What is another word for "matter"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "matter": able, about, abridge, abridgment, absorbing, abstract, activity, adventure, albumen, anabolism, anal, anatomy, and, animated, antherozoid, anvil, appearance, apprentice, are, article, ask, aspect, azoic, bacteriology, begin, beginning, being, betake, biology, bioplasm, biotaxy, blanket, blood, bodily, body, book, boring, botany, break, brevity.