Definition of matter

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Matter (n.) Substance excreted from living animal bodies; that which is thrown out or discharged in a tumor, boil, or abscess; pus; purulent substance..

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Interpolate :: Interpolate (v. t.) To alter or corrupt by the insertion of new or foreign matter; especially, to change, as a book or text, by the insertion of matter that is new, or foreign to the purpose of the author..
Nitrification :: Nitrification (n.) A process of oxidation, in which nitrogenous vegetable and animal matter in the presence of air, moisture, and some basic substances, as lime or alkali carbonate, is converted into nitrates..
Chapiter :: Chapiter (n.) A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles..
Egest :: Egest (v. t.) To cast or throw out; to void, as excrement; to excrete, as the indigestible matter of the food; in an extended sense, to excrete by the lungs, skin, or kidneys..
Blackband :: Blackband (n.) An earthy carbonate of iron containing considerable carbonaceous matter; -- valuable as an iron ore.
Rammel :: Rammel (n.) Refuse matter.
En :: En (n.) Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em..
Pertinent :: Pertinent (a.) Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence..
Topic :: Topic (n.) The subject of any distinct portion of a discourse, or argument, or literary composition; also, the general or main subject of the whole; a matter treated of; a subject, as of conversation or of thought; a matter; a point; a head..
Daub :: Daub (v. t.) To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear..
Hylicist :: Hylicist (n.) A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism.
Grime :: Grime (n.) Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained..
Content :: Content (n.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents..
Etoolin :: Etoolin (n.) A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll..
Perspire :: Perspire (v. i.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat..
Unbolt :: Unbolt (v. i.) To explain or unfold a matter; to make a revelation.
Brain :: Brain (n.) The whitish mass of soft matter (the center of the nervous system, and the seat of consciousness and volition) which is inclosed in the cartilaginous or bony cranium of vertebrate animals. It is simply the anterior termination of the spinal cord, and is developed from three embryonic vesicles, whose cavities are connected with the central canal of the cord; the cavities of the vesicles become the central cavities, or ventricles, and the walls thicken unequally and become the three seg
Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates..
Holosiderite :: Holosiderite (n.) Meteoric iron; a meteorite consisting of metallic iron without stony matter.
Immaterial :: Immaterial (a.) Not consisting of matter; incorporeal; spiritual; disembodied.
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