recumbency
41horizontal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Parallel to the earth s surface Nouns 1. horizontality, horizontalness, flatness; level, plane; stratum (see layer); horizon, azimuth; recumbency, lying down, reclination, proneness, supination,… …
42recumbent — 1640s (implied in recumbency), from L. recumbentem (nom. recumbens), prp. of recumbere to recline, from re back (see RE (Cf. re )) + cumbere to lie down, related to cubare be lying (see CUBICLE (Cf …
43recumbent — [rɪ kʌmb(ə)nt] adjective 1》 lying down. 2》 (of a plant) growing close to the ground. noun a bicycle ridden in a reclining position. Derivatives recumbency noun recumbently adverb Origin C17: from L. recumbent , recumbere recline , from re back +… …
44repose — I. v. a. 1. Compose, rest, put to rest, lay down to rest, give repose to, settle, recline. 2. Place (in confidence), put, stake. 3. Lodge, reposit, deposit, lay up, store. II. v. n. 1. Lie, rest. 2. Rest, sleep, slumber, recline, couch …
45listlessness — n 1. languor, languidness, lassitude, ennui, Inf. the blahs; phlegmaticness, lethargy, sluggishness, fatigue, weariness, enervation; hebetude, heaviness, phlegm, leadenness, drowsiness, sleepiness, (in the Middle East) kef; lackadaisicalness,… …
46prostration — n 1. obeisance, kowtow, salaam; crouch, stoop, bow, genuflection; reverence, groveling, crawling, sniveling. 2. lowness, supineness, resupineness, proneness; recumbency, accumbency, decumbence; fall, downfall, collapse; overthrow, upset,… …
47lay — I. /leɪ / (say lay) verb (laid, laying) –verb (t) 1. to put or place in a position of rest or recumbency: to lay a book on a desk. 2. to bring, throw, or beat down, as from an erect position: to lay a person low. 3. to cause to subside: to lay… …
48recumbent — /rəˈkʌmbənt / (say ruh kumbuhnt) adjective 1. lying down; reclining; leaning. 2. inactive; idle. 3. Zoology, Botany denoting a part that leans or reposes upon anything. –noun 4. a recumbent person, animal, plant, etc. {Latin recumbens, present… …
49recumbent — a. lying at ease. ♦ recumbency, n …
50recumbent — ► ADJECTIVE 1) lying down. 2) (of a plant) growing close to the ground. DERIVATIVES recumbency noun. ORIGIN from Latin recumbere recline …
