Any state of disorder; a confused or amorphous mixture or conglomeration.
The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
A behaviour of iterative non-linear systems in which arbitrarily small variations in initial conditions become magnified over time.
One of the two metaphysical forces of the world in some fantasy settings, as opposed to law.
The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
The state of being prepared; readiness.
Devotional exercises introducing an office.
Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.
The act of preparing or getting ready.
A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.