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admixture a mixture, or an ingredient added to a mixture. [1/2 definitions]
afterdamp a suffocating gas or mixture of gases that remains in a mine after a methane explosion or fire.
air the tasteless, odorless, and colorless mixture of nitrogen, oxygen, and other gases that forms the earth's atmosphere. [1/8 definitions]
amalgam a mixture of diverse components. [1/2 definitions]
ammonite2 a nitrogenous mixture that consists mainly of dried animal fats, used as a fertilizer.
aqua regia a volatile, corrosive mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids, used for dissolving gold and platinum and for testing metals.
asphalt a mixture of this substance with gravel or sand, used mainly for paving. [1/4 definitions]
batter2 a thick mixture of liquid, flour, eggs, and other ingredients, often baked into bread or cake.
beebread a mixture of nectar and pollen made by bees to feed to their larvae.
benzine a colorless, liquid mixture of flammable hydrocarbons, used as a solvent in cleaning and dyeing and as a motor fuel.
birdseed seeds, usu. in a mixture, used to feed birds.
blend to combine (two or more components) so thoroughly as to be unrecognizable in the resulting mixture. [3/9 definitions]
brown the color of soil or coffee; a mixture of red and yellow made darker with black. [1/6 definitions]
cacophonous characterized by a discordant, sometimes unpleasant, mixture of sounds.
cacophony a mixture of discordant and usually unpleasant sounds. [1/2 definitions]
carburetor a device in an internal-combustion engine that produces a combustible mixture of vaporized fuel and air.
choke to enrich the fuel mixture of (an internal-combustion engine) by reducing the flow of air to the carburetor. [1/9 definitions]
chromatography a method of separating a mixture by passing it through a medium in which the component parts move at different rates.
cold duck a beverage made of an equal mixture of champagne and sparkling burgundy.
cologne a fragrant liquid mixture of alcohol and scented oils, used to cool or perfume the skin; eau de Cologne.
combo (informal) a combination or mixture; a grouping thus formed. [1/2 definitions]