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What is the noun for fossilized?

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fossil
  1. The mineralized remains of an animal or plant.
  2. (paleontology) Any preserved evidence of ancient life, including shells, imprints, burrows, coprolites, and organically-produced chemicals.
  3. (linguistics) A fossil word.
  4. (figuratively) Anything extremely old, extinct, or outdated.
  5. Synonyms:
  6. Examples:
    1. “The fossil of a creature called archaeopteryx provides strong evidence for this theory as it closely resembles theropod dinosaurs.”
      “The guy is a fossil and the last time he was part of any success was in the 1970s.”
      “The guy's a wackadoodle fossil and nuclear apologist, making snarky comments about wind turbines and climate change.”
fossilism
  1. The science or state of fossils.
  2. The state of being extremely antiquated in views and opinions.
fossility
  1. (humorous) The quality of being a genuine fossil.
  2. (humorous) Having qualities usually attributed to fossils, such as age combined with an absence of contemporary traits.
fossilization
  1. The process of converting, or of being converted, into a fossil.
  2. (figuratively) The process of becoming fixed, unchanging, and out of date.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The complexity of the fossilization process is reflected in the presence of different textures in adjacent cells of the same tissue.”
      “This may not be fossilization as we know it, of large macrostructures, but fossilization at a molecular level.”
      “The party Polaroid is not so much an evocation of a past event as it is an instant fossilization of the present.”
fossilhood
  1. (rare) The state of being a fossil (mineralized remains).
  2. (rare) The state of being a fossil (old-fashioned).
fossilisation
  1. British spelling standard spelling of fossilization.
  2. Examples:
    1. “In the fossilisation process, the original organic parts of the shark's tooth are replaced by minerals such as iron pyrites and silica.”
      “By demonstrating that soft tissue can be mineralised in the laboratory we had discovered a new approach to investigating this important mode of fossilisation.”
      “The almost minuscule teeth are somewhat round and stained yellowish-brown by the fossilisation process.”
fossilist
  1. One who is versed in the science of fossils.
fossilizer
  1. That which causes or undergoes fossilization.
fossilification
  1. The process of becoming a fossil.
fossildom
  1. The realm or sphere of fossils.
  2. Examples:
    1. “I witnessed the slow burial of dead shells and bones, whose long journey toward fossildom was just beginning.”
fossilology
  1. The study of fossils.
  2. Synonyms:
fossilizations
fossilisations
  1. plural of fossilisation
fossilizers
  1. plural of fossilizer
fossilists
  1. plural of fossilist
fossils
  1. plural of fossil
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Insect palaeontology depends on assigning fossils to extant taxa usually on the basis of wing characters.”
      “A Pliocene age for the Siesta palaeosol and Nothofagus fossils has been inferred from diatom and palynological biostratigraphy.”
      “The occurrence higher in the succession of nummulites and neritic fossils indicates overall shallowing upwards.”
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