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PRONUNCIATION OF SOMNIFACIENT

somnifacient  [ˌsɒmnɪˈfeɪʃənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SOMNIFACIENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Somnifacient is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SOMNIFACIENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of somnifacient in the English dictionary

The definition of somnifacient in the dictionary is a sleep-inducer.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SOMNIFACIENT


abortifacient
əˌbɔːtɪˈfeɪʃənt
absorbefacient
əbˌsɔːbɪˈfeɪʃənt
calefacient
ˌkælɪˈfeɪʃənt
coefficient
ˌkəʊɪˈfɪʃənt
deficient
dɪˈfɪʃənt
delirifacient
dɪˌlɪrɪˈfeɪʃənt
efficient
ɪˈfɪʃənt
febrifacient
ˌfɛbrɪˈfeɪʃənt
impatient
ɪmˈpeɪʃənt
inpatient
ˈɪnˌpeɪʃənt
insufficient
ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt
liquefacient
ˌlɪkwɪˈfeɪʃənt
omnipatient
ˌɒmnɪˈpeɪʃənt
outpatient
ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃənt
parturifacient
pɑːˌtjʊərɪˈfeɪʃənt
patient
ˈpeɪʃənt
putrefacient
ˌpjuːtrɪˈfeɪʃənt
rubefacient
ˌruːbɪˈfeɪʃənt
sorbefacient
ˌsɔːbɪˈfeɪʃənt
sufficient
səˈfɪʃənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SOMNIFACIENT

somnambule
somnambulic
somnambulism
somnambulist
somnambulistic
somnial
somniate
somniative
somniatory
somniferous
somniferously
somnific
somniloquence
somniloquies
somniloquise
somniloquism
somniloquist
somniloquize
somniloquous
somniloquy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SOMNIFACIENT

ancient
binomial coefficient
client
conscient
correlation coefficient
diffusion coefficient
drag coefficient
energy-efficient
fuel-efficient
immunodeficient
inconscient
inefficient
omniscient
partition coefficient
Pearson´s correlation coefficient
Pearson´s product moment correlation coefficient
perficient
permeability coefficient
prescient
scient
self-sufficient

Synonyms and antonyms of somnifacient in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «somnifacient» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SOMNIFACIENT

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The translations of somnifacient from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «somnifacient» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

somnifacient
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

somníferas
570 millions of speakers

English

somnifacient
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

somnifacient
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منوم
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

снотворный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

somnifacient
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

somnifacient
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

somnifères
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Somnifacient
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

einschläfernden
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

somnifacient
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

수면제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Somnifacient
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

somnifacient
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூக்கம் உண்டாக்குகிற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सिनिफॅक्टर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

somnifacient
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

soporifere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

somnifacient
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

снодійний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

somnifacient
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

somnifacient
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slaapmiddel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

somnifacient
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

somnifacient
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of somnifacient

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMNIFACIENT»

The term «somnifacient» is barely ever used and occupies the 193.921 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SOMNIFACIENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about somnifacient

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SOMNIFACIENT»

Discover the use of somnifacient in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to somnifacient and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to ...
A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to Old Age James L. Reynolds, MD. somnifacient (som"ni-fay'shənt, som"nǝ-) adj. describes a sleep-inducing, soporific, q.v., drug. [< L somnus sleep + facere to make]. n. somnifaeient = a drug  ...
James L. Reynolds, MD, 2014
2
The Word Lover's Delight: Awesome Adjectives, Nifty Nouns, ...
... tennis player signed autographs for over an hour after his match. somnambulant (adj.) som-NAM-byoo-lent—of walking or performing tasks during sleep Todd's somnambulant state during class aggravated his teachers. somnifacient (adj.) ...
From the Editors of the Captivate Network, 2009
3
Thriller in room 313:
What do you mean? - I mean... Look. When somebody sink in the bath, jump from the window, cut his veins and staff like this, he or she may be given kind of somnifacient or psychoactive drug. And affected person may do a lot of stupid things.
jus bomon
4
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
See also impure, intellectual. sophistication лoun See contamination. sophistry noun See fallacy. soporific noun Something that induces sleep or sedation : hypnotic, narcotic, opiate, sedative, somnifacient. See AWARENESS in Index. soporific ...
Peter Mark Roget, 1997
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Annual Report
preparations or mixtures thereof possessing hypnotic properties or effects, and chloral or chloral hydrate or any compounds or mixtures thereof possessing hypnotic properties or effects, when such barbital or other hypnotic and somnifacient ...
Colorado. State Board of Pharmacy, 1939
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New York State Journal of Medicine
An Act to Amend the Education Law and Penal Law, in Relation to Hypnotic and Somnifacient Drugs Chapter 697 of the Laws of 1946 in the Stale of New York, Nos. 1467, 2139, 2678; Int. 1319 in Senate February 13, 1946* The People of the  ...
‎1946
7
Annual Report of the State Board of Pharmacy of Colorado for ...
Regulation No. 2 — Filing of Prescriptions Prescriptions for barbital and/or other hypnotic and somnifacient drugs must be preserved by the pharmacist by filing the original in a file kept for that purpose. It is not necessary to keep a separate file ...
Colorado. State Board of Pharmacy
8
The Unity of Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit": A Systematic ...
For instance, we could say there is a law which states that opium induces sleep due to the somnifacient property of a force which it contains. This is both a law ( opium induces sleep) and an explanation (because of its somnifacient property).
Jon Stewart, 2011
9
The Code of Federal Regulations of the United States of America
... one or more of the derivatives of barbituric acid and in addition a sufficient quantity or proportion of another drug or drugs to prevent the ingestion of a sufficient amount of barbituate derivative to cause a hypnotic or somnifacient effect.
‎1966
10
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
See para4 of: somnolence, somnolent; somnambulate, somnambulism (whence, anl, somnambulist, whence somnambulistic); somnifacient, somniferous, somniloquy (whence, anl, somniloquous); somnolescent, whence somnolescence ...
Eric Partridge, 2006

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