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adjectivelacking the properties characteristic of living organisms
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"hydrochloric and sulfuric acids are called inorganic substances"adjectiverelating or belonging to the class of compounds not having a carbon basisOpposite:
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- p a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
- mineral solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition
- phosphorus a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms
- peroxide an inorganic compound containing the divalent ion -O-O-
- nutrient any substance (such as a chemical element or inorganic compound) that can be taken in by a green plant and used in organic synthesis
- ammine a complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules
- nitrous acid an unstable inorganic acid known only in solution and as nitrite salts
- ammino pertaining to or characteristic of an ammine (an inorganic coordination compound of ammonia and a metallic salt)
- autophytic of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis
- atomic number 15 a multivalent nonmetallic element of the nitrogen family that occurs commonly in inorganic phosphate rocks and as organic phosphates in all living cells; is highly reactive and occurs in several allotropic forms