Term: petrifaction: the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
Candidate hypernym: fossilization: the process of fossilizing a plant or animal that existed in some earlier age; the process of being turned to stone → 1
Candidate hypernym: neon: a colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube; one of the six inert gasses; occurs in the air in small amounts → 0
Candidate hypernym: a cappella singing: singing without instrumental accompaniment → 0
Candidate hypernym: whale sucker: large blue Pacific remora that attaches to whales and dolphins → 0
Candidate hypernym: eukaryote: an organism with cells characteristic of all life forms except primitive microorganisms such as bacteria; i.e. an organism with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei in its cells → 0
Candidate hypernym: female genitalia: external female sex organs → 0
Candidate hypernym: droshky: an open horse-drawn carriage with four wheels; formerly used in Poland and Russia → 0
Candidate hypernym: shoring: the act of propping up with shores → 0
Candidate hypernym: first lateran council: the first council of the Western Church held in the Lateran Palace in 1123; focused on church discipline and made plans to recover the Holy Lands from the Muslim `infidels' → 0
Candidate hypernym: detective novel: novel in which the reader is challenged to solve a puzzle before the detective explains it at the end → 0
Candidate hypernym: telescopy: the art of making and using telescopes → 0