disorderliness, disorder - a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder"

rummage - a jumble of things to be given away

cake - made from or based on a mixture of flour and sugar and eggs

theory - a belief that can guide behavior; "the architect has a theory that more is less"; "they killed him on the theory that dead men tell no tales"

be - have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer"

confuse, confound - mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"

addle, muddle, puddle - mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"

assemble, put together, tack together, set up, piece, tack - make by putting pieces together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"

disarray, disorder - bring disorder to

tumble - throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"