lapidification
noun
la·pid·i·fi·ca·tion
ləˌpidəfə̇ˈkāshən
plural -s
: the act or process of lapidifying : fossilization, petrifaction
Word History
Etymology
probably from (assumed) New Latin lapidification-, lapidificatio, from Medieval Latin lapidificatus (past participle of lapidificare) + Latin -ion-, -io -ion
- tortional
- tortious
- tortious conveyance
- tortiously
- tortive
- tortle
- tortoise
- tortoise beetle
- tortoise plant
- tortoise scale
- tortoise-core
- tortoises
- tortoiseshell
- tortoiseshell butterfly
- tortoiseshell cat
- tortoiseshell tiger
- tortoiseshell turtle
- tortoiseshells
- Tortola
- tortoni
- tortonis
- tortrices
- tortricid
- Tortricidae
- tortricidaes