1) Asserts 2) Avers 3) Avows 4) Enounces 5) Expresses 6) Says 7) Usa 8) Utters 1) NY and NJ 2) Asserts 3) Australia has six 4) Australian sextet 5) Avers 6) Bihar and Kerala 7) Cochin and Indore, once 8) Conditions of matter 9) Convention roll call 10) Country divisions 11) Declares 12) Declares that tastes vary 13) Divisions of Australia 14) Divisions within America 15) Electoral blocks 
Matter may exist in either the solid, liquid or gaseous states.
solid, liquid or gas
Temporary behaviors or feelings.