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Petrosal :: Petrosal (a.) Hard; stony; petrous; as, the petrosal bone; petrosal part of the temporal bone..

Lapidify :: Lapidify (v. i.) To become stone or stony.

Tabulata :: Tabulata (n. pl.) An artificial group of stony corals including those which have transverse septa in the calicles. The genera Pocillopora and Favosites are examples.

Lithiasis :: Lithiasis (n.) The formation of stony concretions or calculi in any part of the body, especially in the bladder and urinary passages..

Calcification :: Calcification (n.) The process of change into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and of teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue..

Petrous :: Petrous (a.) Like stone; hard; stony; rocky; as, the petrous part of the temporal bone..

Stonework :: Stoneweed (n.) Any plant of the genus Lithospermum, herbs having a fruit composed of four stony nutlets..

Stont :: Stonish (a.) Stony.

Lithophyte :: Lithophyte (n.) A hard, or stony, plantlike organism, as the gorgonians, corals, and corallines, esp. those gorgonians having a calcareous axis. All the lithophytes except the corallines are animals..

Isis :: Isis (n.) Any coral of the genus Isis, or family Isidae, composed of joints of white, stony coral, alternating with flexible, horny joints. See Gorgoniacea..

Stonish :: Stoniness (n.) The quality or state of being stony.

Lapidify :: Lapidify (v. t.) To convert into stone or stony material; to petrify.

Stony :: Stony (superl.) Of or pertaining to stone, consisting of, or abounding in, stone or stones; resembling stone; hard; as, a stony tower; a stony cave; stony ground; a stony crust..

Actinaria :: Actinaria (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not..

Stood :: Stony (superl.) Inflexible; cruel; unrelenting; pitiless; obdurate; perverse; cold; morally hard; appearing as if petrified; as, a stony heart; a stony gaze..

Tophaceous :: Tophaceous (a.) Gritty; sandy; rough; stony.

Astonied :: Astonied (p. p.) Stunned; astonished. See Astony.

Calculary :: Calculary (n.) A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.

Lapidescence :: Lapidescence (n.) A stony concretion.

Rock :: Rock (n.) A large concreted mass of stony material; a large fixed stone or crag. See Stone.

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