sleepers

Someone who sleeps.

“I'm a light sleeper: I get woken up by the smallest of sounds.”

That which lies dormant, as a law.

A spy, saboteur, or terrorist who lives unobtrusively in a community until activated by a prearranged signal; may be part of a sleeper cell.

A small starter earring, worn to prevent a piercing from closing.

A railway sleeping car.

“We spent a night on an uncomfortable sleeper between Athens and Vienna.”

A sleeper hold.

Something that achieves unexpected success after an interval of time.

“A box-office bomb when it first came out, the film was a sleeper, becoming much more popular decades after being released.”

A goby-like bottom-feeding freshwater fish of the family Odontobutidae.

A nurse shark (family Ginglymostomatidae).

A type of pajama for a person, especially a child, that covers the whole body, including the feet.

“Aaron, Devin, and Laura looked so comfy in their sleepers.”

An automobile which has been internally modified to excess, while retaining a mostly stock appearance in order to fool opponents in a drag race, or to avoid the attention of the police.

A sedative.

A railroad tie.

A structural beam in a floor running perpendicular to both the joists beneath and floorboards above.

A heavy floor timber in a ship's bottom.

The lowest, or bottom, tier of casks.