- Decumbency
- Decumbence De*cum"bence, Decumbency De*cum"ben*cy, n.
The act or posture of lying down.
[1913 Webster]
The ancient manner of decumbency. --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Decumbency
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decumbency — See decumbence. * * * … Universalium
decumbency — noun decumbence … Wiktionary
decumbency — de·cum·ben·cy … English syllables
decumbency — n. decubitus. ♦ decumbent, a. ♦ decumbiture, n. confinement to bed … Dictionary of difficult words
decumbency — … Useful english dictionary
Decumbence — De*cum bence, Decumbency De*cum ben*cy, n. The act or posture of lying down. [1913 Webster] The ancient manner of decumbency. Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Horizontality — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Horizontality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 horizontality horizontality Sgm: N 1 flatness flatness Sgm: N 1 level level plane Sgm: N 1 stratum stratum &c. 204 Sgm: N 1 dead level dead level … English dictionary for students
decumbent — decumbence, decumbency, n. decumbently, adv. /di kum beuhnt/, adj. 1. lying down; recumbent. 2. Bot. (of stems, branches, etc.) lying or trailing on the ground with the extremity tending to ascend. [1635 45; < L decumbent (s. of decumbens), prp.… … Universalium
lounging — Synonyms and related words: accubation, accumbency, accumbent, couchant, couche, crawling, dallying, dawdling, decumbency, decumbent, dillydallying, dolce far niente, draped, flat, goofing off, groveling, idling, lazing, lingering, loafing,… … Moby Thesaurus
lying — Synonyms and related words: accubation, accumbency, accumbent, couchancy, couchant, couche, crawling, credibility gap, debasement, deceit, deceitful, deceptive, decumbency, decumbent, delusive, delusory, depression, dishonest, dishonesty, draped … Moby Thesaurus
