The parts of a book that appear after the main portion of the body text, including the afterword, index and bibliography; the back matter.

Somewhat matter-of-fact.

(law) A matter involving a judicial inquiry into the applicable law.

A serious situation that cannot be dealt with by making jokes about it.

plural of state of matter

printed material produced by printers and publishers, including books, magazines, brochures, booklets, publicity material and newspapers, especially in relation to cheaper postage rates on such material.

The body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain, and sometimes Brittany, and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur.

Alternative form of protomatter

The plain truth about the subject in question.

Synonym of state of matter