| Main Entry: | inanimate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not alive, not organic |
Synonyms: |
azoic, cold, dead, defunct, dull, exanimate, extinct, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, insensate, insentient, lifeless, mineral, motionless, nonanimal, nonvegetable, quiescent, soulless, spiritless |
Antonyms: |
animate, living |
| Main Entry: | inorganic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not organic |
Synonyms: |
dead, extinct, inanimate, lifeless, manmade, mineral, not living, not natural |
| Notes: | if a compound contains carbon, it is organic; no carbon indicates inorganic |
Antonyms: |
organic |
| Main Entry: | metal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lustrous chemical element |
Synonyms: |
alloy, casting, deposit, foil, hardware, ingot, leaf, load, mail, mineral, native rock, ore, plate, solder, vein |
| Main Entry: | nutrient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | source of nourishment |
Synonyms: |
fiber, food, health food, mineral, nutriment, supplements, vitamin |
| Main Entry: | rock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stone |
Synonyms: |
bedrock, boulder, cobblestone, crag, crust, earth, gravel, lava, lodge, mass, metal, mineral, ore, pebble, promontory, quarry, reef, rubble, shelf, slab, slag |
| Main Entry: | stone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hard piece of earth's surface |
Synonyms: |
boulder, crag, crystal, gem, grain, gravel, jewel, masonry, metal, mineral, ore, pebble, rock, stonework |
| Main Entry: | metallic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | made of metal |
Synonyms: |
fusible, geologic, golden, hard, iron, leaden, metallurgic, mineral, ory, rocklike, silvery, stannic, tinny |
| Main Entry: | ore |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | metallic mineral |
Synonyms: |
blende, bronze, copper, gold, iron, lead, metal, mineral, platinum, rock, silver, tin, zinc |
| Main Entry: | turquoise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | aqua |
Synonyms: |
aquamarine, blue-green, color, greenish-blue, mineral, sea-green |
| Main Entry: | insentient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inanimate |
Synonyms: |
azoic, cold, dead, defunct, dull, exanimate, extinct, idle, inactive, inert, inoperative, insensate, lifeless, mineral, motionless, nonanimal, nonvegetable, quiescent, soulless, spiritless |