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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 mixture of gases that is in the space around the earth. People need air to live. |
| 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 to pave roads. [1/2 definitions] |
| batter2 |
a thick mixture of flour, eggs, liquid, and other things. Batter is used to make things such as 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 |
a mixture. [1/3 definitions] |
| bread |
a food made with grains such as wheat or corn. Water, oil, and other ingredients are added to the grains, and the mixture is baked in an oven. |
| bronze |
a mixture of copper and tin. [1/2 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 |
the part of an engine that makes a mixture of air and gasoline that is burned by the engine when it runs. |
| cast iron |
a mixture of iron and carbon, with other materials added to make it either hard and brittle or soft and strong. |
| 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. |
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