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Dynamite :: Dynamite (n.) An explosive substance consisting of nitroglycerin absorbed by some inert, porous solid, as infusorial earth, sawdust, etc. It is safer than nitroglycerin, being less liable to explosion from moderate shocks, or from spontaneous decomposition..

Headed :: Headed (a.) Furnished with a head (commonly as denoting intellectual faculties); -- used in composition; as, clear-headed, long-headed, thick-headed; a many-headed monster..

Jawed :: "Jawed (a.) Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed..

Coda :: Coda (n.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

Composition :: Composition (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc..

Gaited :: Gaited (a.) Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited..

Improvement :: Improvement (n.) A useful addition to, or modification of, a machine, manufacture, or composition..

Polyphony :: Polyphony (n.) Composition in mutually related, equally important parts which share the melody among them; contrapuntal composition; -- opposed to homophony, in which the melody is given to one part only, the others filling out the harmony. See Counterpoint..

Ignis Fatuus :: Ignis fatuus () A phosphorescent light that appears, in the night, over marshy ground, supposed to be occasioned by the decomposition of animal or vegetable substances, or by some inflammable gas; -- popularly called also Will-with-the-wisp, or Will-o'-the-wisp, and Jack-with-a-lantern, or Jack-o'-lantern..

Exercise :: Exercise (n.) That which is done for the sake of exercising, practicing, training, or promoting skill, health, mental, improvement, moral discipline, etc.; that which is assigned or prescribed for such ends; hence, a disquisition; a lesson; a task; as, military or naval exercises; musical exercises; an exercise in composition..

Hilted :: Hilted (a.) Having a hilt; -- used in composition; as, basket-hilted, cross-hilted..

Eucalyn :: Eucalyn (n.) An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian eucalyptus, -- whence its name..

Soliloquy :: Soliloquy (n.) A written composition, reciting what it is supposed a person says to himself..

Rhetoric :: Rhetoric (n.) The art of composition; especially, elegant composition in prose..

Kneed :: Kneed (a.) Having knees;- used chiefly in composition; as, in-kneed; out-kneed; weak-kneed..

Styryl :: Styrone (n.) A white crystalline substance having a sweet taste and a hyacinthlike odor, obtained by the decomposition of styracin; -- properly called cinnamic, / styryl, alcohol..

Melaconite :: Melaconite (n.) An earthy black oxide of copper, arising from the decomposition of other ores..

Mass :: Mass (n.) The portions of the Mass usually set to music, considered as a musical composition; -- namely, the Kyrie, the Gloria, the Credo, the Sanctus, and the Agnus Dei, besides sometimes an Offertory and the Benedictus..

Bodied :: Bodied (a.) Having a body; -- usually in composition; as, able-bodied..

Star :: Star (n.) A composition of combustible matter used in the heading of rockets, in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance..

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