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• sleep´less|ly — sleep|less «SLEEP lihs», adjective. 1. without sleep; not sleeping; restless: »a hot, sleepless night. 2. watchful; wide awake: »sleepless vigilance. 3. Figurative: »the sleepless tides. Winds are rude in Biscay s sleepless bay ( …   Useful english dictionary

• sleep|less — «SLEEP lihs», adjective. 1. without sleep; not sleeping; restless: »a hot, sleepless night. 2. watchful; wide awake: »sleepless vigilance. 3. Figurative: »the sleepless tides. Winds are rude in Biscay s sleepless bay ( …   Useful english dictionary

• sleep´less|ness — sleep|less «SLEEP lihs», adjective. 1. without sleep; not sleeping; restless: »a hot, sleepless night. 2. watchful; wide awake: »sleepless vigilance. 3. Figurative: »the sleepless tides. Winds are rude in Biscay s sleepless bay ( …   Useful english dictionary

• Sleep (non-human) — Sleep in non human animals refers to how the behavioral and physiological state of sleep, mainly characterized by reversible unconsciousness, non responsiveness to external stimuli, and motor passivity, appears in different categories of animals …   Wikipedia

• less — less·est; less·ness; let·ter·less; li·cense·less; lid·less; life·less; life·less·ly; life·less·ness; light·less; light·less·ness; limb·less; lime·less; lim·it·less; line·less; lint·less; lip·less; list·less; list·less·ly; list·less·ness;… …   English syllables

• sleep — sleep·ered; sleep·ful; sleep·ify; sleep·i·ly; sleep; sleep·i·ness; sleep·ing·ly; sleep·less; elec·tro·sleep; sleep·er; sleep·ful·ness; sleep·less·ly; sleep·less·ness; …   English syllables

• Sleep debt — is the cumulative effect of not getting enough sleep. A large sleep debt may lead to mental and/or physical fatigue. There is debate in the scientific community over the specifics of sleep debt. Scientific skepticism There is debate among… …   Wikipedia

• sleep — sleepful, adj. sleeplike, adj. /sleep/, v., slept, sleeping, n. v.i. 1. to take the rest afforded by a suspension of voluntary bodily functions and the natural suspension, complete or partial, of consciousness; cease being awake. 2. Bot. to… …   Universalium

• Sleep — Waking up redirects here. For other uses, see Waking Up (disambiguation). This article is about sleep in general; for specifically non human sleep see Sleep (non human); for other uses, see Sleep (disambiguation). Sleeping child Sleep is a… …   Wikipedia

• Sleep and learning — Many competing theories have been advanced to discover the possible connections between sleep and learning in humans. One theory is that sleep consolidates [ [http://health.msn.com/menshealth/articlepage.aspx?cp documentid=100119940 GT1=7538 Men… …   Wikipedia