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Petitionee
- - A person cited to answer, or defend against, a petition.
Petitioner
- noun - one praying humbly for something; "a suppliant for her favors"
- someone who petitions a court for redress of a grievance or recovery of a right
Petrarchan
- unknown - Type of sonnet named after a 14th-century Italian poet.
Petrescent
- - Petrifying; converting into stone; as, petrescent water.
Petri Dish
- noun - a shallow dish used to culture bacteria
Petrifying
- verb - cause to become stonelike or stiff or dazed and stunned; "The horror petrified his feelings"; "Fear petrified her thinking"
- change into stone; "the wood petrified with time"
- make rigid and set into a conventional pattern; "rigidify the training schedule"; "ossified teaching methods"; "slogans petrify our thinking"
- paralyzing with terror
Petrissage
- noun - massage of the skin which is gently lifted and squeezed
Petroglyph
- noun - a carving or line drawing on rock (especially one made by prehistoric people)
Petrograph
- - A carving or drawing on rock, especially one made by prehistoric humans; called also a petrograph.
Petrohyoid
- - Pertaining to the petrous, or periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog.