Closeness (n.) The state of being close. |
Density (n.) The quality of being dense, close, or thick |
Density (n.) The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard. |
Density (n.) Depth of shade. |
Grain (v. & n.) See Groan. |
Grain (n.) A single small hard seed |
Grain (n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man, as corn, wheat, rye, oats, etc., or the plants themselves |
Grain (n.) Any small, hard particle, as of sand, sugar, salt, etc. |
Grain (n.) The unit of the English system of weights |
Grain (n.) A reddish dye made from the coccus insect, or kermes |
Grain (n.) The composite particles of any substance |
Grain (n.) The direction, arrangement, or appearance of the fibers in wood, or of the strata in stone, slate, etc. |
Grain (n.) The fiber which forms the substance of wood or of any fibrous material. |
Grain (n.) The hair side of a piece of leather, or the marking on that side. |
Grain (n.) The remains of grain, etc., after brewing or distillation |
Grain (n.) A rounded prominence on the back of a sepal, as in the common dock. See Grained, a., 4. |
Grain (a.) Temper |
Grain (a.) A sort of spice, the grain of paradise. |
Grain (v. t.) To paint in imitation of the grain of wood, marble, etc. |
Grain (v. t.) To form (powder, sugar, etc.) into grains. |
Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins) |
Grain (n.) To yield fruit. |
Grain (n.) To form grains, or to assume a granular ferm, as the result of crystallization |
Grain (n.) A branch of a tree |
Grain (n.) A tine, prong, or fork. |
Grain (n.) One the branches of a valley or of a river. |
Grain (n.) An iron first speak or harpoon, having four or more barbed points. |
Grain (n.) A blade of a sword, knife, etc. |
Grain (n.) A thin piece of metal, used in a mold to steady a core. |
Gravity (a.) The state of having weight |
Gravity (a.) Sobriety of character or demeanor. |
Gravity (a.) Importance, significance, dignity, etc |
Gravity (a.) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction |
Gravity (a.) Lowness of tone |
Matter (n.) That of which anything is composed |
Matter (n.) That of which the sensible universe and all existent bodies are composed |
Matter (n.) That with regard to, or about which, anything takes place or is done |
Matter (n.) That which one has to treat, or with which one has to do |
Matter (n.) Affair worthy of account |
Matter (n.) Inducing cause or occasion, especially of anything disagreeable or distressing |
Matter (n.) Amount |
Matter (n.) Substance excreted from living animal bodies |
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 |
Matter (n.) Written manuscript, or anything to be set in type |
Matter (v. i.) To be of importance |
Matter (v. i.) To form pus or matter, as an abscess |
Matter (v. t.) To regard as important |
Matter-of-fact (a.) Adhering to facts |
Solid (a.) Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies |
Solid (a.) Not hollow |
matter | that which has mass and occupies space, physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it |
specific performance | the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms |
grain moth | moth whose larvae feed on grain |
angoumois moth angoumois grain moth Sitotroga cerealella | small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains |
dumb bomb gravity bomb | a bomb that falls because of gravity and is not guided to a target |
gravimeter gravity meter | a measuring instrument for measuring variations in the gravitational field of the earth |
sheet flat solid | a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width |
specific | a medicine that has a mitigating effect on a specific disease, quinine is a specific for malaria |
graveness gravity sobriety soberness somberness sombreness | a manner that is serious and solemn |
familiarity intimacy closeness | close or warm friendship, the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy |
closeness secretiveness | characterized by a lack of openness (especially about one's actions or purposes) |
meanness minginess niggardliness niggardness parsimony parsimoniousness tightness tightfistedness closeness | extreme stinginess |
texture grain | the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance), breadfruit has the same texture as bread, sand of a fine grain, fish with a delicate flavor and texture, a stone of coarse grain |
density denseness | the amount per unit size |
specific gravity | the density of a substance relative to the density of water |
vapor density vapour density | the density of a gas relative to the density of hydrogen |
grain | the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric, saw the board across the grain |
wood grain woodgrain woodiness | texture produced by the fibers in wood |
nearness closeness | the spatial property resulting from a relatively small distance, the sudden closeness of the dock sent him into action |
concentration density denseness tightness compactness | the spatial property of being crowded together |
flux density flux | (physics) the number of changes in energy flow across a given surface per unit area |
optical density transmission density photographic density absorbance | (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation |
rarity tenuity low density | a rarified quality, the tenuity of the upper atmosphere |
relative density | the ratio of the density of something to the density of a standard |
magnetic field strength magnetic intensity magnetic induction magnetic flux density | the amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow |
grain | the smallest possible unit of anything, there was a grain of truth in what he said, he does not have a grain of sense |
stuffiness closeness | the quality of being close and poorly ventilated |
matter | (used with negation) having consequence, they were friends and it was no matter who won the games |
solid body substance | the solid parts of the body |
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 |
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? |
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 |
particular specific | a fact about some part (as opposed to general), he always reasons from the particular to the general |
matter of fact | a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact |
theory of gravitation theory of gravity gravitational theory Newton's theory of gravitation | (physics) the theory that any two particles of matter attract one another with a force directly proportional to the product of their masses and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them |
solid geometry | the geometry of -dimensional space |
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 |
solid-state physics | the branch of physics that studies the properties of materials in the solid state: electrical conduction in crystals of semiconductors and metals, superconductivity, photoconductivity |
matter | written works (especially in books or magazines), he always took some reading matter with him on the plane |
text textual matter | the words of something written, there were more than a thousand words of text, they handed out the printed text of the mayor's speech, he wants to reconstruct the original text |
copy written matter | matter to be printed, exclusive of graphical materials |
front matter prelims | written matter preceding the main text of a book |
back matter end matter | written matter following the main text of a book |
message content subject matter substance | what a communication that is about something is about |
crux crux of the matter | the most important point |
question of fact matter of fact | a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide |
question of law matter of law | a disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decide |
artwork art graphics nontextual matter | photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication, the publisher was responsible for all the artwork in the book |