petrescent
/pɛˈtɹɛsənt/
petrescent adjective: petrifying; converting into stone.
Adjective
petrescent (not comparable)
- Petrifying; converting into stone.
- in the solid substance of the stone; […]this compact and ponderous body was made stony, by the supervention of some petrescent liquor upon porous earth1672, Robert Boyle, Origin and Virtues of Gems
Origin of petrescent
Latin petra (“rock, stone”), from Ancient Greek.
Words that rhyme with petrescent
- crescent
- evanescent
- deliquescent
- fluorescent
- incandescent
- efflorescent
- quiescent
- senescent
- accrescent
- acquiescent
- arborescent
- circumcrescent
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- convalescent
- depressant
- effervescent
- erubescent
- excrescent
- iridescent
- juvenescent
- lapidescent
- pubescent
- recrudescent
- reflorescent
- spinescent
- tumescent
- virescent
- viridescent
- acaulescent
- adipescent
- adularescent
- adultescent
- adultolescent
- agonescent
- albescent
- alcalescent
- alkalescent
- antidepressant
- autofluorescent
- autoluminescent
- biofluorescent
- bioluminescent
- calescent
- candescent
- cathodoluminescent
- caulescent
- cerulescent
- cessant
- chemifluorescent
- chemiluminescent
- chemoluminescent
- cinerescent
- coalescent
- concrescent
- contabescent
- crystalloluminescent
- cytofluorescent
- decadescent
- decalescent
- defervescent
- delitescent
Questions about petrescent
- What does petrescent mean?
- Petrescent means petrifying; converting into stone.
- What part of speech is petrescent?
- Petrescent is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce petrescent?
- Petrescent is pronounced /pɛˈtɹɛsənt/.
Words near petrescent in the dictionary
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