Definition of material

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Material (a.) Hence: Pertaining to, or affecting, the physical nature of man, as distinguished from the mental or moral nature; relating to the bodily wants, interests, and comforts..

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Filthy :: Filthy (superl.) Defiled with filth, whether material or moral; nasty; dirty; polluted; foul; impure; obscene..
Make :: Make (v. t.) To compose, as parts, ingredients, or materials; to constitute; to form; to amount to..
Suberite :: Suberin (n.) A material found in the cell walls of cork. It is a modification of lignin.
Lantern :: Lantern (n.) An open structure of light material set upon a roof, to give light and air to the interior..
Serge :: Serge (n.) A woolen twilled stuff, much used as material for clothing for both sexes..
Impalpable :: Impalpable (a.) Not material; intangible; incorporeal.
Extramundane :: Extramundane (a.) Beyond the material world.
Lithography :: Lithography (n.) The art or process of putting designs or writing, with a greasy material, on stone, and of producing printed impressions therefrom. The process depends, in the main, upon the antipathy between grease and water, which prevents a printing ink containing oil from adhering to wetted parts of the stone not covered by the design. See Lithographic limestone, under Lithographic..
Pave :: Pave (v. t.) To lay or cover with stone, brick, or other material, so as to make a firm, level, or convenient surface for horses, carriages, or persons on foot, to travel on; to floor with brick, stone, or other solid material; as, to pave a street; to pave a court..
End :: End (n.) The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain; -- opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part..
Quoin :: Quoin (n.) A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes.
Airy :: Airy (a.) Resembling air; thin; unsubstantial; not material; airlike.
Sheathing :: Sheathing (n.) The casing or covering of a ship's bottom and sides; the materials for such covering; as, copper sheathing..
Crinoline :: Crinoline (n.) A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt..
Balloon :: Balloon (n.) A bag made of silk or other light material, and filled with hydrogen gas or heated air, so as to rise and float in the atmosphere; especially, one with a car attached for aerial navigation..
Loom :: Loom (n.) A frame or machine of wood or other material, in which a weaver forms cloth out of thread; a machine for interweaving yarn or threads into a fabric, as in knitting or lace making..
Gutta-percha :: Gutta-percha (n.) A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material..
Rich :: Rich (superl.) Composed of valuable or costly materials or ingredients; procured at great outlay; highly valued; precious; sumptuous; costly; as, a rich dress; rich silk or fur; rich presents..
Jacketing :: "Jacketing (n.) The material of a jacket; as, nonconducting jacketing..
Dynamist :: Dynamist (n.) One who accounts for material phenomena by a theory of dynamics.
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