matter, inorganic matter, brute matter, inanimate matter. [Science of the mineral kingdom] mineralogy, geology, geognosy†, geoscopy†; metallurgy, metallography†; lithology; oryctology†, oryctography†. V. turn to dust; mineralize, fossilize. Adj. inorganic, inanimate, inorganized†; lithoidal†; azoic; mineral.