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] |