| sledgehammer |
a large, heavy, long-handled hammer, usu. held with both hands, that is used for such tasks as driving posts into the ground. [2 definitions] |
| sleek |
smooth or shiny. [4 definitions] |
| sleep |
to be in a state of bodily rest that is characterized by full or partial loss of consciousness and a slowing of bodily functions. [9 definitions] |
| sleeper |
a person or thing that sleeps. [3 definitions] |
| sleeping |
the state or condition of being asleep. [4 definitions] |
| sleeping bag |
a large, usu. zippered bag that is warmly lined, in which a person can sleep outdoors. |
| sleeping car |
a railroad car that is equipped with sleeping accommodations. |
| sleeping pill |
a pill or tablet containing a drug that induces sleep. |
| sleeping sickness |
a usu. fatal infectious disease found in tropical Africa, characterized by fever, weakness, and tremors, and transmitted by tsetse flies. [2 definitions] |
| sleepless |
passed without sleep. [2 definitions] |
| sleep mode |
a power-saving mode of operation to which a computer or other machine reverts when idle, in which power to the display and to other nonessential parts of operation is deactivated. |
| sleep tight |
to sleep well or soundly. |
| sleepwalking |
the act of walking around during sleep; somnambulism. |
| sleepwear |
clothes worn in bed; nightclothes. |
| sleepy |
needing or tending to sleep; drowsy. [2 definitions] |
| sleepyhead |
(informal) someone who is sleepy. |
| sleet |
freezing rain. [2 definitions] |
| sleeve |
the part of a shirt, dress, or the like that covers the arm partly or completely. [3 definitions] |
| sleeveless |
combined form of sleeve. |
| sleigh |
a light horse-drawn cart on runners that is used to carry people over snow and ice. [2 definitions] |
| sleight |
cleverness, as in deception; deftness. |