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

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

Those that are first raised to nobility, are commonly more virtuous, but less innocent, than their descendants; for there is rarely any rising, but by a commixture of good and evil arts.

From The Essays of Francis Bacon by Bacon, Francis

What is the real effect of all this commixture?

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various

The rest of the unfinished programme shows the usual commixture of technical studies in anatomy and paleontology, with essays on the philosophical and educational bearings of his work.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1 by Huxley, Thomas Henry