dormant in WordNet English dictionary

1. inactive but capable of becoming active
   "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"
   abeyant  dormant 
   
2. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct
   "a dormant volcano"
   dormant  inactive 
   
3. in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation
   "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"
   dormant  hibernating  torpid 
   
4. lying with head on paws as if sleeping
   dormant  sleeping