About The Word Mixture

Learn about the word Mixture to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Mixture definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Mixture

Mixture Definition And Meaning |
---|
What's The Definition Of Mixture?
[n] the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
[n] an event that combines things in a mixture; "a gradual mixture of cultures" [n] any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" [n] a collection containing a variety of sorts of things; "a great assortment of cars was on display"; "he had a variety of disorders" [n] (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding) Synonyms | Synonyms for Mixture: admixture | assortment | commixture | concoction | intermixture | intermixture | miscellanea | miscellany | mix | mix | mixed bag | mixing | motley | potpourri | salmagundi | variety Related Terms | Find terms related to Mixture: admixture | alloy | alloying | amalgam | amalgamating | amalgamation | assemblage | assembly | associating | association | assortment | balm | balsam | bassoon | blend | blending | block flute | bombard | bourdon | brew | building | buildup | cello | chemical solution | claribel | clarinet | clarion | collectanea | combination | combining | combo | commixture | composite | composition | compost | compound | concert flute | concoction | confection | conglomerate | conglomeration | constitution | construction | contrariety | contrast | cornet | cornopean | cromorna | cymbel | decoction | decoctum | departure | deviation | diapason | difference | disaccord | disaccordance | disagreement | disconformity | discongruity | discordance | discrepancy | discreteness | disparity | dissent | dissimilarity | dissonance | distinction | distinctness | divergence | divergency | diversity | drops | drug | dulciana | electuary | elixir | embodiment | English horn | ensemble | ethical drug | fabrication | far cry | farrago | fashioning | flute stop | formation | foundation stop | fourniture | fusing | fusion | gallimaufry | gamba | gedeckt | gemshorn | generic name | getup | goulash | harmonic flute | hash | herbs | heterogeneity | hodgepodge | hybrid stop | immixture | inaccordance | incompatibility | incongruity | inconsistency | inconsonance | incorporation | inequality | infusion | inhalant | inharmoniousness | inharmony | interfusion | intermingling | intermixture | interweaving | irreconcilability | jumble | junction | koppel flute | larigot | leach | leachate | lincture | linctus | lixivium | magma | make | makeup | materia medica | medicament | medication | medicinal | medicinal herbs | medicine | medley | melange | melodia | merger | merging | mess | mingling | miscellanea | miscellany | mishmash | mix | mixing | mix-up | mutation stop | nazard | nonconformity | nonprescription drug | oboe | octave | oddments | odds | odds and ends | officinal | olio | olla podrida | omnium gatherum | omnium-gatherum | opposition | organ stop | organization | otherness | paste | patent medicine | pharmacon | physic | piccolo | piecing together | plein jeu | posaune | powder | preparation | prescription drug | principal | proprietary | proprietary medicine | proprietary name | putting together | quint | quintaten | ragout | rank | ranket | reed stop | register | rohr flute | salmagundi | separateness | sesquialtera | setup | shaping | shawm | simples | solution | spitz flute | stop | stopped diapason | stopped flute | string diapason | string stop | structure | structuring | sundries | syneresis | synthesis | syrup | theraputant | tierce | tisane | tremolo | trombone | trumpet | twelfth | unconformity | unda maris | unlikeness | unorthodoxy | variance | variation | variegation | variety | vegetable remedies | vibrato | viola | voix celeste | vox angelica | vox humana See Also | accumulation | aggregation | alloy | assemblage | batter | blend | collection | colloid | combination | combine | combining | combining | composition | compounding | concoction | dough | dressing | eutectic | farrago | filling | food product | foodstuff | freezing mixture | Greek fire | gummite | hodgepodge | hotchpotch | lamellar mixture | matte | matter | mechanical mixture | melange | metal | mincemeat | mineral jelly | mingle-mangle | mishmash | mix | oddments | odds and ends | omnium-gatherum | oxyacetylene | petrolatum | petroleum jelly | plaster | premix | ragbag | range | roux | sampler | selection | soda lime | solution | stuffing | substance | suspension Mixture In Webster's Dictionary \Mix"ture\, n. [L. mixtura, fr. miscere, mixtum, to mix:
cf. F. mixture. See {Mix}.]
1. The act of mixing, or the state of being mixed; as, made
by a mixture of ingredients. --Hooker.
2. That which results from mixing different ingredients
together; a compound; as, to drink a mixture of molasses
and water; -- also, a medley.
There is also a mixture of good and evil wisely
distributed by God, to serve the ends of his
providence. --Atterbury.
3. An ingredient entering into a mixed mass; an additional
ingredient.
Cicero doubts whether it were possible for a
community to exist that had not a prevailing mixture
of piety in its constitution. --Addison.
4. (Med.) A kind of liquid medicine made up of many
ingredients; esp., as opposed to {solution}, a liquid
preparation in which the solid ingredients are not
completely dissolved.
5. (Physics & Chem.) A mass of two or more ingredients, the
particles of which are separable, independent, and
uncompounded with each other, no matter how thoroughly and
finely commingled; -- contrasted with a compound; thus,
gunpowder is a mechanical mixture of carbon, sulphur, and
niter.
6. (Mus.) An organ stop, comprising from two to five ranges
of pipes, used only in combination with the foundation and
compound stops; -- called also {furniture stop}. It
consists of high harmonics, or overtones, of the ground
tone.
Syn: Union; admixture; intermixture; medley.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Flippantly ‐ in a flippant manner; "he answered the reporters' questions flippantly";…
- Water sprite ‐ a fairy that inhabits water [n] aquatic fern of tropical America…
- Edward the confessor ‐ son of Ethelred the Unready; King of England from 1042 to 1066;…
- Bunny girl ‐ a young waitress in a night club whose costume includes a rabbit-tail…
- Favoritism ‐ unfair treatment of a person or group on the basis of prejudice…
- Pink sand verbena ‐ prostrate herb having heads of deep pink to white flowers; found…
- Fluoresceine ‐ a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted; used as…
- Sunrose ‐ any plant of the genus Helianthemum; vigorous plants of stony…
- Flighted(ip) ‐ (heraldry) "arrows…
- Arrowroot family ‐ tropical perennial herbs with usually…