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Antitypy :: Antitypy (n.) Opposition or resistance of matter to force.

Formalism :: Formalism (n.) The practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion..

Ochreous :: Ochreous (a.) Of or pertaining to ocher; containing or resembling ocher; as, ocherous matter; ocherous soil..

Point :: Point (n.) Hence, the most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote..

Expectorate :: Expectorate (v. t.) To eject from the trachea or lungs; to discharge, as phlegm or other matter, by coughing, hawking, and spitting; to spit forth..

Coagulum :: Coagulum (a.) The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of blood..

Descend :: Descend (v. i.) To pass from the more general or important to the particular or less important matters to be considered.

Fine :: Fine (n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct..

Trypsin :: Trypsin (n.) A proteolytic ferment, or enzyme, present in the pancreatic juice. Unlike the pepsin of the gastric juice, it acts in a neutral or alkaline fluid, and not only converts the albuminous matter of the food into soluble peptones, but also, in part, into leucin and tyrosin..

Controvert :: Controvert (v. t.) To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.

Form :: Form (n.) The shape and structure of anything, as distinguished from the material of which it is composed; particular disposition or arrangement of matter, giving it individuality or distinctive character; configuration; figure; external appearance..

Lead :: Lead (v. t.) To place leads between the lines of; as, to lead a page; leaded matter..

Champerty :: Champerty (n.) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance..

Intervene :: Intervene (v. i.) In a suit to which one has not been made a party, to put forward a defense of one's interest in the subject matter..

Phycoxanthine :: Phycoxanthine (n.) A yellowish coloring matter found in certain algae.

Form :: Form (n.) Show without substance; empty, outside appearance; vain, trivial, or conventional ceremony; conventionality; formality; as, a matter of mere form..

Rust :: Rust (n.) Foul matter arising from degeneration; as, rust on salted meat..

Alluvium :: Alluvium (n.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas..

Bear :: Bear (v. i.) To take effect; to have influence or force; as, to bring matters to bear..

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To render less hard; -- said of matter.

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