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nonfossil

nonfossil adjective: not a fossil, or not a fossil fuel.

Adjective

nonfossil (not comparable)

  1. Not a fossil, or not a fossil fuel
    • Radiocarbon analysis allows fossil and nonfossil sources of black carbon and organic carbon to be identified.2009 January 23, Sonke Szidat, “ATMOSPHERE: Sources of Asian Haze”, in Science, volume 323, number 5913, →DOI

Forms of nonfossil

alternative formnon-fossil

Origin of nonfossil

From non- + fossil.

Words that rhyme with nonfossil

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Questions about nonfossil

What does nonfossil mean?
Nonfossil means not a fossil, or not a fossil fuel.
What part of speech is nonfossil?
Nonfossil is an adjective.

Words near nonfossil in the dictionary

  1. nonformulary
  2. nonformulation
  3. nonfortification
  4. nonfortified
  5. nonfortuitous
  6. nonfossil
  7. nonfossiliferous
  8. nonfossilized
  9. nonfossorial
  10. nonfostered
  11. nonfoul

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