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active |
engaging in activity rather than relaxing, sleeping, or being dormant. [1/7 definitions] |
asleep |
dormant. [1/7 definitions] |
cyst |
the resistant wall encapsulating the dormant form of many microscopic organisms, or a dormant organism possessing such a resistant wall. [1/3 definitions] |
estivate |
to spend the summer in a dormant or inactive state. (Cf. hibernate.) [1/2 definitions] |
hibernate |
to remain dormant over the winter in a den or burrow so as to conserve energy, as bears and other animals. [1/2 definitions] |
Nevado del Ruiz |
a Colombian volcano that erupted in 1985 after having been dormant for 150 years, causing 23,000 deaths in what was the world's second most deadly volcanic eruption of the twentieth century. |
quiescent |
in a state of inaction or rest; dormant. |
torpid |
dormant or inactive, as in hibernation. [1/2 definitions] |
torpor |
a state of suspended movement or feeling, as in a dormant animal. [1/2 definitions] |
vernalize |
to stimulate the growth of (a plant) by chilling the seed or bulb in order to shorten the dormant stage. |
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