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    [Noun]  | "sub*stance" | \ ˈsəb-stən(t)s \


    1: essential nature : essence

    2: a fundamental or characteristic part or quality

    3: god

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin substantia, from substant-, substans, present participle of substare to stand under, from sub- + stare to stand {mat|stand|};

    [Noun]  | "substance P" 


    1: a neuropeptide that consists of 11 amino acid residues, that is present in the nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, that causes the contraction of smooth muscle and dilation of blood vessels, and that acts as a potent neurotransmitter especially in the transmission of signals from pain receptors

    Origin: 1934 ;

    [Noun]  | "ground substance" 


    1: a more or less homogeneous matrix in which the specific differentiated elements of a system are suspended:

    2: the intercellular substance of tissues

    3: cytosol

    Origin: 1882 ;

    [Noun]  | "queen substance" 


    1: a pheromone secreted by queen bees that is consumed by worker bees and inhibits ovary development

    Origin: 1954 ;

    [Noun]  | "working substance" 


    1: a usually fluid substance that through changes of temperature, volume, and pressure is the means of carrying out thermodynamic processes or cycles (as in a heat engine)

    Origin: 1855 ;

    [Noun]  | "controlled substance" 


    1: a drug that requires permission from a doctor to use

    [Noun]  | "sum and substance" 


    1: the general or basic meaning of something said or written

    [Noun]  | "cy*to*sol" | \ ˈsī-tə-ˌsȯl \


    1: the fluid portion of the cytoplasm exclusive of organelles and membranes —called also ground substance

    Origin: 1965 ;

    [Noun phrase]  | "a man/woman/person of substance" 


    1: a person who is rich and powerful

    [Idiom]  | "be without substance" 


    1: to be untrue

    [Noun]  | "substance" 


    1: the basic elements from which something can be developed;


      * e.g., " ... many thought that the mayor's speech lacked substance because specific proposals for solving the city's problems were few "



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    2: the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is;


      * e.g., " ... tireless caring and nurturing that was the very substance of maternal love "



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    3: the total of one's money and property;


      * e.g., " ... measure the worth of a person not by his earthly substance but by his good deeds "



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    [Phrase]  | "sum and substance" 


    1: the central part or aspect of something under consideration;


      * e.g., " ... Realism was the sum and substance of his work. "



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     [ "substance" ]

    1: See: drug/drugs

      * e.g.,  ... He's addicted to a substance, which explains his random acts of insanity. 

     [ "substance" ]

    1: An Album By New Order. A Band that spawned from Joy Division. which included songs that people know like blue monday and age of consent.

      * e.g.,  ... hey man have you ever listened to new order. yeah i listened to substance just last night after hearing age of consent from that one soffia coppola movie preview. 

     [ "Substance" ]

    1: a particular kind of matter with uniform properties

      * e.g.,  ... "a steel tube coated with a waxy substance" 

     [ "The Substance" ]

    1:  Word used to describe illicit drugs in a sentence.

      * e.g.,  ...  Tyler has been contemplating for a while now on weather or not to use the substance. 

     [ "Substance D" ]

    1:  Substance D is a fictional addictive amphetamine-like psychoactive drug, also known as "Slow Death", "Death" and "D", that is depicted in Philip K. Dick's novel "A Scanner Darkly". It's derived from the fictional flower "Mors ontologica".

      * e.g.,  ... "What he sold me as 'candy' actually turned out to be 'Substance D'." 

     [ "Substance D" ]

    2:  By extension, Substance D can refer to amphetamine (speed).

      * e.g.,  ... This is a more subtle way to refer to amphetamine in a conversation if you don't want to attract too much attention. 

     [ "Substance Toddler" ]

    1: (n.) A person who can only tolerate a small amount of drugs, alcohol, etc.

      * e.g.,  ... Jimmy: Where's Carl? 

     [ "Substance Toddler" ]

    2: (n.) A lightweight

      * e.g.,  ... Ron: He passed out after like 3 beers, man. 

     [ "Whore Substance" ]

    1: When a woman in the age gap, 24 - 46 snorts cocaine (or other snortable illicit substances, including sherbet) through a a straw inserted into her vagina hole. This procedure must tke place, in humid conditions, between the times, 2:45am and 3:32am.

      * e.g.,  ... The time is 2:99 in this humid enviroment, and their is whore substance in my front bum. 

     [ "Illegal substances" ]

    1: Synonym for Drugs usually used in a more formal setting like with police

      * e.g.,  ... My friend got sent to prison because he was found with illegal substances. He couldn’t even talk his way out of it because he’s such a glassman. 

     [ "ejaculatory substance" ]

    1: Substance produced from masturbation, known as cum.

      * e.g.,  ... He produces a lot ejaculatory substances when we have sex. 

     [ "the sweet substance" ]

    1: Man cream.

      * e.g.,  ... After gooning for hours, I finally produced man cream. The special sauce. My unborn children. Cum. Semen. Sperm. Spunk. Sploosh. Jizz. The sweet substance. 

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