Definition of matter

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Matter (n.) That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed; anything which has extension, occupies space, or is perceptible by the senses; body; substance..

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Innuendo :: Innuendo (n.) An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief..
Receptacle :: Receptacle (n.) An intercellular cavity containing oil or resin or other matters.
Calcination :: Calcination (n.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime..
Smegma :: Smegma (n.) The cheesy, sebaceous matter which collects between the glans penis and the foreskin..
Nitrocalcite :: Nitrocalcite (n.) Nitrate of calcium, a substance having a grayish white color, occuring in efforescences on old walls, and in limestone caves, especially where there exists decaying animal matter..
Hash :: Hash (n.) A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.
Coagulum :: Coagulum (a.) The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood..
Expiration :: Expiration (n.) That which is expired; matter breathed forth; that which is produced by breathing out, as a sound..
Bodily :: Bodily (a.) Having a body or material form; physical; corporeal; consisting of matter.
Perspire :: Perspire (v. i.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat..
Contention :: Contention (n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for..
Draff :: Draff (n.) Refuse; lees; dregs; the wash given to swine or cows; hogwash; waste matter.
Move :: Move (v. i.) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act; as, to move in a matter..
Multifariousness :: Multifariousness (n.) The fault of improperly uniting in one bill distinct and independent matters, and thereby confounding them..
Morbifical :: Morbifical (a.) Causing disease; generating a sickly state; as, a morbific matter..
Fuzz :: Fuzz (n.) Fine, light particles or fibers; loose, volatile matter..
Putrefaction :: Putrefaction (n.) The act or the process of putrefying; the offensive decay of albuminous or other matter.
Polytype :: Polytype (n.) A cast, or facsimile copy, of an engraved block, matter in type, etc. (see citation); as, a polytype in relief..
Achiote :: Achiote (n.) Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto..
Phylloxanthin :: Phylloxanthin (n.) A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.
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