inorganic chemistry

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. The branch of chemistry that deals with inorganic compounds.

Wiktionary

1. n. chemistry The chemistry of the elements (including carbon), and those compounds that do not contain carbon.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. that which treats of inorganic or mineral substances.
2. adj. See under Chemistry.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. the chemistry of compounds that do not contain hydrocarbon radicals