mishmash

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

mishmash
    n 1: a motley assortment of things [syn: {odds and ends},
         {oddments}, {melange}, {farrago}, {ragbag}, {mishmash},
         {mingle-mangle}, {hodgepodge}, {hotchpotch}, {gallimaufry},
         {omnium-gatherum}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mishmash \Mish"mash`\, n. [Cf. G. mish-mash, fr. mischen to
   mix.]
   A hodgepodge or hotchpotch; a confused jumble. [Also spelled
   {mishmosh}.] --Sir T. Herbert.
   [1913 Webster +PJC]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

54 Moby Thesaurus words for "mishmash":
      all sorts, arsy-varsiness, assemblage, assortment, broad spectrum,
      clutter, conglomeration, farrago, gallimaufry, goulash, hash,
      helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hodgepodge, hotchpot,
      hotchpotch, hysteron proteron, jumble, jungle, litter, magpie,
      mash, medley, melange, mess, mingle-mangle, miscellany, mix,
      mixed bag, mixture, muddle, odds and ends, olio, olla podrida,
      omnium gatherum, omnium-gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, patchwork,
      potpourri, rummage, salad, salmagundi, sauce, scramble, stew,
      tangle, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, tumble, turmoil,
      unholy mess, welter, what you will