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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
Vision quest — A vision quest is a rite of passage in some Native American cultures.Inuit examplesIn many Inuit and other Native American groups, the vision quest is a turning point in life taken before puberty to find oneself and the intended spiritual and… … Wikipedia
First Vision — The First Vision (also called the grove experience) is a religious belief held by many members of the Latter Day Saint movement (commonly called Mormonism) that God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to the fourteen year old Joseph Smith, Jr.… … Wikipedia
The Vision of the Twelve Goddesses — was an early Jacobean era masque, written by Samuel Daniel and performed in the Great Hall of Hampton Court Palace on the evening of Sunday, January 8, 1604. One of the earliest of the Stuart Court masques, [A masque for male courtiers was staged … Wikipedia
Free-running sleep — experiments can involve any organism which sleeps. Freerunning sleep is sleep which is not adjusted, entrained, to the 24 hour cycle in nature nor to any artificial cycle. Such experiments are used in the study of circadian and other rhythms in… … Wikipedia
The Power of Half — The Power of Half: One Family s Decision to Stop Taking and Start Giving Back … Wikipedia
hypnagogic hallucination — Also known as hypnagogic imagery, hypnagogic reverie, hypnagogic illusion, hypnagogic visualization, presomnal sensation, predormital hallucination, anthypnic sensation, oneirogagic image, phantasma, vision of half sleep, and faces in the dark … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Saturday (novel) — Infobox Book name = Saturday title orig = translator = image caption = The British hardcover edition, with the BT Tower in the background author = Ian McEwan illustrator = cover artist = Chris Frazer country = flagicon|England England language =… … Wikipedia
literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… … Universalium
nervous system disease — Introduction any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… … Universalium
