ROGET'S THESAURUS OF ENGLISH WORDS AND PHRASES ...

ecumbent, decumbent, procumbent, accumbent † ; lying &c v.; prone, supine,
couchant, jacent † , prostrate, recubant † .
Adv. horizontally &c adj.; on one's back, on all fours, on its beam ends.
214. Pendency -- N. pendency † , 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 † , 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 † , tailed, caudate.
215. Support -- N. support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing,
fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib † ; point d'appui [Fr.], pou sto [Gr.], 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 † , outrigger; ratlings † .
staff, stick, crutch, alpenstock, baton, staddle † ; bourdon † , cowlstaff † , lathi † , mahlstick † .
post, pillar, shaft, thill † , column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank,
leg, socle † , zocle † ; 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 † , trave † ,
corner stone, summer, transom; rung, round, step, sill; angle rafter, hip rafter; cantilever,
modillion † ; crown post, king post; vertebra.
columella † , backbone; keystone; axle, axletree; axis; arch, mainstay.
trunnion, pivot, rowlock † ; peg &c (pendency) 214 [Obs.]; tiebeam &c (fastening) 45;
thole pin † .
board, ledge, shelf, hob, bracket, trevet † , trivet, arbor, rack; mantel, mantle piece [Fr.],
mantleshelf † ; slab, console; counter, dresser; flange, corbel; table, trestle; shoulder; perch;
horse; easel, desk; clotheshorse, hatrack; retable; teapoy † .
seat, throne, dais; divan, musnud † ; chair, bench, form, stool, sofa, settee, stall; arm
chair, easy chair, elbow chair, rocking chair; couch, fauteuil [Fr.], woolsack † , ottoman,
settle, squab, bench; aparejo † , faldstool † , horn; long chair, long sleeve chair, morris chair;
lamba chauki † , lamba kursi † ; saddle, pannel † , pillion; side saddle, pack saddle; pommel.
bed, berth, pallet, tester, crib, cot, hammock, shakedown, trucklebed † , cradle, litter,
stretcher, bedstead; four poster, French bed, bunk, kip, palang † ; bedding, bichhona,
mattress, paillasse † ; pillow, bolster; mat, rug, cushion.
footstool, hassock; tabouret † ; tripod, monopod.
Atlas, Persides, Atlantes † , 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 † .