Modifiers matching nonmetal:

• hard,
• elemental,
• crystalline,
• toxic,
• precious,
• common,
• refractory,
• characteristic,

Simple categories matching hard:

• obstruction,
• segment,
• surface,
• material,
• outcome,
• wood,
• bronze,
• pad,
• tissue,
• profession,
• disk,
• ware,
• coating,
• bottle,
• object,
• disease,
• elastomer,
• rock,
• substance,
• stone,
• prey,
• liquor,
• monomer,
• key,
• weapon,
• fault,
• narcotic,
• part,
• impediment,
• plate,
• region,
• fiber,
• hydrocarbon,
• soil,
• abrasive,
• feature,
• insect,
• constituent,
• content,
• carbon,
• dog,
• metal,
• crystal,
• lump,
• floor,
• booze,
• ferrite,
• artifact,
• appendage,
• service,
• area,
• room,
• residue,
• water,
• sport,
• vehicle,
• seed,
• softwood,
• pen,
• hardwood,
• instrument,
• feed,
• characteristic,
• armor,
• armour,
• maple,
• variable,
• cover,
• helmet,
• component,
• board,
• crime,
• clay,
• labour,
• detector,
• device,
• bone,
• control,
• pipe,
• workout,
• reference,
• indicator,
• job,
• fabric,
• plastic,
• boundary,
• mask,
• tick,
• institution,
• coal,
• gem,
• starches,
• chemical,
• formation,
• professional,
• brush,
• fact,
• packing,
• unit,
• laser,
• particle,
• paper,
• problem,
• item,
• container,
• failure,
• form,
• alcohol,
• compound,
• data,
• point,
• confectionery,
• essence,
• barrier,
• activity,
• food,
• wedge,
• solid,
• bottom,
• ligand,
• copy,
• nut,
• study,
• organism,
• place,
• portion,
• knowledge,
• edge,
• epithelium,
• skill,
• capital,
• track,
• sector,
• article,
• exercise,
• cracker,
• matter,
• use,
• button,
• commitment,
• choice,
• meat,
• investment,
• drive,
• sausage,
• labor,
• instrumentality,
• glass,
• substrate,
• aspect,
• medium,
• implement,
• cheese,
• scale,
• ore,
• mode,
• fixing,
• biscuit,
• works,
• lolly,
• connection,
• ingredient,
• veg,
• pine,
• disturbance,
• animal,
• particulate,
• bones,
• block,
• furniture,
• flooring,
• assets,
• appliance,
• notebook,
• fastening,
• sheet,
• resin,
• papers,
• procedure,
• possession,
• landscaping,
• technology,
• toy,
• drug,
• law,
• structure,
• layer,
• fastener,
• filler,
• deposit,
• information,
• target,
• tree,
• info,
• thing,
• utensil,
• beverage,
• language,
• grain,
• sweet,
• power,
• lure,
• rubber,
• identification,
• grit,
• ion,
• measure,
• gemstone,
• stain,
• tool,
• science,
• steel,
• contaminant,
• grass,
• ip,
• apple,
• fibre,
• issue,
• furnishing,
• quartz,
• defence,
• fuel,
• coral,
• insulator,
• backing,
• waste,
• projectile,
• fruit,
• protein,
• film,
• ground,
• original,
• acid,
• medication,
• bait,
• time,
• wealth,
• spirits,
• yarn,
• space,
• base,
• rule,
• format,
• wire,
• body,
• ball,
• equipment,
• needle,
• candy,
• case,
• thermoplastic,
• foodstuff,
• times,
• veggie,
• oxide,
• wheat,
• devices,
• attribute,
• training,
• powder,
• adhesive,
• benefit,
• acceleration,
• fat,
• output,
• access,
• straw,
• commodity,
• vegetable,
• aggregate,
• system,
• hat,
• beads,
• event,
• wall,
• scientist,
• wax,
• spice,
• tag,
• condition,
• input,
• mast,
• washer,
• constraint,
• drink,
• alloy,
• mineral,
• rind,
• stuff,
• incentive,
• subject,
• shell,
• piece,
• fish,
• discipline,
• panel,
• nonmetal,
• conveyance,
• butter,
• belt,
• work,
• pavement,
• evidence,
• matrix,
• infrastructure,
• product,
• engineering,