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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

physical entity go
an entity that has physical existence

matter go
that which has mass and occupies space

substance go
the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists

material, stuff go
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object

color, colour, coloring material, colouring material go
any material used for its color

dye, dyestuff
a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair

noun.substance

25 Subcategories

acid dye go
dye in which the chromophore is part of a negative ion
alizarin yellow go
any of various yellow dyes
indigo, anil, indigotin go
a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
aniline dye go
any of many dyes made from aniline
azo dye go
any dye containing one or more azo groups
basic dye, basic color, basic colour go
a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion
blue, bluing, blueing go
used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
bromophenol blue, bromphenol blue, tetrabromo-phenolsulfonephthalein go
a dye used as an acid-base indicator
bromothymol blue, bromthymol blue go
a dye used as an acid-base indicator
cochineal go
a red dyestuff consisting of dried bodies of female cochineal insects
cyanine dye go
any of a class of dyes containing a -CH= group linking two heterocyclic rings containing nitrogen
direct dye, substantive dye go
dye with a high affinity for cellulose fibers (cotton or rayon etc.)
fluorescein, fluoresceine, fluorescent dye, resorcinolphthalein go
a yellow dye that is visible even when highly diluted
fluorochrome go
any of various fluorescent substances used in fluorescence microscopy to stain specimens
hair coloring, hair dye go
a dye or tint for the hair
Kendal green, Kendal go
a green dye, often used to color cloth, which is obtained from the woad plant
lac dye go
scarlet dye like cochineal
lead acetate, sugar of lead go
a poisonous white solid (Pb[CH3CO]2) used in dyeing cotton and in making enamels and varnishes
archil, orchil, cudbear go
a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens
quercitron go
a yellow dye made from the bark of the quercitron oak tree
radiopaque dye go
dye that does not allow the passage of X rays or other radiation
safranine, safranin, saffranine go
any of a class of chiefly red organic dyes
Tyrian purple go
a red-purple to deep purple dye obtained from snails or made synthetically
vat dye, vat color go
a water-insoluble dye that is applied by reducing the dye to an alkaline form, applying the dye, then regenerating the insoluble dye by oxidation in the material
woad go
a blue dyestuff obtained from the woad plant