Petrifaction - Wikipedia In geology, petrifaction or petrification (from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra) 'rock, stone') is the process by which organic material becomes a fossil through the replacement of the original material and the filling of the original pore spaces with minerals
petrific - Wiktionary, the free dictionary petrific (comparative more petrific, superlative most petrific) (now rare) Petrifying, turning into stone; petrifactive [from 17th c ]
Petrific - definition of Petrific by The Free Dictionary Define Petrific Petrific synonyms, Petrific pronunciation, Petrific translation, English dictionary definition of Petrific a 1 Petrifying; petrifactive Death with his mace petrific, cold and dry - Milton Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G