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— English words —

• petrify v. To harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals.
• petrify v. To produce rigidity akin to stone.
• petrify v. To immobilize with fright.
• petrify v. (Intransitive) To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits.
• petrify v. (Intransitive, figurative) To become stony, callous, or obdurate.
• petrify v. (Transitive, figurative) To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification.

— English words, defined in German —

• petrify V. Zu einem Fossil werden; versteinern, petrifizieren.
• petrify V. Übertragen: (den Geist) lähmen; jemanden erstarren lassen oder verhärten.

— English words, defined in French —

• petrify v. Pétrifier.
• petrify v. (Sens figuré) Méduser.

33 English words from 6 English definitions

akin and become calcareous callous depositing deposits dissolved figurative fright harden hardness immobilize Intransitive make matter minerals obdurate of␣a organic organic␣matter paralyze permeating petrification produce rigidity stone stony stupefy transform Transitive water with

4 English words from 4 foreign definitions

den Fossil Geist Sens

15 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

einem erstarren figuré jemanden lähmen lassen Méduser oder Pétrifier petrifizieren Sens␣figuré Übertragen verhärten versteinern werden

One suffix (New word found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

petrifying

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unpetrifying

One prefix (New word found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

unpetrify

13 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ETR -ify pet PET Pet. petri rif Rif RIF tri Tri TRI tri-

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

fir FIR Irt IRT RTÉ Rte. Tep

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

hyperfit prettify typifier

6 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

ferity fitrep prefit pyrite tepify typier

2 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

metrify putrify

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