ossify
Turn to calcium
Ossify means to turn into bone or to harden like bone.
Cartilage ossifies as children grow.
Figuratively, ossify describes ideas, institutions, or habits becoming rigid and resistant to change: The bureaucracy had ossified over decades of neglect.
His political views ossified in his thirties and never budged.
Make or become firm
- solidifyMake or become hard
- setArrange in position
- crystallizeForm into ordered structure
- stiffenBecome less pliable
indurate · petrify · calcify · concrete · gel · firm · coagulate
State of inactivity
- inertiaResistance to altered motion
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- plateauFlat highland area
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
sclerotic · moribund · calcified · fossilized · hidebound · stuck · entrenched · arrested
Refusing to compromise
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
obdurate · immovable · uncompromising · hardened · resistant · closed-minded · fixed · pigheaded
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- hideboundRigidly adhering to tradition
- doctrinaireRigidly attached to doctrine
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
fundamentalist · traditionalist · conservative · institutionalized · bureaucratic · entrenched · fossilized · calcified
Internal supportive framework
- cartilageFlexible connective body tissue
- marrowSoft bone interior
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- collagenStructural body protein
osteocyte · osteoblast · epiphysis · fontanelle · suture · periosteum · ossicle · remodeling
Becoming rock-like
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
- amberHardened ancient tree secretion
- remainsContinues in place
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
sediment · paleontology · prehistoric · dinosaur · archaeology · imprint · strata · carbon-dating
harden
Make or become firm
- solidifyMake or become hard
- setArrange in position
- crystallizeForm into ordered structure
stiffen · indurate · petrify · calcify · concrete · gel · firm · coagulate
stasis
State of inactivity
- inertiaResistance to altered motion
- stalemateMutual obstruction preventing progress
- plateauFlat highland area
stagnation · sclerotic · moribund · calcified · fossilized · hidebound · stuck · entrenched · arrested · static
intransigent
Refusing to compromise
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- unbendingRefusing to change position
adamant · obdurate · immovable · uncompromising · hardened · resistant · closed-minded · fixed · pigheaded · mulish
rigid
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- hideboundRigidly adhering to tradition
- doctrinaireRigidly attached to doctrine
orthodox · fundamentalist · traditionalist · conservative · institutionalized · bureaucratic · entrenched · fossilized · calcified · reactionary
skeleton
Internal supportive framework
collagen · osteocyte · osteoblast · epiphysis · fontanelle · suture · periosteum · ossicle · remodeling · mineralization
petrification
Becoming rock-like
preservation · sediment · paleontology · prehistoric · dinosaur · archaeology · imprint · strata · carbon-dating · extinct