sleep talking somniloquy somniloquism | uttering speech while asleep |
sleep deprivation | a form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep |
nap catnap cat sleep forty winks short sleep snooze | sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed) |
sleep-learning hypnopedia | teaching during sleep (as by using recordings to teach a foreign language to someone who is asleep) |
deficit spending compensatory spending pump priming | spending money raised by borrowing, used by governments to stimulate their economy |
deficit shortage shortfall | the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required, new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit |
oxygen deficit | temporary oxygen shortage in cells resulting from strenuous exercise |
debt | an obligation to pay or do something |
deficit | an excess of liabilities over assets (usually over a certain period), last year there was a serious budgetary deficit |
budget deficit | an excess of expenditures over revenues |
federal deficit | an excess of the federal government's spending over its revenue, federal deficits can cause inflation |
trade deficit | an excess of imports over exports |
debt | money or goods or services owed by one person to another |
national debt | the debt of the national government (as distinguished from the debts of individuals and businesses and political subdivisions) |
public debt | the total of the nation's debts: debts of local and state and national governments, an indicator of how much public spending is financed by borrowing instead of taxation |
debt limit debt ceiling | the maximum borrowing power of a governmental entity |
national debt ceiling | a limit set by Congress beyond which the national debt cannot rise, periodically raised by Congress |
debt instrument obligation certificate of indebtedness | a written promise to repay a debt |
bad debt | a debt that is unlikely to be repaid |
installment debt | debt to be paid by installments |
deficit | (sports) the score by which a team or individual is losing |
rest eternal rest sleep eternal sleep quietus | euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb), she was laid to rest beside her husband, they had to put their family pet to sleep |
sleep slumber | a natural and periodic state of rest during which consciousness of the world is suspended, he didn't get enough sleep last night, calm as a child in dreamless slumber |
sleep terror disorder pavor nocturnus | a disorder of sleep characterized by a dream of terrifying dimensions far worse than a typical nightmare, they occur during NREM sleep |
orthodox sleep nonrapid eye movement sleep NREM sleep nonrapid eye movement NREM | a recurring sleep state during which rapid eye movements do not occur and dreaming does not occur, accounts for about % of normal sleep time |
paradoxical sleep rapid eye movement sleep REM sleep rapid eye movement REM | a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs, a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep |
sleep sopor | a torpid state resembling deep sleep |
twilight sleep | a state of general anesthesia in which the person retains a slight degree of consciousness, can be induced by injection of scopolamine or morphine |
oxygen debt | a cumulative deficit of oxygen resulting from intense exercise, the deficit must be made up when the body returns to rest |
attention deficit disorder ADD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD hyperkinetic syndrome minimal brain dysfunction minimal brain damage MBD | a condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders |
sleep disorder | a disturbance of the normal sleep pattern |
sleep apnea | apnea that occurs during sleep |
deficit | a deficiency or failure in neurological or mental functioning, the people concerned have a deficit in verbal memory, they have serious linguistic deficits |
debt | the state of owing something (especially money), he is badly in debt |
sleep nap | a period of time spent sleeping, he felt better after a little sleep, there wasn't time for a nap |
beauty sleep | sleep before midnight |
sleep kip slumber log Z's catch some Z's | be asleep |
sleep late sleep in | sleep later than usual or customary, On Sundays, I sleep in |
a go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep retire | prepare for sleep, I usually turn in at midnight, He goes to bed at the crack of dawn |
cause to sleep | make fall asleep, The soft music caused us to fall asleep |
live in sleep in | live in the house where one works, our babysitter lives in, as it is too far to commute for her |
live out sleep out | work in a house where one does not live, our cook lives out, he can easily commute from his home |
put away put to sleep | kill gently, as with an injection, the cat was very ill and we had to put it to sleep |
sleep together roll in the hay love make out make love sleep with get laid have sex know do it be intimate have intercourse have it away have it off screw fuck jazz eff hump lie with bed have a go at it bang get it on bonk ff,uff | have sexual intercourse with, This student sleeps with everyone in her dorm, Adam knew Eve, Were you ever intimate with this man? |
put to sleep | help someone go to bed, Mother put the baby to sleep |
bed-hop bedhop sleep around | be sexually active with more than one partner, His wife bed hops |
sleep off | get rid of by sleeping, sleep off a hangover |
sleep over stay over | stay overnight, The boy's friends were allowed to sleep over after the birthday party |
sleep | be able to accommodate for sleeping, This tent sleeps six people |