Index of English words, starting with "co"

(1) - Composition (n.) Synthesis as opposed to analysis.
(2) - Composition (n.) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.
(3) - Composition (n.) Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.
(4) - Composition (n.) Consistency; accord; congruity.
(5) - Composition (n.) A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.
(6) - Composition (n.) A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.
(7) - Composition (n.) The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.
(8) - Composition (n.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.
(9) - Composition (n.) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc.
(10) - Composition (n.) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below.
(11) - Composition (n.) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music.
(12) - Composition (n.) The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients.

(1) - Compositive (a.) Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded.

(1) - Compositor (n.) One who sets type and arranges it for use.
(2) - Compositor (n.) One who composes or sets in order.

(1) - Compost (v. t.) To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.
(2) - Compost (v. t.) To manure with compost.
(3) - Compost (n.) A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.
(4) - Compost (n.) A mixture; a compound.