commixture

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The volume of rain produced in the Condor’s water cycle is enormous, says Luna, thanks to a unique commixture of altitudes, endemic soils, and solar and wind patterns.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2013

In the fifth "eglogue" Roget and Alexis compare notes about their early happiness in phrases of an odd commixture.

From Gossip in a Library by Gosse, Edmund

The Emperor's objection to such commixture of religions was unusual and probably due to zeal for pure Buddhism.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

For their hypothesis of the formation of the embryo from commixture of blood being wholly false, their opinion in this case must of necessity be likewise.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

Mixture -- N. mixture, admixture, commixture, commixtion†; commixion†, intermixture, alloyage†, matrimony; junction &c.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark