The residues of dead plants and animals in various stages of decomposition

simple past tense and past participle of matter

As though stating a fact. / As though the situation is normal and not unusual; not dramatically or fancifully.

present participle of matter

(rare) The quality of something that matters; significance; importance.

Willpower alone can overcome a physical problem.

Telekinesis.

(physics) A proposed form of matter that includes strange quarks in addition to the usual up and down quarks of nuclear matter.

(physics) matter composed of baryons and electrons

(astronomy) Any large aggregate of ordinary matter that does not emit light.