. They are hydrous silicates, derived generally from the alteration of some kind of mica. So called because the scales, when heated, open out into wormlike forms..

Decomposition :: Decomposition (n.) The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc..

Bindheimite :: Bindheimite (n.) An amorphous antimonate of lead, produced from the alteration of other ores, as from jamesonite..

Paramorph :: Paramorph (n.) A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters without alteration of chemical composition, as the change of aragonite to calcite..

Discoloration :: Discoloration (n.) The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance..

Saussurite :: Saussurite (n.) A tough, compact mineral, of a white, greenish, or grayish color. It is near zoisite in composition, and in part, at least, has been produced by the alteration of feldspar..

Vary :: Vary (n.) Alteration; change.

Pinite :: Pinite (n.) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, as iolite..

Alteration :: Alteration (n.) The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

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