What is another word for "substance"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "substance": abbreviate, abbreviation, abbreviature, abdomen, abdominal, abridge, abridgment, abroad, abstract, album, alien, alienage, alienism, all, analecta, analectic, analysis, and, anthology, apercu, article, away, backbone, being, believing, belly, beyond, bigotry, blind, blood, bodily, body, book, bosom, breast, brief, brute, catch, cave, center.