things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"
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"
a person judged suitable for admission or employment; "he was university material"; "she was vice-presidential material"
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"
derived from or composed of matter; "the material universe"
directly relevant to a matter especially a law case; "his support made a material difference"; "evidence material to the issue at hand"; "facts likely to influence the judgment are called material facts"; "a material witness"
concerned with or affecting physical as distinct from intellectual or psychological well-being; "material needs"; "the moral and material welfare of all good citizens"- T.Roosevelt
concerned with worldly rather than spiritual interests; "material possessions"; "material wealth"; "material comforts"
(obsolete) a combination of elements (of dryness and warmth or of the four humors) that was once believed to determine a person's health and temperament
texture and appearance of the skin of the face
the coloring of a person's face
a point of view or general attitude or inclination; "he altered the complexion of his times"; "a liberal political complexion"
a combination that results from coupling or interlinking; "diphthongs are complexions of vowels"
give a certain color to; "The setting sun complexioned the hills"
an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"