som|ni|fa|cient

som|ni|fa|cient
som|ni|fa|cient «SOM nuh FAY shuhnt», noun, adjective.
–n.
a drug that causes sleep.
–adj.
causing sleep, as some drugs.
[< Latin somnus sleep + faciens, -entis, present participle of facere do]

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  • som — au·to·som·al; bar·som; ba·som·ma·toph·o·ra; be·som; blos·som·less; blos·som·ry; cho·a·no·som·al; chon·drio·som·al; chro·mo·som·al; chro·mo·som·ol·o·gy; com·pres·som·e·ter; con·som·mé; dro·som·e·ter; ec·to·som·al; el·lip·som·e·ter; ep·som·ite;… …   English syllables

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