A material in its unprocessed, natural state considered usable for manufacture. / (figuratively) Any physical product serving as input to a factory or other installation which processes it.

(UK) Sociable or friendly.

(informal) Diminutive of mate, friend. / (nautical, slang) A fellow sailor; often used affectedly, especially when portraying a pirate. / (nautical, slang) A dockyard worker.

(anatomy) The tough and inflexible outermost of the three layers of the meninges, enveloping the brain and spinal cord.

(medicine, archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacology, particularly its development in early modern Europe.

(medicine, archaic or historical) Synonym of medicine: the substances so used, particularly traditional cures prepared from animals and plants such as herbal medicines but inclusive of early drugs.

The branch of logic that focuses on the content of reasoning.

A sister of one's mother. / A sister-in-law of one's mother; the wife or ex-wife of a maternal uncle. / (imprecise) A similar great aunt, etc.

A substance, natural or man-made, which is intrinsically dangerous or otherwise poses a safety hazard. Examples are materials which are explosive, poisonous, chemically active (including acids and other corrosives), radioactive, or biologically active (including human blood and other medical waste).

a language of southern Tanzania