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Sleepful

Strongly inclined to sleep very sleepy...

Dormitory

A sleeping room or a building containing a series of sleeping rooms a sleeping apartment capable of containing many beds esp one connected with a college or boarding school...

A hormone secreted by the pineal gland Chemically it is N acety 5 methoxytryptamine Research has indicated that there are daily rhythms in secretion of melatonin in particular due to the depressing effect on melatonin production by light received by the retina Conversely it appears that melatonin may influence the circadian rhythms of animals There is some experimental evidence that administration of melatonin may increase the amount of sleep in people with sleep disorders However the evidence is not convincing and the effect is not profound Nevertheless the deregulation of melatonin and its availability over the counter has led to many people taking melatonin to help sleep without consulting a physician...

Women's modesty

Women's modesty, the essence of a woman's modesty is her sex. The modesty of an adult female is writ large on her body. Young or old, intelligent or imbecile, awake or sleeping, the woman possesses a modesty capable of being outraged. Whoever uses criminal force to her with intent to outrage her modesty commits an offence punishable under s. 354. The culpable intention of the accused is the crux of the matter. The reaction of the woman is very relevant, but its absence is not always decisive, as for example, when the accused with a corrupt mind stealthily touches the flesh of a sleeping woman. She may be an idiot, she may be under the spell of anaesthesia, she may be sleeping, she may be unable to appreciate the significance of the act: nevertheless, the offender is punishable under the section, State of Punjab v. Major Singh, AIR 1967 SC 63 (68): 1966 Supp SCR 286....

Bed

An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on a couch Specifically A sack or mattress filled with some soft material in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed as a feather bed or this with the bedclothes added In a general sense any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in as a quantity of hay straw leaves or twigs...

Consopiation

The act of sleeping or of lulling to sleep...

Doss

A place to sleep in a bed hence sleep...

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