nonmetal

nonmetal is a 8-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 14 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any one of the set of elements which, as contrasted with the metals, possess, produce, or receive, acid rather than basic properties; a metalloid; as, oxygen, sulphur, and chlorine are nonmetals.
2. noun. a chemical element lacking typical metallic properties
3. adjective. not containing or resembling or characteristic of a metal

   "nonmetallic elements"

   Synonyms: nonmetallic

Synonyms

nonmetallic

Common word forms

nonmetals

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