Thesaurus / petrifaction
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synonyms for petrifaction
- coma
- slumber
- trance
- amazement
- anesthesia
- apathy
- asphyxia
- bewilderment
- dullness
- hebetude
- hypnosis
- inertia
- inertness
- insensibility
- languor
- lassitude
- lethargy
- narcosis
- numbness
- sleep
- somnolence
- sopor
- stupefaction
- swoon
- torpor
- fainting
- suspended animation
- swooning
- coma
- rapture
- reverie
- stupor
- unconsciousness
- abstraction
- catalepsy
- catatonia
- daze
- dream
- ecstasy
- glaze
- insensibility
- muse
- spell
- study
- transfixion
- transfixture
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How to use petrifaction in a sentence
The sand-rock containing this petrifaction is found in a horizontal position, differing only with respect to hardness and color.
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFTThe subjoined petrifaction of a leaf, apparently a species of betula, was obtained on this river.
SUMMARY NARRATIVE OF AN EXPLORATORY EXPEDITION TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, IN 1820HENRY ROWE SCHOOLCRAFTAccording to the Brooklyn Calvinist, God visits such supplicants with paralysis and petrifaction.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: WAS HE A CHRISTIAN?JOHN B. REMSBURGI am ungenerous, unloving,—a very petrifaction of anger and dissatisfaction.
A NOBLE NAMECLAIRE VON GLMERMany perfect specimens of petrifaction are to be seen on the island and along the river-banks.
THE BARREN GROUND OF NORTHERN CANADAWARBURTON MAYER PIKEThat strange petrifaction had begun in them which overtakes all very old monks and nuns who have never had very active minds.
THE WHITE SISTERF. MARION CRAWFORDOn the dry plain adjacent I discovered the finest specimens of petrifaction I have ever seen.
THE AWAKENING OF THE DESERTJULIUS C. BIRGEAdvise them to be burnt at the stake at once, rather than submit to this slow process of petrifaction.
WOMAN IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURYMARGARET FULLER OSSOLIIn one case, a large tree that had fallen before petrifaction lies partly exposed, both ends being still imbedded in the rock.
THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARKHIRAM MARTIN CHITTENDENBut, everything here is kept with such trimness that it gives you the idea of a petrifaction.
PASSAGES FROM THE ENGLISH NOTEBOOKS, VOLUME 2NATHANIEL HAWTHORNEWORDS RELATED TO PETRIFACTION
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