sexual
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sexual/ˈsekʃuəl/
▶adjective
- 1 relating to the instincts, physiological processes, and activities connected with physical attraction or intimate physical contact between individuals.
- 2 relating to the two sexes or to gender.
- 3 Biology (of reproduction) involving the fusion of gametes.
■ being of one sex or the other; capable of sexual reproduction.
– derivatives
sexualization (or sexualisation) noun,
sexualize (or sexualise) verb,
sexually adverb.
sexualization (or sexualisation) noun,
sexualize (or sexualise) verb,
sexually adverb.
'sexual' also found in these Oxford entries:
abuse
- adultery
- advance
- age of consent
- alternation of generations
- amatory
- ambisexual
- amorous
- amphimixis
- anaphrodisiac
- anilingus
- animal magnetism
- anisogamy
- anorgasmia
- aphrodisiac
- asexual
- attention
- auto-erotic
- bastard
- bed
- bed-hop
- bedmate
- bestiality
- bit
- blind date
- blow
- blue
- boff
- bondage
- bonk
- bonkbuster
- boyfriend
- bugger
- carnal
- carnal knowledge
- casting couch
- casual
- celibate
- chaste
- chastity
- chastity belt
- cheesecake
- child abuse
- cohabit
- coitus
- coitus interruptus
- come
- commerce
- condom
- conjugal rights
