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fossilize
verb as in harden
Strong matches
Weak match
verb as in indurate
Strong matches
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- amalgamate
- anneal
- bake
- brace
- buttress
- cake
- calcify
- callous
- cement
- close
- clot
- coagulate
- compact
- concrete
- congeal
- consolidate
- contract
- crystallize
- curdle
- dry
- firm
- fix
- fortify
- freeze
- gird
- jell
- nerve
- ossify
- petrify
- precipitate
- press
- reinforce
- season
- set
- settle
- solidify
- starch
- steel
- stiffen
- strengthen
- temper
- thicken
- toughen
- vitrify
Weak matches
verb as in ossify
verb as in petrify
Weak match
Example Sentences
When these results are combined with fossilized footprints, the overall appearance of this duck-billed dinosaur, long speculated about but never documented with this level of precision, becomes much clearer.
Because sharks possess skeletons made of cartilage, their bodies rarely fossilize.
Praia do Telheiro revealed a single footprint attributed to either a teenager or an adult woman, found near fossilized bird tracks that are typical of rocky and coastal habitats.
The team examined fossilized teeth from 51 hominids found across Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Researchers examined six fossilized specimens, including pupae and emerging adults, all showing the presence of a terminal disc.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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