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Somnophilia. Somnophilia (from Latin somnus "sleep" and Greek φιλία, -philia "friendship") is a paraphilia in which an individual becomes sexually aroused by someone who is unconscious. [1] [2] [3] The Dictionary of Psychology categorized somnophilia within the classification of predatory paraphilias. [4]
Snake oil is a term used to describe deceptive marketing, health care fraud, or a scam. Similarly, snake oil salesman is a common label used to describe someone who sells, promotes, or is a general proponent of some valueless or fraudulent cure, remedy, or solution. [1] The term comes from the "snake oil" that used to be sold as a cure-all ...
Snakes are elongated, limbless reptiles of the suborder Serpentes ( / sɜːrˈpɛntiːz / ). [2] Like all other squamates, snakes are ectothermic, amniote vertebrates covered in overlapping scales. Many species of snakes have skulls with several more joints than their lizard ancestors, enabling them to swallow prey much larger than their heads ...
v. t. e. This is a list of British words not widely used in the United States. In Commonwealth of Nations, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Ireland, Canada, New Zealand, India, South Africa, and Australia, some of the British terms listed are used, although another usage is often preferred. Words with specific British English meanings that have ...
The boxelder bug ( Boisea trivittata ), also called box bug, maple bug or, inaccurately, box beetle, is a species of true bug native to eastern North America. The western boxelder bug Boisea rubrolineata is a relative of this species and is native to western North America. Boxelder bugs are found primarily on boxelder trees, as well as on maple ...
Thesaurus. A thesaurus ( pl.: thesauri or thesauruses ), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
Sneakers. Sneakers ( US) or trainers ( UK ), also known by a wide variety of other names, are shoes primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise but which are also widely used for everyday casual wear . Since their popularization by companies such as Converse, Nike and Spalding in the mid 20th century, they have become ...
Sneaky (gamer), gamer name of Zachary Scuderi, a professional League of Legends player, streamer, and prominent crossplayer. Sneaky, a female professional wrestler half of the tag-team Stinky and Sneaky from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling. Sneaks (musician), stage name used by the artist Eva Moolchan. Sneaks, a 2020 oil on linen painting by ...