Definition of matter

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Matter (n.) Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing; difficulty; trouble..

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Saccharine :: Saccharine (a.) Of or pertaining to sugar; having the qualities of sugar; producing sugar; sweet; as, a saccharine taste; saccharine matter..
Epilogue :: Epilogue (n.) The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion..
Cyanin :: Cyanin (n.) The blue coloring matter of flowers; -- called also anthokyan and anthocyanin.
Asparagine :: Asparagine (n.) A white, nitrogenous, crystallizable substance, C4H8N2O3+H2O, found in many plants, and first obtained from asparagus. It is believed to aid in the disposition of nitrogenous matter throughout the plant; -- called also altheine..
Saccharimeter :: Saccharimeter (n.) An instrument for ascertaining the quantity of saccharine matter in any solution, as the juice of a plant, or brewers' and distillers' worts..
Nidorous :: Nidorous (a.) Resembling the smell or taste of roast meat, or of corrupt animal matter..
Catastasis :: Catastasis (n.) That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed..
Hieromnemon :: Hieromnemon (n.) A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium..
Ordinary :: Ordinary (n.) One who has immediate jurisdiction in matters ecclesiastical; an ecclesiastical judge; also, a deputy of the bishop, or a clergyman appointed to perform divine service for condemned criminals and assist in preparing them for death..
Finding :: Finding (n.) The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially into some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the finding of a jury..
Replication :: Replication (n.) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea..
Fester :: Fester (n.) A small sore which becomes inflamed and discharges corrupt matter; a pustule.
Ossified :: Ossified (a.) Changed to bone or something resembling bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter of any kind; -- said of tissues.
Evidence :: Evidence (n.) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it..
Clinker :: Clinker (n.) Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag..
Phycoerythrine :: Phycoerythrine (n.) A red coloring matter found in algae of the subclass Florideae.
Ligule :: Ligule (n.) A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.
Crocose :: Crocose (n.) A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron..
Lithagogue :: Lithagogue (n.) A medicine having, or supposed to have, the power of expelling calculous matter with the urine..
Pure :: Pure (superl.) Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure air; pure compassion..
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