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Showing words for FOSSILIZE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Fossilize

fossilize

7 Letter Words for Fossilize

fissile, flossie

6 Letter Words for Fossilize

filose, filses, fissle, folies, fossil, sizels

5 Letter Words for Fossilize

felis, files, filos, flies, floes, floss, foils, folie, fosie, fosse, isize, isles, issei, leiss, liefs, loess, loses, seifs, seils, selfs, siles, silos, sizel, sizes, sloes, soils, solei, soles, sosie, zeiss

4 Letter Words for Fossilize

elfs, feil, feis, fels, fess, fiel, fies, file, fili, filo, fils, fise, floe, foes, foil, fole, foss, isis, isle, isls, isos, izle, leis, leos, less, lief, lies, life, lifo, liss, lose, loss, oils, oles, oses, osse, seif, seil, seis, self, sels, sife, sile, silo, siol, sise, sisi, size, sloe, soil, sole, sols, zels

3 Letter Words for Fossilize

efl, efs, elf, eli, els, eof, eos, ess, ezo, fei, fes, fez, fie, fil, fiz, flo, foe, fol, ife, ifs, ile, ilo, iof, ios, ise, isl, iso, isz, lei, leo, les, lez, lie, lif, lis, loe, lof, los, oes, oie, oii, oil, ois, ole, ose, osi, ozs, sei, sel, sez, sfz, sie, sif, sil, sis, sle, sol, sse, zel, zos

Definitions for Fossilize

[1] Geology . to convert into a fossil; replace organic with mineral substances in the remains of an organism.
[2] to change as if into mere lifeless remains or traces of the past.
[3] to make rigidly antiquated: Time has fossilized such methods.
[4] to become a fossil or like a fossil: The plant fossilized in comparatively recent geologic time.
[5] Linguistics . (of a linguistic form, feature, rule, etc.) to become permanently established in the interlanguage of a second-language learner in a form that is deviant from the target-language norm and that continues to appear in performance regardless of further exposure to the target language.
[6] to convert or be converted into a fossil
[7] to become or cause to become antiquated or inflexible

Words related to Fossilize

dwindle, wilt, wither, shrink, stiffen, thicken, indurate, freeze, harden, congeal, solidify, petrify, set, clarify, calcify, mineralize, lapidify, welter, sear, burn

Words nearby Fossilize

fossil fuel, fossil fuels, fossil gum, fossil record, fossiliferous, fossilize, fossor, fossorial, fossula, foster, foster brother

Origin of Fossilize

First recorded in 1785–95; fossil + -ize

Other words from Fossilize

fos·sil·iz·a·ble , adjective
fos·sil·i·za·tion , noun
sem·i·fos·sil·ized , adjective
un·fos·sil·ized , adjective
fossilize verb

Synonyms for Fossilize

congeal, freeze, harden, indurate, petrify, solidify, stiffen, thicken, turn to bone