front matter (n.)

• anteriority
• article
• back
• bibliography
• book
• breakthrough
• catchword
• chapter
• clause
• colophon
• contents
• dedication
• display
• errata
• exordium
• facade
• face
• facet
• facia
• fascicle
• flyleaf
• folio
• fore
• forefront
• foreground
• forehand
• foreland
• forepart
• forequarter
• foreword
• front
• frontage
• frontal
• frontier
• frontispiece
• gathering
• head
• heading
• imprint
• index
• innovation
• inscription
• introduction
• lap
• leaf
• leap
• makeup
• number
• obverse
• overture
• page
• paragraph
• passage
• phrase
• postulate
• preamble
• preface
• prefix
• preliminary
• prelude
• premise
• presupposition
• priority
• prolegomenon
• prolepsis
• prologue
• proscenium
• recto
• section
• sentence
• sheet
• signature
• subtitle
• tail
• text
• title
• verse
• verso
• voluntary