slumber
Webster Dictionary
sleep. especially, light sleep. sleep that is not deep or sound; repose
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awake
Webster Dictionary
to cease to sleep. to come out of a state of natural sleep. and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep. as inaction or death
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narcolepsy
(narcolepsy)
Princeton's WordNet
a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep
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sopition
Webster Dictionary
the act of putting to sleep. or the state of being put to sleep. sleep
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pavor nocturnus
(sleep terror disorder, pavor nocturnus)
Princeton's WordNet
a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep
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sleep terror disorder
(sleep terror disorder, pavor nocturnus)
Princeton's WordNet
a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare; they occur during NREM sleep
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rem sleep
(ˈrɛm ʃaɪt)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
rapid eye movement sleep. a recurrent sleep pattern during which dreaming occurs while the eyes rapidly shift under closed lids.
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soporific
Webster Dictionary
causing sleep. tending to cause sleep. soporiferous; as, the soporific virtues of opium
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wake
Webster Dictionary
to be excited or roused from sleep. to awake; to be awakened; to cease to sleep. -- often with up
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hypnotic
Webster Dictionary
having the quality of producing sleep. tending to produce sleep. soporific
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sleep
Webster Dictionary
to be slumbering in; -- followed by a cognate object; as, to sleep a dreamless sleep
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nonrapid eye movement sleep
(orthodox sleep, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM sleep, nonrapid eye movement, NREM)
Princeton's WordNet
a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time
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orthodox sleep
(orthodox sleep, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM sleep, nonrapid eye movement, NREM)
Princeton's WordNet
a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time
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nrem sleep
(orthodox sleep, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM sleep, nonrapid eye movement, NREM)
Princeton's WordNet
a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time
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nrem
(orthodox sleep, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM sleep, nonrapid eye movement, NREM)
Princeton's WordNet
a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time
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nonrapid eye movement
(orthodox sleep, nonrapid eye movement sleep, NREM sleep, nonrapid eye movement, NREM)
Princeton's WordNet
a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur; accounts for about 75% of normal sleep time
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sleep
(slip)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
sleep over, to sleep in another person's home.
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anadiplosis
(ˈploʊ siz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
repetition of the last word or words of one clause at the beginning of the next clause, as in “To die, to sleep. to sleep!”
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rem
(paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM)
Princeton's WordNet
a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
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rem sleep
(paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM)
Princeton's WordNet
a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
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paradoxical sleep
(paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM)
Princeton's WordNet
a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
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rapid eye movement sleep
(paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM)
Princeton's WordNet
a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
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rapid eye movement
(paradoxical sleep, rapid eye movement sleep, REM sleep, rapid eye movement, REM)
Princeton's WordNet
a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep
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insomnia
Webster Dictionary
want of sleep. inability to sleep. wakefulness; sleeplessness
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hypnology
Webster Dictionary
a treatise on sleep. the doctrine of sleep
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slumber
Webster Dictionary
to sleep. especially, to sleep lightly; to doze
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asleep
Webster Dictionary
in a state of sleep. in sleep. dormant
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somnambulism
Webster Dictionary
a condition of the nervous system in which an individual during sleep performs actions approppriate to the waking state; a state of sleep in which some of the senses and voluntary powers are partially awake; noctambulism
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top
(ɒp)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
sleep like a top, to sleep soundly.
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slumber
(ˈslʌm bər)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
sleep. esp. light sleep.
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