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Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
1. deficiency
noun. ['dɪˈfɪʃənsi'] the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable.
Synonyms
- famine
- demand
- shortness
- stringency
- mineral deficiency
- deficit
- absence
- lack
- need
- tightness
- dearth
- want
Antonyms
- wealth
- fruitfulness
- superiority
- high quality
Etymology
- -ency (English)
- deficit (English)
- déficit (French)
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Rhymes with Mineral Deficiency
- immunodeficiency
- self-sufficiency
- proficiency
- inefficiency
- sufficiency
- efficiency
2. deficiency
noun. ['dɪˈfɪʃənsi'] lack of an adequate quantity or number.
Synonyms
- shortfall
- meagerness
- exiguity
- inadequacy
- deficit
- meagreness
- poorness
- leanness
- scantiness
- insufficiency
- scarcity
- amount
- scarceness
- scantness
- slenderness
Antonyms
- sufficiency
- abundance
- satisfactoriness
- lead
Etymology
- -ency (English)
- deficit (English)
- déficit (French)
3. mineral
noun. ['ˈmɪnɝəl, ˈmɪnrəl'] solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition.
Synonyms
- mineral pitch
- mispickel
- psilomelane
- peacock ore
- fluor
- kyanite
- emery
- wollastonite
- gadolinite
- cuprite
- aragonite
- isinglass
- columbite
- gibbsite
- sapphirine
- talc
- spar
- samarskite
- sylvite
- rock
- chromite
- thortveitite
- argentite
- quartz
- realgar
- celestite
- wulfenite
- white lead ore
- ozocerite
- gypsum
- malachite
- beryl
- sepiolite
- cristobalite
- coltan
- tridymite
- barytes
- stannite
- iridosmine
- talcum
- vermiculite
- nitrocalcite
- olivenite
- corundum
- pyromorphite
- barite
- cadmium sulphide
- heavy spar
- amphibole
- fergusonite
- pentlandite
- pyrolusite
- arsenopyrite
- zinkenite
- nephelinite
- pyrrhotite
- ilmenite
- kieserite
- argyrodite
- jadeite
- magnesium oxide
- fool's gold
- mineral tar
- zinc blende
- strontianite
- wurtzite
- erythrite
- copper glance
- tourmaline
- corundom
- cobaltite
- rock salt
- niobite
- pyrite
- sphalerite
- amphibole group
- orpiment
- earth color
- nephelite
- topaz
- rutile
- langbeinite
- ytterbite
- mica
- tin pyrites
- red clay
- pollucite
- cassiterite
- zeolite
- garnet
- millerite
- zirconium silicate
- rhodochrosite
- iron pyrite
- sylvanite
- cinnabar
- baddeleyite
- osmiridium
- stuff
- crocolite
- maltha
- material
- pyrophyllite
- galena
- hemimorphite
- cryolite
- rhodonite
- monazite
- turquoise
- cyanite
- stone
- periclase
- xenotime
- garnierite
- idocrase
- pyrrhotine
- pyroxene
- fluorite
- graphic tellurium
- bornite
- smaltite
- columbite-tantalite
- borax
- Greenland spar
- bastnaesite
- amblygonite
- opal
- stibnite
- hausmannite
- spinel
- chalcopyrite
- cordierite
- bitter spar
- blende
- carnallite
- pinite
- sodalite
- cerussite
- halite
- zircon
- scheelite
- greenockite
- bauxite
- germanite
- meerschaum
- nepheline
- magnesia
- asphalt
- dolomite
- kainite
- chrysoberyl
- bastnasite
- chlorite
- barium sulphate
- thorite
- glauconite
- magnesite
- calamine
- kaolinite
- molybdenite
- vesuvianite
- chalcocite
- sylvine
- magnetic pyrites
- vanadinite
- copper pyrites
- vesuvian
- kernite
- earth wax
- fluorspar
- ore
- green lead ore
- tantalite
- wolframite
- mineral wax
- spodumene
- iron manganese tungsten
- ader wax
- manganite
- apatite
- augite
- cobalt bloom
- ozokerite
Antonyms
- achromatic
- insulator
- conductor
- unclog
4. mineral
adjective. ['ˈmɪnɝəl, ˈmɪnrəl'] composed of matter other than plant or animal.
Antonyms
- artifact