Roget's Thesaurus. Peter Mark Roget

croquet lawn; billiard table; terrace, estrade[obs3], esplanade, parterre.

       [flat land area] table land, plateau, ledge; butte; mesa (plain) 344.

       [instrument to measure horizontality] level, spirit level.

       V. be horizontal &c. adj.; lie, recline, couch; lie down, lie flat,

       lie prostrate; sprawl, loll, sit down.

       render horizontal &c. adj.; lay down, lay out; level, flatten;

       prostrate, knock down, floor, fell.

       Adj. horizontal, level, even, plane; flat &c. 251; flat as a billiard

       table, flat as a bowling green; alluvial; calm, calm as a mill pond;

       smooth, smooth as glass.

       recumbent, decumbent, procumbent, accumbent[obs3]; lying &c. v.;

       prone, supine, couchant, jacent[obs3], prostrate, recubant[obs3].

       Adv. horizontally &c. adj.; on one's back, on all fours, on its beam

       ends.

      #214. Pendency. — N. pendency[obs3], dependency; suspension, hanging

       &c. v.; pedicel, pedicle, peduncle; tail, train, flap, skirt, pigtail, pony

       tail, pendulum; hangnail

       peg, knob, button, hook, nail, stud, ring, staple, tenterhook;

       fastening &c. 45; spar, horse.

       V. be pendent &c. adj.; hang, depend, swing, dangle; swag;

       daggle[obs3], flap, trail, flow; beetle.

       suspend, hang, sling, hook up, hitch, fasten to, append.

       Adj. pendent, pendulous; pensile; hanging &c. v.; beetling, jutting

       over, overhanging, projecting; dependent; suspended &c. v.; loose, flowing.

       having a peduncle &c. n.; pedunculate[obs3], tailed, caudate.

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      #215. Support. — N. support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib[obs3]; point d'appui[Fr], <gr/pou sto/gr>[Grk][Grk], purchase footing, hold, locus standi[Lat]; landing place, landing stage; stage, platform; block; rest, resting place; groundwork, substratum, riprap, sustentation, subvention; floor &c. (basement) 211. supporter; aid &c. 707; prop, stand, anvil, fulciment|; cue rest, jigger; monkey; stay, shore, skid, rib, truss, bandage; sleeper; stirrup, stilts, shoe, sole, heel, splint, lap, bar, rod, boom, sprit[obs3], outrigger; ratlings[obs3]. staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle[obs3]; bourdon[obs3], cowlstaff[obs3], lathi[obs3], mahlstick[obs3]. post, pillar, shaft, thill[obs3], column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle[obs3], zocle[obs3]; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone; upright; door post, jamb, door jamb. frame, framework; scaffold, skeleton, beam, rafter, girder, lintel, joist, travis[obs3], trave[obs3], corner stone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever, modillion[obs3]; crown post, king post; vertebra. columella[obs3], backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay. trunnion, pivot, rowlock[obs3]; peg &c. (pendency) 214[obs3]; tiebeam &c. (fastening) 45; thole pin[obs3]. board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet[obs3], trivet, arbor, rack; mantel, mantle piece[Fr], mantleshelf[obs3]; slab, console; counter, dresser; flange, corbel; table, trestle; shoulder; perch; horse; easel, desk; clotheshorse, hatrack; retable; teapoy[obs3]. seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud[obs3]; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil[Fr], woolsack[obs3], ottoman, settle, squab, bench; aparejo[obs3], faldstool[obs3], horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair; lamba chauki[obs3], lamba kursi[obs3]; saddle, pannel[obs3], pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel. bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed[obs3], cradle, litter, stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang[obs3]; bedding, bichhona, mattress, paillasse[obs3]; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion. footstool, hassock; tabouret[obs3]; tripod, monopod. Atlas, Persides, Atlantes[obs3], Caryatides, Hercules. V. be supported &c.; lie on, sit on, recline on, lean on, loll on, rest on, stand on, step on, repose on, abut on, bear on, be based on &c.; have at one's back; bestride, bestraddle[obs3]. support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up; uphold, upbear[obs3]; prop; under prop, under pin, under set; riprap; bandage &c. 43. give support, furnish support, afford support, supply support, lend support, give foundations, furnish foundations, afford foundations, supply foundations, lend foundations; bottom, found, base, ground, imbed, embed. maintain, keep on foot; aid &c. 707. Adj. supporting, supported &c. v.; fundamental; dorsigerous[obs3]. Adv. astride on, straddle.

      #216. Parallelism. — N. {ant. 216a} parallelism; coextension[obs3];

       equidistance[obs3]; similarity &c. 17.

       Adj. parallel; coextensive; equidistant.

       Adv. alongside &c. (laterally) 236.

      #216a. Perpendicularity—N. {ant. 216} perpendicularity,

       orthogonality; verticality, &c. 212.

       V. be perpendicular, be orthogonal; intersect at right angles, be

       rectangular, be at right angles to, intersect at 90 degrees; have no

       correlation.

       Adj. orthogonal, perpendicular; rectangular; uncorrelated.

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      #217. Obliquity. — N. obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness &c. adj.; slopeness[obs3]; leaning &c. v.; bevel, tilt; bias, list, twist, swag, cant, lurch; distortion &c. 243; bend &c. (curve) 245; tower of Pisa. acclivity, rise, ascent, gradient, khudd[obs3], rising ground, hill, bank, declivity, downhill, dip, fall, devexity|; gentle slope, rapid slope, easy ascent, easy descent; shelving beach; talus; monagne Russe[Fr]; facilis descensus averni[Lat]. V. intersect; lack parallelism.

      #218. Inversion. — N. inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion; contraposition &c. 237[obs3]; contrariety &c. 14; reversal; turn of the tide. overturn; somersault, somerset; summerset[obs3]; culbute[obs3]; revulsion; pirouette. transposition, transposal[obs3], anastrophy[obs3], metastasis, hyperbaton[obs3], anastrophe[obs3], hysteron proteron[Grk][Grk], hypallage[obs3], synchysis[obs3], tmesis[obs3], parenthesis; metathesis; palindrome. pronation and supination[Anat][obs3]. V. be inverted &c.; turn round, turn about, turn to the right about, go round, go about, go to the right about, wheel round, wheel about, wheel to the right about; turn over, go over, tilt over, topple over; capsize, turn turtle. invert, subvert, retrovert[obs3], introvert; reverse; up turn, over turn, up set, over set; turn topsy turvy &c. adj.; culbuter[obs3]; transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables. Adj. inverted &c. v.; wrong side out, wrong side up; inside out, upside down; bottom upwards, keel upwards; supine, on one's head, topsy- turvy, sens dessus dessous[Fr]. inverse; reverse &c. (contrary) 14; opposite &c. 237. top heavy. Adv. inversely &c. adj.; hirdy-girdy[obs3]; heels over head, head over heels.

      #219. Crossing. — N. crossing &c. v.; intersection, interdigitation;

       decussation[obs3], transversion[obs3]; convolution &c. 248; level crossing.

       reticulation, network; inosculation[obs3], anastomosis,

       intertexture[obs3], mortise.

       net, plexus, web, mesh, twill, skein, sleeve, felt, lace; wicker; mat,

       matting; plait, trellis, wattle, lattice, grating, grille, gridiron,

       tracery, fretwork, filigree, reticle; tissue, netting, mokes[obs3];

       rivulation[obs3].

       cross, chain, wreath, braid, cat's cradle, knot; entangle &c.

       (disorder) 59.

       [woven fabrics] cloth, linen, muslin, cambric &c.

       [web-footed animal] webfoot.

       V. cross, decussate[obs3]; intersect, interlace, intertwine,