Compounder

com·pound 1  (km-pound, km-, kmpound) v. com·pound·ed, com·pound·ing, com·pounds v.tr. 1. To combine so as to form a whole; mix. 2. To produce or create by combining two or more ingredients or parts: pharmacists compounding prescriptions. 3. To settle (a debt, for example) by agreeing on an amount less than the claim; adjust. 4. To compute (interest) on the principal and accrued interest. 5. To add to; increase: High winds compounded the difficulties of the firefighters. v.intr. 1. To combine in or form a compound. 2. To come to terms; agree. adj. (kmpound, km-pound, km-) 1. Consisting of two or more substances, ingredients, elements, or parts. 2. Botany Composed of more than one part. n. (kmpound) 1. A combination of two or more elements or parts. See Synonyms at mixture. 2. Linguistics A word that consists either of two or more elements that are independent words, such as loudspeaker, baby-sit, or high school, or of specially modified combining forms of words, such as Greek philosophia, from philo-, "loving," and sophia, "wisdom." 3. Chemistry A pure, macroscopically homogeneous substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more different elements in definite proportions that cannot be separated by physical means. A compound usually has properties unlike those of its constituent elements. 4. Botany a. A leaf whose blade is divided into two or more distinct leaflets. b. A pistil composed of two or more united carpels. [Alteration of Middle English compounen, from Old French componre, compondre, to put together, from Latin compnere; see component.] com·pounda·ble adj. com·pounder n.

compound1 left: pinnate compound leaf right: palmate compound leaf