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

support, bear, carry, hold, sustain, shoulder; hold up, back up, bolster up, shore up;
uphold, upbear † ; 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 † .
Adv. astride on, straddle.
216. Parallelism -- N. {ant.
216a} parallelism; coextension † ; equidistance † ; 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.
217. Obliquity -- N. obliquity, inclination, slope, slant, crookedness &c adj.; slopeness † ;
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 † , 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 [Obs.]; contrariety &c 14; reversal; turn of the tide.
overturn; somersault, somerset; summerset † ; culbute † ; revulsion; pirouette.
transposition, transposal † , anastrophy † , metastasis, hyperbaton † , anastrophe † , hysteron
proteron [Gr.], hypallage † , synchysis † , tmesis † , parenthesis; metathesis; palindrome.
pronation and supination [Anat.].
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 † , introvert; reverse; up turn, over turn, up set, over set; turn
topsy turvy &c adj.; culbuter † ; 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 † ; heels over head, head over heels.