RECUMBENCIES Antonyms

• (of hair) lack of a tendency to curl

• freedom from crooks or curves or bends or angles

• trueness of course toward a goal

• having honest intentions

• a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the opposite sex

• social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers

• the state of being tense and feeling pain

• an uncomfortable feeling of mental painfulness or distress

• an inclination to do something

• a natural inclination

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

• the act of deviating from a vertical position

• departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal

• (of persons) having the torso erect and legs bent with the body supported on the buttocks

• (photography) the act of assuming a certain position (as for a photograph or portrait)

• the act of assuming or maintaining a seated position

• a meeting of spiritualists

• a session as of a legislature or court

• not moving and therefore easy to attack

• (of fluids) not moving or flowing

• executed in or initiated from a standing position

• (of persons) on the feet; having the torso in an erect position supported by straight legs

• social or financial or professional status or reputation

• an ordered listing of scores or results showing the relative positions of competitors (individuals or teams) in a sporting event

• the act of assuming or maintaining an erect upright position

• having a supporting base

• not created for a particular occasion

• permanent

• at right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line

• relating to or involving all stages of a business from production to distribution

• upright in position or posture

• something that is oriented vertically

• a vertical structural member as a post or stake

• of or relating to different levels in a hierarchy (as levels of social class or income group)