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Petrificious

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petrific(now rare) Petrifying, turning into stone; petrifactive.
petrescent(archaic) Petrifying; converting into stone.
lapidific(archaic) Forming or converting into stone; petrifying.
mineralizedConverted to, or impregnated with minerals; petrified
silicifiedImpregnated with silica; petrified.
petrocalcicOf or relating to a kind of soil horizon formed when secondary calcium carbonates or other carbonates accumulate in the subsoil to the extent that the soil becomes cemented into a hardpan.
petroplinthic(soil science) Composed of hardened material containing significant amounts of iron
permineralizedfossilized by permineralization
petrogypsicnoun(soil science) cemented together by gypsum
permineralisedAlternative form of permineralized. [fossilized by permineralization]
pyritose(obsolete, mineralogy) pyritous
pergelicnoun(geology, of a soil) permanently frozen
petrosiliceousAlternative form of petrosilicious. [(archaic) Containing or relating to petrosilex.]
phaneric(biology, of plumage) cryptic (used for camouflaging)
mineralizingnounThat mineralizes
petrosalnoun(anatomy) The petrous part of the temporal bone at the base of the skull, surrounding the inner ear.
pegmatoidnounSuch a mineral
phaneriticnoun(geology, petrology) Pertaining to phanerites, igneous rocks composed of macroscopic mineral crystals (coarse grains large enough to be visible to the naked eye).
xenomorphicIn an unusual form; having a strange form.
pyritous(dated) pyritic

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