| substance | the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists, DNA is the substance of our genes |
| substance | a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties, shigella is one of the most toxic substances known to man |
| matter | that which has mass and occupies space, physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it |
foul shot
free throw
penalty free throw
charity toss
charity throw
charity shot | an unhindered basketball shot from the foul line, given to penalize the other team for committing a foul |
| free kick | (soccer) a place kick that is allowed for a foul or infringement by the other team |
| foreign direct investment | a joint venture between a foreign company and a United States company |
extramarital sex
free love | sexual intercourse between individuals who are not married to one another |
substance abuse
drug abuse
habit | excessive use of drugs |
free time
spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
| free trade | international trade free of government interference |
North American Free Trade Agreement
NAFTA | an agreement for free trade between the United States and Canada and Mexico, became effective in for ten years |
| foreign direct investment | investing in United States businesses by foreign citizens (often involves stock ownership of the business) |
brawl
free-for-all | a noisy fight in a crowd |
amnesty
pardon free pardon | the formal act of liberating someone |
freetail
free-tailed bat
freetailed bat | small swift insectivorous bat with leathery ears and a long tail, common in warm regions |
| controlled substance | a drug or chemical substance whose possession and use are controlled by law |
| free house | a public house that is not controlled by a brewery and so is free to sell different brands of beer and ale |
| free throw lane | a lane on a basketball court extending from the end line to feet in front of the backboard, players may not enter this lane during a free throw |
psychoactive drug
mind-altering drug
consciousness-altering drug
psychoactive substance | a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions |
weight free weight
exercising weight | sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting, it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms |
grace grace of God
free grace | (Christian theology) the free and unmerited favor or beneficence of God, God's grace is manifested in the salvation of sinners, there but for the grace of God go I |
| free living | a lifestyle given to easy indulgence of the appetites |
drop
dip
fall
free fall | a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity, a drop of points on the Dow Jones index, there was a drop in pressure in the pulmonary artery, a dip in prices, when that became known the price of their stock went into free fall |
| matter | (used with negation) having consequence, they were friends and it was no matter who won the games |
free will
discretion | the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies |
| body substance | the substance of the body |
| solid body substance | the solid parts of the body |
liquid body substance
bodily fluid
body fluid
humor
humour | the liquid parts of the body |
protoplasm
living substance | the substance of a living cell (including cytoplasm and nucleus) |
hyaloplasm
ground substance | the clear nongranular portion of the cytoplasm of a cell |
| free phagocyte | a phagocyte that circulates in the blood |
| free nerve ending | microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor |
grey matter
gray matter
grey substance
gray substance
substantia grisea | greyish nervous tissue containing cell bodies as well as fibers, forms the cerebral cortex consisting of unmyelinated neurons |
white matter
substantia alba | whitish nervous tissue of the CNS consisting of neurons and their myelin sheaths |
matrix intercellular substance
ground substance | the body substance in which tissue cells are embedded |
matter affair
thing | a vaguely specified concern, several matters to attend to, it is none of your affair, things are going well |
| matter | a problem, is anything the matter? |
| free association | a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequence |
topic
subject issue
matter | some situation or event that is thought about, he kept drifting off the topic, he had been thinking about the subject for several years, it is a matter for the police |
| matter of fact | a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact |
meaning
substance | the idea that is intended, What is the meaning of this proverb? |
kernel
substance core
center
centre
essence
gist
heart heart and soul
inwardness marrow
meat
nub
pith
sum
nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
nonparametric statistic
distribution free statistic | a statistic computed without knowledge of the form or the parameters of the distribution from which observations are drawn |
conservation of mass
conservation of matter
law of conservation of mass
law of conservation of matter | a fundamental principle of classical physics that matter cannot be created or destroyed in an isolated system |
deism
free thought | the form of theological rationalism that believes in God on the basis of reason without reference to revelation |
| free press | a press not restricted or controlled by government censorship regarding politics or ideology |
rural free delivery
RFD | free government delivery of mail in outlying country areas |
free morpheme
free form | a morpheme that can occur alone |
| matter | written works (especially in books or magazines), he always took some reading matter with him on the plane |
free verse
vers libre | unrhymed verse without a consistent metrical pattern |