You searched for:
“petrifier”
1. That which causes an object to become obdurate or a person to become insensitive and unresponsive: Dissolved minerals are petrifiers which can change plant material into a fossilized form, but only after an exceedingly long time!
A very strong fear of heights can be a petrifier for some people causing them to be completely paralyzed during the experience.
This entry is located in the following units:
fac-, facil-, fact-, feas-, -feat, -fect, -feit, -facient, -faction, -fic-, -fy, -ficate, -fication
(page 27)
petro-, petr-, petri-, peter-
(page 2)