S: (n) 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"
S: (n) substance (the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists) "DNA is the substance of our genes"
S: (n) chemistry (the chemical composition and properties of a substance or object) "the chemistry of soil"
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) phlogiston (a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning)
S: (n) mixture ((chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding))
S: (n) atom ((physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element)
S: (n) chemical element, element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)
S: (n) activator ((biology) any agency bringing about activation; a molecule that increases the activity of an enzyme or a protein that increases the production of a gene product in DNA transcription)
S: (n) substrate (the substance that is acted upon by an enzyme or ferment)
S: (n) element (one of four substances thought in ancient and medieval cosmology to constitute the physical universe) "the alchemists believed that there were four elements"
S: (n) medium (an intervening substance through which something is achieved) "the dissolving medium is called a solvent"
S: (n) medium ((biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed)
S: (n) fluid (a substance that is fluid at room temperature and pressure)
S: (n) volatile (a volatile substance; a substance that changes readily from solid or liquid to a vapor) "it was heated to evaporate the volatiles"
S: (n) essence (any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted)
S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S: (n) part, portion, component part, component, constituent (something determined in relation to something that includes it) "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
S: (n) relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
S: (n) 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"
S: (n) substance (the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists) "DNA is the substance of our genes"
S: (n) matter (that which has mass and occupies space) "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it"
S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
S: (n) part, portion, component part, component, constituent (something determined in relation to something that includes it) "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
S: (n) relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
S: (n) poplar (soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar)
S: (n) sandalwood (close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork)
S: (n) boxwood, Turkish boxwood (very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks)
S: (n) maple (wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring)
S: (n) ebony (hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys)
S: (n) sycamore, lacewood (variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree)
S: (n) teak, teakwood (hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding)
S: (n) dogwood (hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood)
S: (n) sapwood (newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction)
S: (n) heartwood, duramen (the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood)
S: (n) burl (the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer)
S: (n) brushwood (the wood from bushes or small branches) "they built a fire of brushwood"
S: (n) cabinet wood (moderately dense wood used for cabinetwork) "teak and other heavy cabinet wood"
S: (n) driftwood (wood that is floating or that has been washed ashore)
S: (n) log (a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches)
S: (n) poplar (soft light-colored non-durable wood of the poplar)
S: (n) sandalwood (close-grained fragrant yellowish heartwood of the true sandalwood; has insect repelling properties and is used for carving and cabinetwork)
S: (n) boxwood, Turkish boxwood (very hard tough close-grained light yellow wood of the box (particularly the common box); used in delicate woodwork: musical instruments and inlays and engraving blocks)
S: (n) maple (wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring)
S: (n) ebony (hard dark-colored heartwood of the ebony tree; used in cabinetwork and for piano keys)
S: (n) sycamore, lacewood (variably colored and sometimes variegated hard tough elastic wood of a sycamore tree)
S: (n) teak, teakwood (hard strong durable yellowish-brown wood of teak trees; resistant to insects and to warping; used for furniture and in shipbuilding)
S: (n) dogwood (hard tough wood of any dogwood of the genus Cornus; resembles boxwood)
S: (n) sapwood (newly formed outer wood lying between the cambium and the heartwood of a tree or woody plant; usually light colored; active in water conduction)
S: (n) heartwood, duramen (the older inactive central wood of a tree or woody plant; usually darker and denser than the surrounding sapwood)
S: (n) burl (the wood cut from a tree burl or outgrowth; often used decoratively in veneer)