Definition of composition

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Composition (n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise..

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Chemolysis :: Chemolysis (n.) A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone..
Whitewash :: Whitewash (v. t.) To apply a white liquid composition to; to whiten with whitewash.
Poem :: Poem (n.) A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian..
Shed :: Shed (n.) That which parts, divides, or sheds; -- used in composition, as in watershed..
Limbed :: Limbed (a.) Having limbs; -- much used in composition; as, large-limbed; short-limbed..
Insert :: Insert (v. t.) To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter, or be included, or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word, or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper..
Monorhyme :: Monorhyme (n.) A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme..
Sherd :: Sherd (n.) A fragment; -- now used only in composition, as in potsherd. See Shard..
Song :: Song (n.) Poetical composition; poetry; verse.
Indecomposable :: Indecomposable (a.) Not decomposable; incapable or difficult of decomposition; not resolvable into its constituents or elements.
Ornate :: Ornate (a.) Finely finished, as a style of composition..
Article :: Article (n.) A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia..
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..
Miserere :: Miserere (n.) A musical composition adapted to the 50th psalm.
Livraison :: Livraison (n.) A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.
Arabinose :: Arabinose (n.) A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid..
Shouldered :: Shouldered (a.) Having shoulders; -- used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man..
Macaronic :: Macaronic (n.) A kind of burlesque composition, in which the vernacular words of one or more modern languages are intermixed with genuine Latin words, and with hybrid formed by adding Latin terminations to other roots..
Fenestration :: Fenestration (n.) The arrangement and proportioning of windows; -- used by modern writers for the decorating of an architectural composition by means of the window (and door) openings, their ornaments, and proportions..
Necked :: Necked (a.) Having (such) a neck; -- chiefly used in composition; as, stiff-necked..
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