Definitions for dormancies

dormancies dor·man·cy

Spelling: [dawr-muh n-see]
IPA: /ˈdɔr mən si/

Dormancies is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1609 anagrams from letters in dormancies (acdeimnors).

Definitions for dormancies

noun

  1. the state of being dormant.

Origin of dormancies

First recorded in 1780-90; dorm(ant) + -ancy

Examples for dormancies

Instead, he found that they developed erratically and sometimes experienced periods of dormancy before reawakening.

Thus, at the proper time, the milk-glands of a mammalian mother are awakened from their dormancy.

It has now to be shewn that the germs of disease also retain their vital powers in a state of dormancy during a lengthened period.

During this confinement, they do not hibernate but rather enter a state of "dormancy" and become inactive.

The change of seasons, and an annual period of dormancy, demand forethought and prudence.

That has been during their season of dormancy, but in every case they have pushed at the proper time.

The most remarkable thing about them is the length and intensity of their dormancy in hibernation.

A distinction of great importance from a physiological and a practical point of view is made between rest and dormancy in plants.

The activity of the plague in London in 1563 made up for its dormancy in the years preceding.

That is a sign of the absence, or at least of the dormancy, of the Comic idea.

Word Value for dormancies
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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