Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See Dormant, a.]

(Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or " sleep." --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer. --Halliwell. Dormer

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

125 Moby Thesaurus words for "dormant": abeyant, apathetic, asleep, at rest, benumbed, between the lines, blase, bored, cataleptic, catatonic, comatose, concealed, contemplative, covert, cryptic, dead, dead asleep, debilitated, deep asleep, delitescent, do-nothing, dopey, droopy, drugged, dull, enervated, esoteric, exanimate, fast asleep, flaked-out, flat, foul, groggy, heavy, hebetudinous, hibernating, hidden, idle, immobile, in abeyance, in suspense, inactive, inanimate, inert, jaded, lackadaisical, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, languid, languorous, latent, leaden, lethargic, lifeless, listless, logy, lumpish, lurking, meditative, moribund, motionless, muffled, mystic, neuter, neutral, numb, obfuscated, oblivious, obscured, occult, out, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, phlegmatic, pooped, possible, potential, procrastinating, quiescent, quiet, quietist, quietistic, resting, sated, sedentary, slack, sleeping, sleepy, slow, sluggish, slumbering, slumberous, smoldering, somnolent, sound asleep, stagnant, stagnating, standing, standpat, static, stationary, still, stultified, submerged, supine, suspended, tame, torpid, unaroused, unconscious, under the surface, underlying, undisclosed, unexpressed, unmanifested, unmoving, unrevealed, vegetable, vegetative, veiled, virtual, wan, weary, world-weary

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
 

dormant adj
1: of e.g. volcanos; temporarily inactive; "a dormant volcano" [syn: inactive] [ant: extinct, active]
2: lying with head on paws as if sleeping [syn: dormant(ip), sleeping]
3: in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs" [syn: hibernating(a), torpid]
4: not active but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

Partner \Part"ner\, n. [For parcener, influenced by part.]

1. One who has a part in anything with an other; a partaker; an associate; a sharer. ``Partner of his fortune.'' --Shak. Hence:
   (a) A husband or a wife.
   (b) Either one of a couple who dance together.
   (c) One who shares as a member of a partnership in the management, or in the gains and losses, of a business.

My other self, the partner of my life. --Milton.

2. (Law) An associate in any business or occupation; a member of a partnership. See Partnership.

3. pl. (Naut.) A framework of heavy timber surrounding an opening in a deck, to strengthen it for the support of a mast, pump, capstan, or the like.

Dormant, or Silent, partner. See under Dormant, a.

Syn: Associate; colleague; coadjutor; confederate; partaker; participator; companion; comrade; mate.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Dormant \Dor"mant\, a. [F., p. pr. of dormir to sleep, from L. dormire; cf. Gr. ?, Skr. dr[=a], OSlav. dr?mati.]

1. Sleeping; as, a dormant animal; hence, not in action or exercise; quiescent; at rest; in abeyance; not disclosed, asserted, or insisted on; as, dormant passions; dormant claims or titles.

It is by lying dormant a long time, or being . . . very rarely exercised, that arbitrary power steals upon a people. --Burke.

2. (Her.) In a sleeping posture; as, a lion dormant; -- distinguished from couchant.

Dormant partner (Com.), a partner who takes no share in the active business of a company or partnership, but is entitled to a share of the profits, and subject to a share in losses; -- called also sleeping or silent partner.

Dormant window (Arch.), a dormer window. See Dormer.

Table dormant, a stationary table. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Dormant \Dor"mant\, n. [See Dormant, a.]

(Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or `` sleep.'' --Arch. Pub. Soc. -- Called also dormant tree, dorman tree, dormond, and dormer. --Halliwell.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)