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Drone :: Drone (v. i.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition..

Poem :: Poem (n.) A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton..

Prosaical :: Prosaical (a.) Of or pertaining to prose; resembling prose; in the form of prose; unpoetical; writing or using prose; as, a prosaic composition..

Ground :: Ground (n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody..

Discomposition :: Discomposition (n.) Inconsistency; discordance.

Draff :: Draff (n.) The form of any writing as first drawn up; the first rough sketch of written composition, to be filled in, or completed. See Draught..

Wax :: Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc..

Licorice :: Licorice (n.) A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (G. glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions..

Rutin :: Rutin (n.) A glucoside resembling, but distinct from, quercitrin. Rutin is found in the leaves of the rue (Ruta graveolens) and other plants, and obtained as a bitter yellow crystalline substance which yields quercitin on decomposition..

Penta- :: Penta- () Denoting the degree of five, either as regards quality, property, or composition; as, pentasulphide; pentoxide, etc. Also used adjectively..

Paramorphism :: Paramorphism (n.) The change of one mineral species to another, so as to involve a change in physical characters without alteration of chemical composition..

Ericinol :: Ericinol (n.) A colorless oil (quickly becoming brown), with a pleasant odor, obtained by the decomposition of ericolin..

Mineral :: Mineral (v. i.) An inorganic species or substance occurring in nature, having a definite chemical composition and usually a distinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals..

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..

Ivoride :: Ivoride (n.) A composition resembling ivory in appearance and used as a substitute for it.

Rhapsody :: Rhapsody (n.) A composition irregular in form, like an improvisation; as, Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsodies..

Cerebrin :: Cerebrin (n.) A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance..

Incompatible :: Incompatible (a.) Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines..

Pentastich :: Pentastich (n.) A composition consisting of five verses.

Dissolution :: Dissolution (n.) Change of form by chemical agency; decomposition; resolution.

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