FOSSILISATION Antonyms

• joyful enthusiasm

• overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

• the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated

• originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

• an alert and refreshed state

• originality by virtue of being new and surprising

• the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

• (biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

• a progression from simpler to more complex forms

• a process of becoming larger or longer or more numerous or more important

• vegetation that has grown

• the gradual beginning or coming forth

• (pathology) an abnormal proliferation of tissue (as in a tumor)

• something grown or growing

• a characteristic state or mode of living

• the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities

• the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living

• the condition of living or the state of being alive

• the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)

• the period between birth and the present time

• the period from the present until death

• a living person

• animation and energy in action or expression

• living things collectively

• the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones

• an account of the series of events making up a person's life

• a motive for living

• a prison term lasting as long as the prisoner lives

• the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

• the condition of being (well or ill) preserved

• a process that saves organic substances from decay

• an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change

• the phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored

• the act of restoring to a more youthful condition

• the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

• the act of renewing

• filling again by supplying what has been used up

• bringing again into activity and prominence

• an energetic style

• a healthy capacity for vigorous activity

• (biology) a hypothetical force (not physical or chemical) once thought by Henri Bergson to cause the evolution and development of organisms

• the property of being able to survive and grow