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nonmetalliferous

nonmetalliferous adjective: not metalliferous.

Adjective

nonmetalliferous (not comparable)

  1. Not metalliferous.

Origin of nonmetalliferous

From non- + metalliferous.

Questions about nonmetalliferous

What does nonmetalliferous mean?
Nonmetalliferous means not metalliferous.
What part of speech is nonmetalliferous?
Nonmetalliferous is an adjective.

Words near nonmetalliferous in the dictionary

  1. nonmetachromatic
  2. nonmetal
  3. nonmetalized
  4. nonmetallic
  5. nonmetallicolous
  6. nonmetalliferous
  7. nonmetallized
  8. nonmetallurgical
  9. nonmetallurgist
  10. nonmetallurgists
  11. nonmetals

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