Petrify Petrol Petrolatum Petro Petroleum Petros

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~ PETRIFY  id+ | TO TRANSFORM INTO STONE |  see> PETRA
           myth> MEDUSA PETRIFIED THOSE WHO
                 GAZED AT HER
              sug> GAZE  sug> GAZELLE
~ PETROL      short for see> PETROLEUM
~ PETROLATUM  SEMISOLID PASTE OF A       sug> PASTOR
              A MIXTURE OF HYDROCARBONS  sug> VASELINE
~ PETRO       ukr for PETROS or PETER
~ PETROLEUM   FLUID HYDORCARBONS
^u            scope of ideas often reduced to
     id+ | OIL FROM STONE | from
     lat   PETRA  = ROCK
     eng   GAS      GASOLINE |
     sp    NAFTA    from
     arab  NAFTHAH  PETROLEUM BENZIN
     ukr   BENZYNA  GASOLINE
     maxim> "STEP ON THE GAS"
     sc> DISTILLATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCES
         KEROSENE  BENZENE  NAPHTHA  GAS OIL
           FUEL OIL  GASOLINE  PARAFFIN  VASELINE
~ PETROS   gr for STONE and name of the EVANGELIST
           or ROCK upon which the
           CATHOLIC CHURCH is erected