Crossword clues for concoction
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Concoction \Con*coc"tion\, n. [L. concoctio.]
A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.]
The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
--Donne.(Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.]
The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.]
--Bacon.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1530s, "digestion," from Latin concoctionem (nominative concoctio) "digestion," noun of action from past participle stem of concoquere (see concoct). Meaning "preparation of a medicinal potion" is from 1851; sense of "a made-up story" is from 1823.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context obsolete English) digestion (of food etc.). 2 The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients. 3 A mixture prepared in such a way. 4 Something made-up, an invention. 5 (context obsolete figurative English) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination. 6 (context obsolete medicine English) abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition. 7 (context obsolete English) The act of perfecting or mature.
WordNet
n. any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" [syn: mixture, intermixture]
an occurrence of an unusual mixture; "it suddenly spewed out a thick green concoction"
the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose; "his testimony was a concoction"; "she has no peer in the concoction of mystery stories"
the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components [syn: confection]
Wikipedia
Concoction was the process of digestion, as conceived by Aristotle who theorized that this was the result of the heat of the body acting upon the material, causing it to mature and ripen. Liquid broths, cocktails and potions which are similarly formed by heating or blending multiple ingredients are now referred to in this way. Concoctions are only considered drinks and or liquids. Any creation made out of food is considered cookery or cuisine.
ConCoction is a full-spectrum multi-genre fantasy and science fiction convention based in Cleveland, Ohio, and is annually in March. It is a not-for-profit endeavor run by the local and regional community of fans to promote Community Service, Education, and the Arts in Northeastern, Ohio.
ConCoction as a convention offers several tracks of programming in the arts, costuming, music/ filk, literary, media, and the sciences. The convention also includes such events as an art show, a masquerade, an exhibit hall, a gaming hall, and at least one dance. ConCoction also has a children's track of programming that has included open gaming, make and take crafts and the attack of Godzilla as well as costuming, and science programs.
In 2016 this group will be celebrating the theme of "Space", where they will be commemorating the 50th anniversary of TriCon, the 24th World Science Fiction Convention held in Cleveland, Ohio on 1–5 September 1966 at the Sheraton-Cleveland and the pilot premier of Star Trek.
Usage examples of "concoction".
Tahvo continued to sleep, untroubled by the comings and goings of villagers bringing food, or the solemn healers with their chants and herbal concoctions.
Quite possibly the fumes of his strange concoction, together with an overdose of aspirin invigorated by the reaction of much raw liquor, were sufficient to create a fluoroscopic man instead of a fluoroscopic film.
So, instead of prescribing careful concoctions of mercury and antimony, we rebalanced humors like the most hidebound of Galenists, and consulted the stars with a fervor worthy of Paracelsus himself.
Tiberius Gemellus was a delicate boy who had suffered for some time from an infection of the lungs, which resulted in a cough that the physicians were unable to overcome and for the relief of which he took a concoction having a strong medicinal odor.
Following instructions from Goldenseal, Trieka had for the last two days been washing her hair with a concoction of herbs.
It was an unsavory and fetid concoction of warmed headcheese, sprinkles of curdled milk, and fish scales, garnished on top with a dead cockroach.
Brother Joseph vomited a vile concoction of religion and white male supremacy that would have made a Klansman blush.
Mavis was busy at the juice bar whipping up wheat grass smoothies and various concoctions we had dreamed up.
Utopia, she learns that the comatose Kapera is under study along with a strange concoction in a thermos called Hyper-K.
I dropped the half-credit coin on the bartop, and waited while he refilled my drink, Merenzane Gold is a sweet, subtle concoction, with many thousands of years of brewing tradition behind it.
Adams was eating his evening meal, a Chinese concoction of beansprouts and bamboo shoots and little red bones heaped on a soup plate and balanced on his knees.
Druzil was coated in drow sleep poison, which was among the most potent concoctions in all the world.
The grasshoppers will go after the sweet concoction, and the birds, especially currawongs, will go after the grasshoppers.
In the kitchen, Michaela and Arch were having miniature sugared doughnuts and tiny cans of a chemical concoction that claimed to be better than chocolate milk.
Our current problem seems to be whether or not the definition of science should include such manifestations as herb concoctions, venerated emblems, sand-painting, legend-telling, ceremonial chants and so on.