#40. [Thing remaining.] Remainder. -- N
remainder
residue
remains
remanent
remnant
rest
relic
leavings
odds and ends
candle ends
residuum
dregs
refuse
stubble
result
fag-end
ruins
wreck
skeleton
stump;
alluvium
surplus
excess
balance
complement
superfluity
survival
V. remain
be left
exceed
survive
leave
Adj. remaining
left
left behind left over
residual
residuary
over
odd
unconsumed
sedimentary
surviving
net
exceeding
over and above;
outlying
outstanding
cast off
superfluous
#40a. [Thing deducted.] Decrement. -- N.
#41. [Forming a whole without coherence.] Mixture. -- N. mixture
admixture
commixture
intermixture
matrimony
junction
combination
miscegenation
impregnation
infusion
diffusion suffusion
transfusion;
infiltration
seasoning
sprinkling
interlarding
interpolation
adulteration
sophistication
[Thing mixed] tinge
tincture
touch
dash
smack
sprinkling
spice
seasoning
infusion
soupcon
[Compound resulting from mixture] alloy
amalgam
brass
pewter
magma
half-and-half
melange
miscellany
ambigu|
medley
mess
patchwork
odds and ends
all sorts
jumble
salad
sauce
mash
gallimaufry
olio
salmagundi
potpourri
Noah's ark
caldron texture
mingled yarn
mosaic
half-blood
half-caste
mulatto
quinteron
quadroon
octoroon
Eurasian
griffe
marabou
mestizo
quintroon
cross
hybrid
mongrel
V. mix
join
combine
commix
intermix;
mix up with
mingle
commingle
intermingle
shuffle
(derange)
pound together
hash up
stir up
knead
brew
impregnate
with
interlard
intertwine
interweave
associate with
be mixed
get among
be entangled with
instill
imbue
infuse
suffuse
transfuse
infiltrate
dash
tinge
tincture
season
sprinkle
besprinkle
medicate
blend
cross
alloy
amalgamate
compound
adulterate
sophisticate
infect
Adj. mixed
composite
half-and-half
linsey-
woolsey
chowchow
hybrid
mongrel
heterogeneous
motley
440
miscellaneous
promiscuous
indiscriminate
miscible
Adv. among
amongst
amid
amidst
with
in the midst of
in the crowd
purity
homogeneity
elimination
sifting
purification
V. render simple
simplify
sift
winnow
bolt
eliminate
exclude
get rid of
clear
purify
(clean)
disentangle
Adj. simple
uniform
homogeneous
single
pure
sheer
neat
unmixed
unblended
uncombined
uncompounded;
elementary
undecomposed
unadulterated
unsophisticated
unalloyed
unfortified
free from
exempt from
exclusive
Adv. simple
#44. Disjunction. -- N. disjunction
disconnection
disunity
disunion
disassociation
disengagement
discontinuity
abstraction
abstractedness
isolation
insularity
insulation
oasis
island;
separateness
severalty
dispersion
apportionment
separation
parting
circumcision
detachment
segregation;
divorce
sejunction|
seposition|
elision
caesura
break
fracture
division
subdivision
rupture
compartition |
dismemberment
dislocation
severance
disseverance
scission
rescission
abscission
laceration
disruption
section
resection
cleavage
fission;
separability
fissure
breach
rent
split
rift
crack
slit
incision
dissection anatomy
decomposition
cutting instrument
(sharpness)
buzzsaw
circular saw
rip saw
separatist
V. be disjoined
come off
fall off
come to pieces
fall to
pieces
peel off
get loose
disjoin
disconnect
disengage
disunite
dissociate
divorce
part
detach
separate
cut off
rescind
segregate
set apart
keep apart
insulate
isolate
throw out of gear;
cut adrift
loose
unloose
undo
unbind
unchain
unlock
unpack
unravel
disentangle
set free
sunder
divide
subdivide
sever
dissever
circumcise;
cut
incide|
incise
saw
snip
nib
nip
cleave
rive
rend
slit
split
splinter
chip
crack
snap
break
tear
burst
rend
rend in twain
wrench
rupture
shatter
shiver
crunch
chop
cut up
rip up
hack
hew
slash
whittle
haggle
hackle
discind|
lacerate
mangle
gash
hash
slice
cut up
carve
dissect
anatomize
take to pieces
pull
to pieces
pick to pieces
tear to pieces
tear to tatters
tear piecemeal
tear limb from limb
skin
disintegrate
dismember
disband
disperse
dislocate
disjoint;
break up
mince
comminute
apportion
part
part company
separate
leave
Adj. disjoined
discontinuous
abstract
disjunctive
secant
isolated
insular
separate
disparate
discrete
apart
asunder
far between
loose
free
unattached
unannexed
unassociated
unconnected
distinct
adrift
straggling
rift
[capable of being cut] scissile[Chem]
divisible
partible
separable
Adv. separately
one by one
severally
apart
adrift
asunder
in twain
in the abstract
abstractedly
#45. [Connecting medium.] Connection. -- N. vinculum
#46. Coherence. -- N. coherence
adherence
adhesion
adhesiveness;
concretion
accretion
conglutination
agglutination
agglomeration;
aggregation
consolidation
set
cementation
sticking
soldering
connection
dependence
tenacity
toughness
stickiness
inseparability
inseparableness
bur
remora
conglomerate
concrete
V. cohere
adhere
stick
cling
cleave
hold
take hold of
hold
fast
close with
clasp
hug
grow together
hang together
twine round
(join) 43
stick like a leech
stick like wax
stick close;
cling like ivy
cling like a bur
adhere like a remora
adhere like
Dejanira's shirt
glue
agglutinate
cement
lute
paste
gum;
solder
weld
cake
consolidate
agglomerate
Adj. cohesive
adhesive
adhering
cohering
tenacious
tough;
sticky
united
unseparated
inseparable
inextricable
compact
#47. [Want of adhesion
nonadhesion
immiscibility.] Incoherence
immiscibility
incoherence
looseness
laxity
relaxation
loosening
freedom
disjunction
rope of sand
V. make loose
loosen
slacken
relax
unglue
detach
Adj. nonadhesive
immiscible
incoherent
detached
loose
baggy
slack
lax
relaxed
flapping
streaming
disheveled
segregated
like
grains of sand unconsolidated
uncombined
#48. Combination. -- N. combination
mixture
junction
union
unification
synthesis
incorporation
amalgamation
embodiment
coalescence
fusion
blending
absorption
centralization
alloy
compound
amalgam
composition
resultant
impregnation
V. combine
unite
incorporate
amalgamate
embody
absorb
blend
merge
fuse
melt into one
consolidate
coalesce
centralize
impregnate
put together
lump together
cement a union
marry
Adj. combined
impregnated with
ingrained
imbued inoculated
#49. Decomposition. -- N. decomposition
analysis
dissection
resolution
catalysis
dissolution
corruption
dispersion
disjunction
disintegration
V. decompose
decompound
analyze
disembody
dissolve
resolve into
its elements
separate into its elements
electrolyze[Chem]
dissect
decentralize
break up
disperse
unravel
crumble
into dust
Adj. decomposed
catalytic
analytical
resolvent
separative
solvent
4. CONCRETE QUANTITY
#50. Whole. [Principal part.] -- N. whole
totality
integrity;
totalness
entirety
ensemble
unity
completeness
indivisibility
integration
embodiment
integer
all
the whole
total
aggregate
one and all
gross amount
sum
sum
total
tout ensemble
length and breadth of
Alpha and Omega
"be all and end all"
complex
lock
stock and barrel
bulk
mass
lump
tissue
staple
body
trunk
torso
bole
hull
hulk
skeleton greater part
major part
best part
principal
part
main part
essential part
lion's share
Benjamin's mess
the long and the short
nearly
all
almost all
V. form a whole
constitute a whole
integrate
embody
amass;
aggregate
amount to
come to
Adj. whole
total
integral
entire
complete
one
individual
unbroken
intact
uncut
undivided
uncropped
unshorn
seamless
undiminished
undemolished
undissolved
undestroyed
unbruised
indivisible
indissoluble
wholesale
sweeping
comprehensive
Adv. wholly
altogether
totally
entirely
all
all in all
as a whole
wholesale
in a body
collectively
all put
together
in the aggregate
in the lump
in the mass
in the gross
in the
main
in the long run
en masse
as a body
on the whole
bodily|!
en
bloc
throughout
every inch
substantially
#51. Part. -- N. part
portion
dose
item
particular
aught
any;
division
ward
subdivision
section
chapter
clause
count
paragraph
verse
article
passage
sector
segment
fraction
fragment
cantle
frustum
detachment
parcel
lump
bit cut
cutting
chip
chunk
slice
scale
lamina
small part
morsel
particle
installment
dividend
share
debris
odds and ends
oddments
detritus
member
limb
lobe
lobule
arm
wing
scion
branch
bough
joint
link
offshoot
ramification
twig
bush
spray
sprig
runner
leaf
leaflet
stump;
component part
compartment
department
county
V. part
divide
break
partition
786
Adj. fractional
fragmentary
sectional
aliquot
divided
in
compartments
disconnected
partial
Adv. partly
in part
partially
piecemeal
part by part
by
installments
by snatches
by inches
by driblets
bit by bit
inch by
inch
foot by foot
drop by drop
in detail
in lots
#52. Completeness. -- N. completeness
completion
integration
entirety
perfection
solidity
solidarity
unity
all
ne
ideal
limit
complement
supplement
make-weight
filling
up
saturation
saturity|
high water
high tide
flood
tide
spring tide
fill
load
bumper
sufficiency
V. be complete
come to a head
render complete
complete
fill
charge
load
replenish
make up
make good
eke out
supply
deficiencies
fill up
fill in
fill to the brim
fill the measure of;
saturate
go the whole hog
go the whole length
go all lengths
Adj. complete
entire
whole
perfect
full
good
absolute
thorough
plenary
solid
undivided
with all its parts
all-
sided
exhaustive
radical
sweeping
thorough-going
dead
regular
consummate
unmitigated
sheer
unqualified
unconditional
free
abundant
brimming
brimful
topful
topfull
chock full
choke full
as full as
an egg is of meat
as full as a vetch
saturated
crammed
replete
(redundant)
fraught
laden
full-laden
full-fraught
full-charged;
heavy laden
completing
supplemental
supplementary
Adv. completely
altogether
outright
wholly
totally
in
toto
quite
all out
over head and ears
effectually
for good and all
nicely
fully
through thick and thin
head and shoulders
neck and heel
neck and crop
in all respects
in every respect
at all points
out and
out
to all intents and purposes
utterly
clean
clean as
a whistle
to the full
to the utmost
to the backbone
hollow
stark;
heart and soul
root and branch
down to the ground
to the top of one's bent
as far as possible
throughout
from first to last
from beginning to end
from end to
end
from one end to the other
from Dan to Beersheba
from head to foot
from top to toe
from top to bottom
a fond
a
fore and aft
every
whit
every inch
cap-a-pie
to the end of the chapter
up to the brim
up
to the ears
up to the eyes
as . . . as can be
on all accounts
with a vengeance
with a
witness
false
in everything]
una scopa nuova spazza bene
[Italian]
#53. Incompleteness. -- N. incompleteness
deficiency
short
measure
shortcoming
insufficiency
imperfection
immaturity
half measures
[part wanting] defect
deficit
defalcation
omission
caret;
shortage
interval
break
noncompletion
730
missing link
missing piece
missing part
gap
hole
lacuna
V. be incomplete
fall short of
lack
insufficient) 640
neglect
Adj. incomplete
imperfect
unfinished
uncompleted
complete
defective
deficient
wanting
lacking
failing
in
default
short of
hollow
meager
lame
halfand-half
perfunctory
sketchy
crude
mutilated
garbled
docked
lopped
truncated
in progress
in hand
going on
proceeding
Adv. incompletely
by halves
caret
#54. Composition. -- N. composition
constitution
combination
inclusion
admission
comprehension
reception;
embodiment
formation
V. be composed of
be made of
be formed of
be made up of
consist
of
be resolved into
include
contain
hold
comprehend
take in
admit
embrace
embody
involve
implicate
drag into
compose
constitute
form
make
make up
fill up
build up
enter into the
composition of
Adj. containing
constituting
#55. Exclusion. -- N. exclusion
nonadmission
omission
exception
rejection
repudiation
exile
preclusion
prohibition
separation
segregation
elimination
expulsion;
cofferdam
V. be excluded from
exclude
bar
leave out
shut out
bar out
reject
repudiate
blackball
lay apart
put apart
set apart
lay aside
put aside
relegate
segregate
throw overboard
strike off
strike out
neglect
banish
separate.
pass over
omit
garble
eliminate
weed
winnow
Adj. excluding
exclusive
excluded
not included in
inadmissible
Adv. exclusive of
barring
except
with the exception of
save;
bating
#56. Component. -- N. component
component part
integral part
element
constituent
ingredient
leaven
part and
parcel
contents
appurtenance
feature
member
personnel
V. enter into
enter into the composition of
be a component
be
part of
form part of
merge in
be merged in
be implicated in;
share in
belong to
appertain to
combine
inhere
in
unite
form
make
constitute
compose
Adj. forming
#57. Extraneousness. -- N. extraneousness
extrinsicality
exteriority
alienism
foreign body
foreign substance
foreign element
alien
stranger
intruder
interloper
foreigner
newcomer
immigrant
emigrant
creole
outsider
Dago*
wop
mick
polak
greaser
slant
Easterner [U.S.]
Dutchman
tenderfoot
Adj. extraneous
foreign
alien
ulterior
tramontane
ultramontane
excluded
inadmissible
exceptional
Adv. in foreign parts
in foreign lands
abroad
beyond seas
over sea
on one's travels
#58. Order. -- N. order
regularity
uniformity
symmetry
lucidus
music of the spheres
gradation
progression
series
subordination
course
even tenor
routine
method
disposition
arrangement
array
system
economy
discipline orderliness
rank
place
V. be in order
become in order
form
fall in
draw up;
arrange itself
range itself
place itself
fall into one's place
take
one's place
take one's rank
rally round
adjust
methodize
regulate
systematize
Adj. orderly
regular
in order
in trim
in apple-pie order
in
its proper place
neat
tidy
well regulated
correct
methodical
uniform
symmetrical
shipshape
businesslike
systematic;
unconfused
arranged
Adv. in order
methodically
in -turn
- its turn
step by
step
by regular -steps
-gradations
-stages
-intervals
seriatim
systematically
by clockwork
at stated periods
(periodically) 138
"order is heaven's first law"
[Pope]
"order from disorder sprung" [Paradise Lost]
ordo est parium
<-- here we should break up 59 into disorder (randomness)
and complexity
These are two different concepts. Note that simplicity
(entry 849) refers
to affections or appearance
not internal complexity
We also need a corresponding entry for conceptual or organizational
simplicity. -->
#59. [Absence
or want of Order
derangement
irregularity
anomaly
anarchy
anarchism
want of method
untidiness
disunion
discord
confusion
confusedness
mishmash
mix
disarray
jumble
huddle
litter
lumber
farrago
mess
mash
muddle
muss [U. S.]
hash
hodgepodge
imbroglio
chaos
medley
mere mixture
fortuitous concourse of
atoms
complexity
turmoil
ferment
to-do
trouble
pother
row
rumble
disturbance
hubbub
convulsion
tumult
uproar
revolution
riot
rumpus
scramble
brawl
fracas
rhubarb
[baseball]
fight
free-for-all
row
ruction
rumpus
embroilment
melee
spill and pelt
rough and tumble
whirlwind
bear garden
Babel
Saturnalia
donnybrook
Donnybrook Fair
confusion worse confounded
most
admired disorder
Bedlam
all hell broke loose;
bull in a china shop
all the fat in the fire
Devil
to pay
pretty kettle of fish
pretty piece of
[legal terms] disorderly person
disorderly persons offence;
misdemeanor
[moral disorder] slattern
slut (libertine) 962
V. be disorderly
ferment
play at cross-purposes
put out of order
derange
ravel
ruffle
rumple
Adj. disorderly
orderless
out of order
out of place
out of gear;
irregular
desultory
anomalous
deranged
aimless
disorganized
straggling
unmethodical
unsystematic
untidy
slovenly;
dislocated
out of sorts
promiscuous
indiscriminate
chaotic
anarchical;
unarranged
confused
deranged
topsy-turvy
shapeless
disjointed
out of
joint
riotous
complex
Adv. irregularly
by fits
by fits and snatches
by fits and
starts
pellmell
higgledy-piggledy
helter-skelter
harum-scarum
in a
ferment
at sixes and sevens
at cross-purposes
upside down
Phr. the cart before the horse
[Grk][Grk];
chaos is come again
"the wreck of matter and the crush of worlds"
[Addison]
#59a. Complexity -- N. complexity
complexness
complication
implication
intricacy
perplexity
network
labyrinth
wilderness
jungle
involution
raveling
entanglement
coil
tangled skein
knot
Gordian knot
wheels within wheels
kink
gnarl
[complexity if a task or action] difficulty
complicate
Adj. gnarled
complexed
intricate
complicated
perplexed
involved
raveled
entangled
knotted
tangled
inextricable
irreducible