concoction

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun Digestion.
• noun The process by which morbid matter was formerly supposed to be separated from the blood or humors, or otherwise changed and prepared to be thrown off; maturation.
• noun A ripening or maturing; maturity.
• noun The act of preparing and combining the materials of anything; hence, the devising or planning of anything; the act of contriving or getting up: as, the concoction of a medical prescription, or of a scheme or plot.
• noun That which is concocted; specifically, a mixture or compound of various ingredients: as, a concoction of whisky, milk, and sugar.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun obsolete A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion.
• noun The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.
• noun The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
• noun (Med.), obsolete Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition.
• noun obsolete The act of perfecting or maturing.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun obsolete Digestion (of food etc.).
• noun The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
• noun A mixture prepared in such a way.
• noun Something made-up, an invention.
• noun obsolete, figuratively The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
• noun obsolete, medicine Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
• noun obsolete The act of perfecting or maturing.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components
• noun an occurrence of an unusual mixture
• noun the invention of a scheme or story to suit some purpose
• noun any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients