All English words - page 4125

Meanings of Petrean:

adjective

Rocky, stony; of or relating to rocks or stones.

Meanings of Petrel:

noun

A seabird related to the shearwaters, typically flying far from land.

Usage examples:

While there are few wild animals in iceland, there is abundant birdlife - ducks, geese and, among t…

Meanings of Petrels:

noun

A seabird related to the shearwaters, typically flying far from land.

Usage examples:

While there are few wild animals in iceland, there is abundant birdlife - ducks, geese and, among t…

Meanings of Petri:

noun

A small, clear, round dish with a cover, used in scientific tests especially for growing bacteria

Usage examples:

Researchers created a tissue-like layer of cells in a petri dish., she spent the morning photograph…

Meanings of Petricolous:

adjective

Inhabiting rock; living on rocks; lithodomous.

Meanings of Petrifaction:

noun

The process by which organic matter exposed to minerals over a long period is turned into a stony substance.

Usage examples:

The processes of petrification

Meanings of Petrifactive:

adjective

Having the quality of petrifying; causing petrifaction.

Meanings of Petrifiable:

adjective

Capable of being petrified.

Meanings of Petrific:

adjective

Having the quality of petrifying or turning into stone; causing petrifaction; (medicine) †causing the formation of a calculus (obsolete).

Meanings of Petrification:

noun

The process by which organic matter exposed to minerals over a long period is turned into a stony substance.

Usage examples:

The processes of petrification

Meanings of Petrified:

adjective

So frightened that one is unable to move; terrified.

Usage examples:

The petrified child clung to her mother

verb

Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.

Meanings of Petrifier:

noun

A person who or thing which petrifies another.

Meanings of Petrifies:

verb

Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.

Usage examples:

The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around v…

Meanings of Petrify:

verb

Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.

Usage examples:

The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around v…

Meanings of Petrifying:

verb

Change (organic matter) into a stony substance by encrusting or replacing it with a calcareous, siliceous, or other mineral deposit.

Usage examples:

The chemical components used to artificially petrify wood can be found in natural settings around v…

Meanings of Petrine:

adjective

Relating to st peter or his writings or teachings.

Usage examples:

The new testament reflects a conflict between an earlier petrine theology and a later pauline type

Meanings of Petrinism:

noun

The doctrines of or associated with st peter; petrine theology or teaching. usually opposed to paulinism .

Meanings of Petrinist:

noun

A follower of st peter; a student of petrine theology.

Meanings of Petrissage:

noun

A massage technique that involves kneading the body.

Usage examples:

Then, during the last minute of the rub, the subject's skin was gently lifted with a c-shaped motio…

Meanings of Petro:

Of rock; relating to rocks.

Usage examples:

Petrography

Meanings of Petrobrusian:

noun

A follower of the radical heretical preacher pierre de bruys, active in southern france early in the 12th century, who rejected infant baptism, the mass, prayers for the dead, and other externals of worship.

Meanings of Petrochemical:

adjective

Relating to or denoting substances obtained by the refining and processing of petroleum or natural gas.

Usage examples:

A huge petrochemical works producing plastics

noun

A chemical obtained from petroleum and natural gas.

Usage examples:

A chemical engineer may specialize in pharmaceutical chemistry, petrochemicals, food additives, cer…

Meanings of Petrochemicals:

noun

A chemical obtained from petroleum and natural gas.

Usage examples:

A chemical engineer may specialize in pharmaceutical chemistry, petrochemicals, food additives, cer…

adjective

Relating to or denoting substances obtained by the refining and processing of petroleum or natural gas.

Usage examples:

A huge petrochemical works producing plastics

Meanings of Petrochemistry:

noun

The branch of chemistry concerned with the composition and formation of rocks (as distinct from minerals and ore deposits).

Usage examples:

The gabbroic parts of the st. stephen pluton and the calais quartz diorite are similar in petrochem…

Meanings of Petrodollar:

noun

A notional unit of currency earned by a country from the export of petroleum.

Usage examples:

Petrodollars were pouring into the kingdom