Definition of matter

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Matter (n.) That which is permanent, or is supposed to be given, and in or upon which changes are effected by psychological or physical processes and relations; -- opposed to form..

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Hordein :: Hordein (n.) A peculiar starchy matter contained in barley. It is complex mixture.
Etoolin :: Etoolin (n.) A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll..
Formative :: Formative (a.) Capable of growth and development; germinal; as, living or formative matter..
Mould :: Mould (v.) Earthy material; the matter of which anything is formed; composing substance; material.
Mould :: Mould (n.) A growth of minute fungi of various kinds, esp. those of the great groups Hyphomycetes, and Physomycetes, forming on damp or decaying organic matter..
Lithotypy :: Lithotypy (n.) The art or process of making a kind of hard, stereotypeplate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state..
Submissive :: Submission (n.) An agreement by which parties engage to submit any matter of controversy between them to the decision of arbitrators.
Oversize :: Oversize (v. t.) To cover with viscid matter.
Perspire :: Perspire (v. i.) To excrete matter through the skin; esp., to excrete fluids through the pores of the skin; to sweat..
Spawn :: Spawn (v. t.) The white fibrous matter forming the matrix from which fungi.
Materiation :: Materiation (n.) Act of forming matter.
Sequester :: Sequester (n.) A person with whom two or more contending parties deposit the subject matter of the controversy; one who mediates between two parties; a mediator; an umpire or referee.
Smegma :: Smegma (n.) The matter secreted by any of the sebaceous glands.
Folkmote :: Folkmote (n.) a general assembly of the people to consider and order matters of the commonwealth; also, a local court..
Discipline :: Discipline (n.) The subject matter of instruction; a branch of knowledge.
Tallow :: Tallow (n.) The suet or fat of animals of the sheep and ox kinds, separated from membranous and fibrous matter by melting..
Profound :: Profound (a.) Intellectually deep; entering far into subjects; reaching to the bottom of a matter, or of a branch of learning; thorough; as, a profound investigation or treatise; a profound scholar; profound wisdom..
Vivification :: Vivification (n.) One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc..
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..
Proposition :: Proposition (n.) The part of a poem in which the author states the subject or matter of it.
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