Search for crossword answers and clues
That which has mass and occupies space
Answer for the clue "That which has mass and occupies space ", 9 letters:
substance
Alternative clues for the word substance
Word definitions for substance in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a banned substance/drug (= a drug that people competing in a sport are not allowed to take because it improves their performance ) an illegal substance (= an illegal drug ) ▪ Customs officials found an illegal substance ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1300, "essential nature, real or essential part," from Old French sustance , substance "goods, possessions; nature, composition" (12c.), from Latin substantia "being, essence, material," from substans , present participle of substare "stand firm, stand ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter" [syn: matter ] the stuff of which an object consists the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's ...
Usage examples of substance.
As this is the one substance, it is in everything made, but with endless variety in accord with uses.
This infinity cannot appear in derivative substances because these descend from that sun by degrees of two kinds in accord with which perfections decline.
Any substance that will inhibit the action of cholinesterase and put an end to the cycle of acetylcholine buildup and breakdown thus will not only put an end to the nerve impulse but will also put an end to the stimulation and contraction of muscles.
One allosteric enzyme, working by itself, is already a formidable machine, reactively linking unrelated substances.
Khasr ship revealed that its whole substance was a highly unstable allotrope, which, however, was not radioactive.
In the former publication alluded to, I stated, in substance, that Mr.
We, and the members and allies of the Tholian Assembly, are here to claim the substance ambrosia for our own.
No: the change that destroys annuls the form but leaves the underlying substance: and that could not happen to anything except a compound.
Taken in substance it would have starved our species out of existence as soon as it had conceived the theory: our intelligence, whether anthropocentric or otherwise, advises us that we have ensured the survival of terrene species by our actions.
The cupellation of large quantities of alloy or of alloys which contain tin, antimony, iron, or any substance which produces a scoria, or corrodes the cupel, must be preceded by a scorification.
At length one of them slipped out, and hastened to acquaint Roderic with the impatience of his prize, and to communicate to him the substance of those artless hints, which, in the hands of so skilful and potent an impostor, might be of the greatest service.
And as the body is sustained by absorbing nutrition from matter, so the soul is sustained by assimilating the spiritual substances of the invisible kingdom.
I will allow you to inject chemical or toxic substances into the atmosphere if that will assuage your doubts, General Chagalla.
Tier Breche, but as the uttermost attenuated projection of its substance washed over them, it could feel them.
Although a place is differently attributed to corporeal and spiritual substances, still in either case this remains in common, that the higher place is assigned to the worthier.