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Whipstitch :: Whipstitch (n.) Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition..

Punctuation :: Punctuation (n.) The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning..

Piperidine :: Piperidine (n.) An oily liquid alkaloid, C5H11N, having a hot, peppery, ammoniacal odor. It is related to pyridine, and is obtained by the decomposition of piperine..

Locular :: Locular (a.) Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular..

Polyphonic :: Polyphonic (a.) Consisting of several tone series, or melodic parts, progressing simultaneously according to the laws of counterpoint; contrapuntal; as, a polyphonic composition; -- opposed to homophonic, or monodic..

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..

Stinker :: Stinkball (n.) A composition of substances which in combustion emit a suffocating odor; -- used formerly in naval warfare.

Adelphia :: Adelphia (n.) A brotherhood, or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc..

Fire-fanged :: Fire-fanged (a.) Injured as by fire; burned; -- said of manure which has lost its goodness and acquired an ashy hue in consequence of heat generated by decomposition.

Exfoliate :: Exfoliate (v. i.) To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales at the result of heat or decomposition..

Chrysophane :: Chrysophane (n.) A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition..

Marcasite :: Marcasite (n.) A sulphide of iron resembling pyrite or common iron pyrites in composition, but differing in form; white iron pyrites..

Chined :: Chined (a.) Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; -- used in composition..

Rust :: Rust (n.) A composition used in making a rust joint. See Rust joint, below..

Weathering :: Weathering (n.) The action of the elements on a rock in altering its color, texture, or composition, or in rounding off its edges..

Pastorale :: Pastorale (n.) A composition in a soft, rural style, generally in 6-8 or 12-8 time..

Particle :: Particle (n.) A subordinate word that is never inflected (a preposition, conjunction, interjection); or a word that can not be used except in compositions; as, ward in backward, ly in lovely..

Petroleum :: Petroleum (n.) Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may vary much in appearance, composition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc..

Songcraft :: Songcraft (n.) The art of making songs or verse; metrical composition; versification.

Mellite :: Mellite (n.) A mineral of a honey color, found in brown coal, and partly the result of vegetable decomposition; honeystone. It is a mellitate of alumina..

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