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(chem.) any substance that cannot be separated into different substances by ordinary chemical methods.
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any of the five (the earth, air, fire, water and ether) formerly believed to constitute all physical matter (sometimes, four, without considering the ether).
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any of the seven elements in the body (chyle, blood, flesh, fat, bone, marrow and semen).
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any of the three humours in the body (wind, bile and phlegm).
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an inorganic (sometimes organic also, as coal) substance occurring naturally in the earth and having a consistent and distinctive set of physical properties, and a composition that can be expressed by a chemical formula; a mineral.
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any of a class of chemical elements, as iron, gold or aluminium, got in the form of ore from the earth; a metal.
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the individual soul or the Supreme Soul.
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any of the five sense organs.
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any of the five impressions (sound, light, taste, odour, and sense got through the skin) received through five sense organs.
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any of the separate parts of the hard connective tissue forming the skeleton of most full-grown vertebrate animals; a bone.
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an earthy clay coloured by iron oxide, usu. yellow or reddish brown, used as a pigment in paints; ochre.
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the essential character of a thing; quality or qualities that make something what it is; essence; nature.
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the thick, whitish fluid secreted by the male reproductive organs and containing the spermatozoa; the semen.
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a being able; power to do; ability.
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courage; bravery.
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the tenth year in a cycle of sixty years.
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the state of being conscious; consciousness.
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(arith.) a symbol for the number seven.
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(gram.) the element of a word; a grammatical or verbal root or stem of a word.
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(mus.) modulated sound produced using different notes differently on different occasions.