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
(n.) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art |
Composition
(n.) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole |
Composition
(n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. |
Composition
(n.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing. |
Composition
(n.) The state of being put together or composed |
Composition
(n.) A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances |
Composition
(n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement |
Composition
(n.) Consistency |
Composition
(n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy |
Composition
(n.) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties |
Composition
(n.) Synthesis as opposed to analysis. |
Compound
(n.) In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc. |
Compound
(v. t.) To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts |
Compound
(v. t.) To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole |
Compound
(v. t.) To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part |
Compound
(v. t.) To compose |
Compound
(v. t.) To settle amicably |
Compound
(v. i.) To effect a composition |
Compound
(v. t.) Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts |
Compound
(n.) That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts |
Compound
(n.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance |
To compound a felony
() See under Compound, v. t. |
Pointing
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Point |
Pointing
(n.) The act of sharpening. |
Pointing
(n.) The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod. |
Pointing
(n.) The act or art of punctuating |
Pointing
(n.) The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc. |
Pointing
(n.) The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling. |
Pointing
(n.) The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary |
writing authorship
composition penning | the act of creating written works, writing was a form of therapy for him, it was a matter of disputed authorship |
composing
composition | musical creation |
| griffon wire-haired pointing griffon | breed of medium-sized long-headed dogs with downy undercoat and harsh wiry outer coat, originated in Holland but largely developed in France |
| anti-TNF compound | a class of drugs that block the action of tumor necrosis factor (TNF), used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis because TNF instigates inflammation of the joints |
| composition | something that is created by arranging several things to form a unified whole, he envied the composition of their faculty |
| compound | an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient) |
| compound lens | a lens system consisting of two or more lenses on the same axis |
| compound lever | a pair of levers hinged at the fulcrum |
| compound microscope | light microscope that has two converging lens systems: the objective and the eyepiece |
| explosive compound | a compound that is explosive |
physical pendulum
compound pendulum | pendulum consisting of an actual object allowed to rotate freely around a horizontal axis |
| pointing trowel | a trowel used to fill and finish masonry joints with mortar or cement |
constitution
composition physical composition
makeup
make-up | the way in which someone or something is composed |
| composition composing | the spatial property resulting from the arrangement of parts in relation to each other and to the whole, harmonious composition is essential in a serious work of art |
| compound eye | in insects and some crustaceans: composed of many light-sensitive elements each forming a portion of an image |
| compound | a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts |
| compound morphology | the part of grammar that deals with combinations of simple words into compound words |
| compound sentence | a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses |
literary composition
literary work | imaginative or creative writing |
composition
paper report theme | an essay (especially one written as an assignment), he got an A on his composition |
typography
composition | art and technique of printing with movable type |
| pointing out | indication by demonstration |
dramatic composition
dramatic work | a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc. |
musical composition
opus
composition piece piece of music | a musical work that has been created, the composition is written in four movements |
finger-pointing
fingerpointing | the imputation of blame, they want all the finger-pointing about intelligence failures to stop |
| compound pistil | consists of two or more fused carpels |
| compound leaf | a leaf composed of a number of leaflets on a common stalk |
| compound interest | interest calculated on both the principal and the accrued interest |
| compound number | a quantity expressed in two different units, one hour and ten minutes |
complex fraction
compound fraction | a fraction with fractions in the numerator or denominator |
compound fracture
open fracture | bone fracture associated with lacerated soft tissue or an open wound |
| composition | a mixture of ingredients |
| alicyclic compound | an aliphatic compound that contains a ring of atoms |
| aliphatic compound | organic compound that is an alkane or alkene or alkyne or their derivative |
| aromatic compound | a hydrocarbon containing one or more benzene rings that are characteristic of the benzene series of compounds |
| anionic compound | a compound characterized by an active anion |
| binary compound | chemical compound composed of only two elements |
chelate
chelate compound | a heterocyclic compound having a metal ion attached by coordinate bonds to at least two nonmetal ions |
| quaternary ammonium compound | a compound derived from ammonium with hydrogen atoms replaced by organic groups, used as surface-active agents, disinfectants, and in drugs |
| organic compound | any compound of carbon and another element or a radical |
conjugated protein
compound protein | a protein complex combining amino acids with other substances |
cardboard
composition board | a stiff moderately thick paper |
complex
coordination compound | a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated |
compound
chemical compound | (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight |
| inorganic compound | any compound that does not contain carbon |
heterocyclic compound
heterocyclic
heterocycle | a compound containing a heterocyclic ring |
spackle
spackling compound | powder (containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste used to fill cracks and holes in plaster |
compound
combine | put or add together, combine resources |
| intensify compound heighten deepen | make more intense, stronger, or more marked, The efforts were intensified, Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her, Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness, This event only deepened my convictions |
compound
combine | combine so as to form a whole, mix, compound the ingredients |