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Showing words for DORMANT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Dormant

dormant, mordant

6 Letter Words for Dormant

antdom, matron, ortman, random, rodman, tomand

5 Letter Words for Dormant

adorn, amort, andor, damon, donar, donat, drant, drona, manor, manto, maron, monad, morat, morta, nardo, nomad, norma, orant, radon, ramon, roman, rotan, tardo, toman, toran, torma, troad, trona

4 Letter Words for Dormant

adon, ador, amdt, amon, amor, arno, atmo, atom, damn, dant, darn, dart, dato, doat, domn, dona, dont, dora, dorm, dorn, dort, dram, drat, mado, mand, mano, mant, mard, maro, mart, mdnt, moan, moat, mona, mont, mora, mord, morn, mort, mota, mrna, nard, nato, natr, noma, norm, nota, oman, orad, oran, ordn, orna, rand, rant, rato, road, roam, roan, roma, rond, ront, rota, tarn, taro, toad, toda, torn, trad, tram, trna, trod, tron

3 Letter Words for Dormant

adm, ado, amt, and, ant, aor, ard, arm, arn, art, atm, dam, dan, dao, dar, dat, dna, doa, dom, don, dor, dot, mad, man, mao, mar, mat, mna, moa, mod, mon, mor, mot, mrd, mtd, mtn, nad, nam, nar, nat, noa, nod, nom, nor, not, oad, oam, oar, oat, oda, ona, ont, ora, ord, ort, rad, ram, ran, rat, rna, rnd, rod, rom, ron, rot, tad, tam, tan, tao, tar, tdr, toa, tod, tom, ton, tor, tra, trm

Definitions for Dormant

[1] lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive, as in sleep; torpid: The lecturer's sudden shout woke the dormant audience.
[2] in a state of rest or inactivity; inoperative; in abeyance: The project is dormant for the time being.
[3] Biology . in a state of minimal metabolic activity with cessation of growth, either as a reaction to adverse conditions or as part of an organism's normal annual rhythm.
[4] undisclosed; unasserted: dormant musical talent.
[5] (of a volcano) not erupting.
[6] Botany . temporarily inactive: dormant buds; dormant seeds.
[7] (of a pesticide) applied to a plant during a period of dormancy: a dormant spray.
[8] Heraldry . (of an animal) represented as lying with its head on its forepaws, as if asleep.
[9] quiet and inactive, as during sleep
[10] latent or inoperative
[11] (of a volcano) neither extinct nor erupting
[12] biology alive but in a resting torpid condition with suspended growth and reduced metabolism
[13] (usually postpositive) heraldry (of a beast) in a sleeping position

Words related to Dormant

latent, inert, inoperative, passive, asleep, comatose, sluggish, down, fallow, lethargic, lurking, potential, quiescent, slack, suspended, torpid, abeyant, prepatent, slumbering, smoldering

Words nearby Dormant

dorking, dorkland, dorky, dorm, dormancy, dormant, dormer, dormeuse, dormie, dormient, dormin

Origin of Dormant

1350–1400; Middle English dorma(u)nt < Anglo-French, present participle of dormir < Latin dormīre to sleep; see -ant

Other words from Dormant

non·dor·mant , adjective
sem·i·dor·mant , adjective

Word origin for Dormant

C14: from Old French dormant, from dormir to sleep, from Latin dormīre

Synonyms for Dormant

asleep, comatose, inert, inoperative, latent, passive, sidelined, sluggish, abeyant, closed down, down, fallow, hibernating, lethargic, lurking, on the shelf, out of action, potential, prepatent, quiescent, slack, slumbering, smoldering, suspended, torpid