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Matter

That of which anything is composed; constituent substance; material; the material or substantial part of anything; the constituent elements of conception; that into which a notion may be analyzed; the essence; the pith; the embodiment.

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Narrower term 22

Addendum 76% connected

A thing to be added; an appendix or addition.

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Area 76% connected

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.

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Deposit 76% connected

To lay down; to place; to put; to let fall or throw down (as sediment); as, a crocodile deposits her eggs in the sand; the waters deposited a rich al…

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Dictation 76% connected

The act of dictating; the act or practice of prescribing; also that which is dictated.

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Emanation 76% connected

The act of flowing or proceeding from a fountain head or origin.

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Fluid 76% connected

Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable o…

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Least 76% connected

Smallest, either in size or degree; shortest; lowest; most unimportant; as, the least insect; the least mercy; the least space.

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Muck 76% connected

abbreviation of Amuck.

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Ooze 76% connected

Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.

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Postscript 76% connected

A paragraph added to a letter after it is concluded and signed by the writer; an addition made to a book or composition after the main body of the wo…

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Recitation 76% connected

The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.

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Remit 76% connected

To send back; to give up; to surrender; to resign.

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Residue 76% connected

That which remains after a part is taken, separated, removed, or designated; remnant; remainder.

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Sediment 76% connected

The matter which subsides to the bottom, frrom water or any other liquid; settlings; lees; dregs.

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Slime 76% connected

Soft, moist earth or clay, having an adhesive quality; viscous mud.

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Sludge 76% connected

Mud; mire; soft mud; slush.

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Solid 76% connected

Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard…

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Solute 76% connected

Loose; free; liberal; as, a solute interpretation.

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Substance 76% connected

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in whic…

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Supplement 76% connected

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

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System 76% connected

An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects…

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Text 76% connected

A discourse or composition on which a note or commentary is written; the original words of an author, in distinction from a paraphrase, annotation, o…

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Be 76% connected

To exist actually, or in the world of fact; to have ex/stence.

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Concern 76% connected

To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

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Consequence 76% connected

That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

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Content 76% connected

Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.

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Exist 76% connected

To be as a fact and not as a mode; to have an actual or real being, whether material or spiritual.

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Import 76% connected

To bring in from abroad; to introduce from without; especially, to bring (wares or merchandise) into a place or country from a foreign country, in th…

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Moment 76% connected

A minute portion of time; a point of time; an instant; as, at thet very moment.

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Problem 76% connected

A question proposed for solution; a matter stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a q…

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Trouble 76% connected

To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

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Manner of action 2

Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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Weigh 76% connected

A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.

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Subject 74% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Subject 74% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Topical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

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Topical 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a place; limited; logical application; as, a topical remedy; a topical claim or privilege.

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Interest 66% connected

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

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Interest 66% connected

To engage the attention of; to awaken interest in; to excite emotion or passion in, in behalf of a person or thing; as, the subject did not interest…

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Synonym 7

Affair 92% connected

That which is done or is to be done; matter; concern; as, a difficult affair to manage; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public; --…

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Count 92% connected

To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to comp…

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Issue 92% connected

The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air fr…

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Subject 92% connected

Placed or situated under; lying below, or in a lower situation.

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Thing 92% connected

Whatever exists, or is conceived to exist, as a separate entity, whether animate or inanimate; any separable or distinguishable object of thought.

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Topic 92% connected

One of the various general forms of argument employed in probable as distinguished from demonstrative reasoning, -- denominated by Aristotle to`poi (…

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Weigh 92% connected

A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.

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