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Hylozoism :: Hylozoism (n.) The doctrine that matter possesses a species of life and sensation, or that matter and life are inseparable..

Venom :: Venom (n.) Matter fatal or injurious to life; poison; particularly, the poisonous, the poisonous matter which certain animals, such as serpents, scorpions, bees, etc., secrete in a state of health, and communicate by thing or stinging..

Slip :: Slip (n.) Matter found in troughs of grindstones after the grinding of edge tools.

Neurine :: Neurine (n.) A poisonous organic base (a ptomaine) formed in the decomposition of protagon with boiling baryta water, and in the putrefraction of proteid matter. It was for a long time considered identical with choline, a crystalline body originally obtained from bile. Chemically, however, choline is oxyethyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide, while neurine is vinyl-trimethyl-ammonium hydroxide..

Putrid :: Putrid (a.) Tending to decomposition or decay; decomposed; rotten; -- said of animal or vegetable matter; as, putrid flesh. See Putrefaction..

Alkanet :: Alkanet (n.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color..

Phenicine :: Phenicine (n.) A coloring matter produced by the action of a mixture of strong nitric and sulphuric acids on phenylic alcohol.

Vomitive :: Vomitive (a.) Causing the ejection of matter from the stomach; emetic.

Matterless :: Matterless (a.) Unimportant; immaterial.

Referendum :: Referendum (n.) A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.

Clam :: Clam (v. t.) To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter..

Pursue :: Pursue (v. i.) To follow a matter judicially, as a complaining party; to act as a prosecutor..

Pigment :: Pigment (n.) Any material from which a dye, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle..

Matter :: Matter (n.) Amount; quantity; portion; space; -- often indefinite.

Butyrometer :: Butyrometer (n.) An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.

Organizable :: Organizable (a.) Capable of being organized; esp. (Biol.), capable of being formed into living tissue; as, organizable matter..

Scum :: Scum (v.) The extraneous matter or impurities which rise to the surface of liquids in boiling or fermentation, or which form on the surface by other means; also, the scoria of metals in a molten state; dross..

Immaterial :: Immaterial (a.) Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.

Gravitation :: Gravitation (n.) That species of attraction or force by which all bodies or particles of matter in the universe tend toward each other; called also attraction of gravitation, universal gravitation, and universal gravity. See Attraction, and Weight..

Reference :: Reference (n.) The process of sending any matter, for inquiry in a cause, to a master or other officer, in order that he may ascertain facts and report to the court..

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