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Dormancy   Listen
noun
Dormancy  n.  The state of being dormant; quiescence; abeyance.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Dormancy" Quotes from Famous Books



... hands at the same instant of time, and the farce of Addresses brought up the rear; and this mode of proceeding is called by the prostituted name of Law. Such a thundering rapidity, after a ministerial dormancy of almost eighteen months, can be attributed to no other cause than their having gained information of the forwardness of the cheap Edition, and the dread they felt at the progressive increase of ...
— The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Complete - With Index to Volumes I - IV • Thomas Paine

... is not possible for at least one or more kinds of plants to be grown. This is possible because the plants that can be grown under the most adverse conditions have special structures and adaptations with regard to periods of growth and rest or dormancy. One of the most important adaptations of nearly all trees and shrubs that shed their leaves in autumn and survive freezing weather without injury for a part of the year, is that of rest. This rest in ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting • Northern Nut Growers Association



Words linked to "Dormancy" :   rest, inactiveness, inactivity, slumber, dormant, quiescence, ease, inaction, vegetation, hibernation, inactive, relaxation, quiescency



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