| material breach | a breach serious enough to destroy the value of the contract and to give a basis for an action for breach of contract |
replacement
replacing | the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another, replacing the star will not be easy |
| alternative medicine | the practice of medicine without the use of drugs, may involve herbal medicines or self-awareness or biofeedback or acupuncture |
hormone replacement therapy
hormoneeplacement therapy
HRT | hormones (estrogen and progestin) are given to postmenopausal women, believed to protect them from heart disease and osteoporosis |
| materials handling | act of loading and unloading and moving goods within e.g. a factory especially using mechanical devices |
| waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
| creating from raw materials | the act of creating something that is different from the materials that went into it |
bedding material
bedding litter | material used to provide a bed for animals |
fabric
cloth
material
textile | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers, the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent, woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around BC, she measured off enough material for a dress |
| material | things needed for doing or making something, writing materials, useful teaching materials |
photographic paper
photographic material | light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed |
piece of cloth
piece of material | a separate part consisting of fabric |
| upholstery material | the fabric used in upholstering |
e human body
physical body
material body
soma
build
figure
physique
anatomy
shape
bod
chassis
frame form
flesh | alternative names for the body of a human being, Leonardo studied the human body, he has a strong physique, the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak |
substitute
replacement | a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another |
option
alternative
choice | one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen, what option did I have?, there no other alternative, my only choice is to refuse |
writing
written material
piece of writing | the work of a writer, anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect), the writing in her novels is excellent, that editorial was a fine piece of writing |
alternative pleading
pleading in the alternative | a pleading that alleges facts so separate that it is difficult to determine which facts the person intends to rely on |
reading
reading material | written material intended to be read, the teacher assigned new readings, he bought some reading material at the airport |
| material | information (data or ideas or observations) that can be used or reworked into a finished form, the archives provided rich material for a definitive biography |
| source materials | publications from which information is obtained |
promotion
publicity
promotional material
packaging | a message issued in behalf of some product or cause or idea or person or institution, the packaging of new ideas |
substitution
permutation
transposition replacement
switch | an event in which one thing is substituted for another, the replacement of lost blood by a transfusion of donor blood |
| material | a person judged suitable for admission or employment, he was university material, she was vice-presidential material |
| material witness | a witness whose testimony is both relevant to the matter at issue and required in order to resolve the matter |
| successor replacement | a person who follows next in order, he was President Lincoln's successor |
surrogate alternate
replacement | someone who takes the place of another person |
| alternative energy | energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment |
tangible possession
material possession | property or belongings that are tangible |
| replacement cost | current cost of replacing a fixed asset with a new one of equal effectiveness |
| material resource | assets in the form of material possessions |
alternative birth
alternative birthing | a method of childbirth that avoids intrusive high-tech medicine in favor of more natural and homely settings |
| double replacement reaction | a chemical reaction between two compounds where the positive ion of one compound is exchanged with the positive ion of another compound |
refilling
replenishment
replacement
renewal | filling again by supplying what has been used up |
material
stuff | the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object, coal is a hard black material, wheat is the stuff they use to make bread |
raw material
staple | material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing |
sorbent
sorbent material | a material that sorbs another substance, i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption |
absorbent material
absorbent | a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance |
adsorbent
adsorbent material | a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance |
adhesive material
adhesive agent
adhesive | a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together |
| sealing material | any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface |
| animal material | material derived from animals |
| building material | material used for constructing buildings |
abrasive
abradant
abrasive material | a substance that abrades or wears down |
combustible
combustible material | a substance that can be burned to provide heat or power |
| composite material | strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory, fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically |
semiconductor
semiconducting material | a substance as germanium or silicon whose electrical conductivity is intermediate between that of a metal and an insulator, its conductivity increases with temperature and in the presence of impurities |
| covering material | a material used by builders to cover surfaces |
waste
waste material
waste matter
waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted, they collect the waste once a week, much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers |
fencing material
fencing | material for building fences |