Petrifaction

Definitions: Petrifaction

Petrifaction

Noun

1. The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape.

2. A rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form.

Date "petrifaction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Note: Petrifaction \Pet`ri*fac"tion\, noun. [See Petrify.]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A process of fossilization whereby organic matter is converted into a stony substance by the infiltration of water containing dissolved inorganic matter (e.g., calcium carbonate, silica), which replaces the original organic materials, sometimes retaining the structure.Syn:petrification. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Petrifaction

Synonym: petrification (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Hardness	Induration, petrifaction; lapidification, lapidescence; vitrification, ossification; crystallization.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Petrifaction

English words defined with "petrifaction": Anthropolite ♦ Corallite ♦ Lapidification ♦ Petrifactive. (references)

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "petrifaction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ngurtësim (concretion, induration, petrification, solidification), ngurosje (petrification), ngurim (petrification, vacillating). (various references)

Arabic		‏تحجير (concretion), ‏تحجر (congeal, congealment, ossify, petrify, solidify), ‏شىء متحجر. (various references)

Bulgarian		вцепенение (stupor), вкаменяване (fossilization), вкаменено състояние, вкаменелост (fossil, fossilization), изумление (amazement). (various references)

Czech		zkamenìní (fossilization). (various references)

French		pétrification (petrification). (various references)

German		Versteinerung (fossil, fossilization, hardening, petrification). (various references)

Greek		απολίθωση (calcification, fossilization, petrification), απολίθωμα (fossil). (various references)

Hebrew		אבון (fossilization, petrifying), התאבנות (fossilization, ossification, paralysis). (various references)

Hungarian		megkövesedés (petrification), kövület (fossil, fud, fuddy-duddy, petrification). (various references)

Italian		pietrificazione (petrification). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		石化 (fossilization, mineralization), 化石 (fossil, fossilization). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		せっか (become communistic, fan-tailed warbler, flash, flint fire, fossilization, mineralization, snowflakes, Sovietize, the Red Peril, turning red), かせき (fossil, fossilization). (various references)

Pig Latin		etrifactionpay

Portuguese		placa de petri (Petri dish), petrificação (petrification, petrify). (various references)

Romanian		petrificare (petrification), substanţã petrificatã, fosilizare (fossilization). (various references)

Russian		окаменение (calcification, fossilization). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		petrifikacija, okamenjavanje. (various references)

Spanish		petrificación (petrification). (various references)

Swedish		petrifikat, förstening. (various references)

Turkish		taşlaşma (calcification), taş kesilme (fossilization), fosil (fossil). (various references)

Ukranian		скам'яніння (fossilization, petrification), окам'янілість (petrification), заціпеніння (daze, numbness, petrification, rigor, stupor). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự hoá đá chất hoá đá, sự biến thành đá, khối hoá đá. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "petrifaction": petrifactions. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Words rhyming with "petrifaction" (pronounced 'Pet`ri*fac"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-i-i-n-o-p-r-t-t"
	-1 letter: crepitation, pontificate.
	-2 letters: antierotic, antipoetic, proficient, recitation.
	-3 letters: carnotite, crepitant, fornicate, intricate, iteration, partition, patriotic, tricotine.
	-4 letters: anoretic, antiriot, aperitif, apocrine, artifice, atropine, caponier, citation, confetti, contrite, coparent, creation, entropic, fetation, fraction, friction, inceptor, infector, interact, notifier, operatic, optician, pacifier, paintier, patentor, pecorini, periotic, petition, pinafore, pittance, pointier, pontific, portance, procaine, protatic, reaction, taconite.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-f-i-i-n-o-p-r-t-t"
	+1 letter: petrifactions, petrification.
	+2 letters: petrifications, prettification.
	+3 letters: prenotification, prettifications.
	+4 letters: precertification, prenotifications.
	+5 letters: precertifications.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.