Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class III. Words Relating to MatterSection III. Organic Matter
1. Vitality
1. Vitality in general
358. Inorganization.
NOUN:MINERAL KINGDOM, mineral world; unorganized -, inorganic -, brute -, inanimate- matter.[SCIENCE OF THE MINERAL KINGDOM] mineralogy, geology, geognosy, geoscopy, metallurgy, metallography, lithology, petrology, oryctology [obs.], oryctography [obs.].
VERB:MINERALIZE; pulverize, turn to dust.
ADJECTIVE:INORGANIC, inanimate, unorganized or inorganized, lithoid or lithoidal; azoic; mineral.