metalloid
1. met.al.loid \'met-*l-.o.id\ n [L metallum] 1: NONMETAL; esp : one that can combine with a metal to form an alloy 2: an element intermediate in properties between the typical metals and non metals 2. metalloid also met.al.loi.dal \.met-*l-'o.id-*l\ aj 1: resembling a metal 2: of, relating to, or being a metalloid