Petrifaction
101inorganic matter — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) The inanimate world Nouns 1. inorganic matter, mineral, mineral world or kingdom, unorganized, inanimate, or lifeless matter, inorganization; lithification, petrification; petrifaction; brute matter; stone …
102inflexibility — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Solidity] Syn. rigidity, stiffness, stability, toughness, inflexibleness, temper, induration, ossification, petrifaction, fossilization, glaciation, crystallization, vitrification; see also firmness 2 . 2. [Stubbornness] Syn …
103Hardness — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Hardness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hardness hardness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 rigidity rigidity Sgm: N 1 renitence renitence renitency Sgm: N 1 inflexibility inflexibility temper callosity …
104petrification — 1610s, from Fr. petrification (16c.), Latinized noun of action from M.Fr. pétrifier (see PETRIFY (Cf. petrify)). Etymologically better than the more common petrifaction …
105petrify — verb (petrifies, petrifying, petrified) 1》 [often as adjective petrified] paralyse with fear. 2》 change (organic matter) into stone by encrusting or replacing its original substance with a mineral deposit. 3》 deprive or become deprived of… …
106fossil — n. Petrifaction …
107lapidescence — n. Lapidification, petrifaction …
108lapidification — n. Lapidescence, petrifaction …
109petrified — adjective 1 extremely frightened, especially so frightened that you cannot move or think: She stood there, petrified at the thought of the crowds waiting outside. 2 petrified wood/trees/insects etc wood, trees etc that have changed into stone… …
110harden — 1 Harden, solidify, indurate, petrify, cake are comparable when they mean to make or to become physically hard or solid. Harden usually expresses an opposition to soften and therefore may be as often used of the process as of the effect. The term …
