| calumniate | (verb) charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | Synonyms: asperse, besmirch, defame, denigrate, slander, smear, smirch, sully |
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| calumniation | (noun) a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions | Synonyms: calumny, defamation, hatchet job, obloquy, traducement |
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| calumniatory | (adjective) (used of statements) harmful and often untrue; tending to discredit or malign | Synonyms: calumnious, defamatory, denigrating, denigrative, denigratory, libellous, libelous, slanderous |
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| columniation | (noun) (architecture) the arrangement of columns (especially freestanding columns) in a structure | - |
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| hypersomnia | (noun) an inability to stay awake | - |
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| insomnia | (noun) an inability to sleep; chronic sleeplessness | - |
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| insomniac | (adjective) experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness | Synonyms: sleepless, watchful |
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| (noun) someone who cannot sleep | Synonyms: sleepless person |