hereditary succession to a title or an office or property
any attribute or immaterial possession that is inherited from ancestors; "my only inheritance was my mother's blessing"; "the world's heritage of knowledge"
(genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents
that which is inherited; a title or property or estate that passes by law to the heir on the death of the owner
having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"
of or pertaining to members of the indigenous people of Australia; "an Aboriginal rite"
having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses; "a physical manifestation"; "surrounded by tangible objects"
concerned with material things; "physical properties"; "the physical characteristics of the earth"; "the physical size of a computer"
characterized by energetic bodily activity; "a very physical dance performance"
according with material things or natural laws (other than those peculiar to living matter); "a reflex response to physical stimuli"
involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit; "physical exercise"; "physical suffering"; "was sloppy about everything but her physical appearance"
relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics; "physical sciences"; "physical laws"
a pernicious and malign influence that is hard to get rid of; "racism is a pestilence at the heart of the nation"; "according to him, I was the canker in their midst"
respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants
having or relating to a physical material body; "bodily existence"
affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit; "bodily needs"; "a corporal defect"; "corporeal suffering"; "a somatic symptom or somatic illness"
of or relating to or belonging to the body; "a bodily organ"; "bodily functions"
in bodily form; "he was translated bodily to heaven"
a small usually single-celled asexual reproductive body produced by many nonflowering plants and fungi and some bacteria and protozoans and that are capable of developing into a new individual without sexual fusion; "a sexual spore is formed after the fusion of gametes"
(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered plants