Definitions

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  • adjective Not chemical.
  • noun A substance that is not a chemical.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ chemical

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Examples

  • I think she should get a commendation and a blue ribbon from the 4H club and the American Horticultural Society for innovative use of nonchemical pest control.

    Elderly Women Charged With Beating Fawn To Death 2009

  • But homeowners and organic farmers like Mr. Biggins have had to seek out other, nonchemical ways to battle the bug.

    Out of Odor: Offensive-Smelling Bugs Put U.S. Farmers on the Defensive Heather Haddon 2012

  • I think she should get a commendation and a blue ribbon from the 4H club and the American Horticultural Society for innovative use of nonchemical pest control.

    Elderly Women Charged With Beating Fawn To Death 2009

  • Deborah Altschuler, president of the National Pediculosis Association, a nonprofit parents group that advocates nonchemical solutions to curing infestations.

    Tired of Nit-Picking? Lice Are Peskier Than Ever 2010

  • Besides promoting sustainable, nonchemical, non-factory-farmed animal husbandry and cheese making, they strive to always live in harmony with the natural world that supports us all. www.coonridge.com.

    Forever Young M.D. Nicholas Perricone 2010

  • Before retreating home I used unorganic but nonchemical warfare in the form of a water attack on the green zone to flood the survivors and drown the weakened stragglers.

    2008 July 04 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • Before retreating home I used unorganic but nonchemical warfare in the form of a water attack on the green zone to flood the survivors and drown the weakened stragglers.

    The Ants Go Marching Two By Two, Hurrah Hurrah « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

  • If scientists are indeed true to what we originally defined as science and the exploration of truth, why the fear that exploring these therapies may uncover understandings of the human body, and useable techniques for healing the nonchemical, nonphysical elements in the study of life, mind and spirit, as they heal the organs of the body?

    Shouldn't Scientific Medicine Be More Open-Minded? 2009

  • More than 20,000 pesticide products are marketed in the U.S., including nonchemical alternatives derived from natural materials.

    Natural Ingredients 2009

  • "The future of dry cleaning, we believe, is not in solvents like Solvair but in nontoxic, nonchemical technologies like CO2 and wet cleaning, which has come a long way," she says.

    Clean Lab 2007

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