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METALLIFEROUS Antonyms

There are 8 antonyms of the word metalliferous. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For METALLIFEROUS

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gem
verb, nounv, n
noun

• art highly prized for its beauty or perfection

• a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

• a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

• a sweet quick bread baked in a cup-shaped pan

• a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry

mineral
noun, adjectiven, adj
adjective

• relating to minerals

noun

• solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition

adjective satellite

• composed of matter other than plant or animal

nonconductive
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not able to conduct heat or electricity or sound

nonmetal
nounn
adjective

• not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal

noun

• a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties

nonmetallic
adjectiveadj
adjective

• not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal

organic
adjectiveadj
adjective

• relating or belonging to the class of chemical compounds having a carbon basis

• being or relating to or derived from or having properties characteristic of living organisms

• involving or affecting physiology or bodily organs

noun

• a fertilizer that is derived from animal or vegetable matter

adjective satellite

• of or relating to foodstuff grown or raised without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides or hormones

• simple and healthful and close to nature

• constitutional in the structure of something (especially your physical makeup)

rock
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

• United States gynecologist and devout Catholic who conducted the first clinical trials of the oral contraceptive pill (1890-1984)

• material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

• (figurative) someone who is strong and stable and dependable

• hard bright-colored stick candy (typically flavored with peppermint)

• a genre of popular music originating in the 1950s; a blend of black rhythm-and-blues with white country-and-western

• pitching dangerously to one side

verb

• move back and forth or sideways

• cause to move back and forth

stone
nounn
noun

• a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter

• United States architect (1902-1978)

• building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose

• United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946)

• United States filmmaker (born in 1946)

• material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust

• United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893)

• a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry

• United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989)

• an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds

• the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed

• a lack of feeling or expression or movement

adjective satellite

• of any of various dull tannish or grey colors

verb

• kill by throwing stones at

• remove the pits from

Alternatives for GEM

Alternatives for MINERAL

Alternatives for NONCONDUCTIVE

Alternatives for NONMETAL

Alternatives for NONMETALLIC

Alternatives for ORGANIC

Alternatives for ROCK

Alternatives for STONE

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