Vocabulary : Petralogy to Petrific

Petralogy : See Petrology.
Petrary : An ancient war engine for hurling stones.
Petre : See Saltpeter.
Petrean : Of or pertaining to to rock.
Petrel : Any one of numerous species of longwinged sea birds belonging to the family Procellaridae. The small petrels, or Mother Carey's chickens, belong to Oceanites, Oceanodroma, Procellaria, and several allied genera.

Petrescence : The process of changing into stone; petrification.
Petrescent : Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water.
Petrifaction : The process of petrifying, or changing into stone; conversion of any organic matter (animal or vegetable) into stone, or a substance of stony hardness. ;; The state or condition of being petrified. ;; That which is petrified; popularly, a body incrusted with stony matter; an incrustation. ;; Fig.: Hardness; callousness; obduracy.
Petrifactive : Having the quality of converting organic matter into stone; petrifying. ;; Pertaining to, or characterized by, petrifaction.
Petrific : Petrifying; petrifactive.

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