Related Words for dormancy

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quiescence
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Noun, Noun
sleeping
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Noun, Noun
hibernation
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Noun
dormant
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Adjective
germination
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Noun
senescence
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Noun
flowering
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Noun
vegetative
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Adjective
inactivity
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Noun
diapause
x//
Noun
stasis
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Noun
desiccation
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Noun
winter
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Noun
torpor
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Noun
slumber
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Noun
renewal
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Noun
quiescent
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Adjective
periods
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Noun
onset
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Noun
reactivation
//x/x
Noun
emergence
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Noun
drought
/
Noun
perennial
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Adjective
embryogenesis
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Noun
springtime
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Noun
phenological
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Adjective
cycle
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Noun
rebirth
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Noun
blooming
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Noun
morphogenetic
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Adjective
anoxia
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Noun
fruiting
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Noun
seedling
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Noun
hiatus
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Noun
maturation
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Noun
cessation
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Noun
reestablishment
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Noun
fertilization
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Noun
stagnation
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Noun
ripening
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Noun
regimes
x/
Noun
interregnum
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Noun
reemergence
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Noun
overwintering
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Adjective
propagation
xx/x
Noun
midwinter
//x
Noun
growth
/
Noun
latency
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Noun
idleness
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Noun
drowsiness
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Noun
stillness
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Noun
passivity
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Noun
abeyance
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Noun
sluggishness
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Noun
somnolence
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Noun
tiredness
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Noun
lethargy
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Noun
restlessness
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Noun
quiet
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Adjective
repose
x/
Noun
timidity
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Noun
tranquillity
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Noun
calmness
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Noun
persistency
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Noun
sleepiness
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Noun
languor
//
Noun
indolence
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Noun
wakefulness
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Noun
serenity
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Noun
bud
/
Adjective, Noun
embryo
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Adjective
tuber
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Adjective
pupal
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Adjective
seed
/
Verb, Noun
sprouting
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Noun
breaking
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Noun, Verb
insect
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Adjective
spores
/
Noun
dispersal
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Noun
lapsed
/
Verb
innate
x/
Adjective
induced
x/
Adjective
sustains
x/
Verb
breakage
/x
Noun
tumor
/x
Adjective
exogenous
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Adjective
overcoming
/xxx
Verb
induction
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Noun
prolonged
x/
Adjective
enforced
x/
Verb
physiological
xxx/xx
Adjective
aggressiveness
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Noun
alienation
xxx/x
Noun
cancer
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Noun, Adjective
debility
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Noun
eclipse
x/
Noun, Verb
estrangement
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Noun
exhaustion
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Noun
gestation
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Noun
insecurity
xx/xx
Noun
introversion
/x/x
Noun
isolation
xx/x
Noun
lag
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
latent
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Adjective, Noun
maturity
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Noun
obscurity
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Noun
poverty
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Noun
privation
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Noun
rest
/
Noun, Verb
starvation
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Noun
sterility
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Noun
tumour
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Noun
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
shirtless
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Adjective
stonewall
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Name, Verb, Adjective
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
milestone
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Noun, Verb
sorta
/x
Adverb
anymore
xx/
Adverb