of, relating to, or characterized by sex or sexuality (of reproduction) characterized by the union of male and female gametes
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
sex•u•al /ˈsɛkʃuəl/USA pronunciation
adj. [usually: before a noun]
sex•u•al•ly, adv.: sexually active teenagers.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Medicineof or relating to sex:sexual pleasure.
- Medicineoccurring between or involving the sexes:sexual relations.
- Medicinehaving sexual organs:sexual reproduction in the animal world.
sex•u•al•ly, adv.: sexually active teenagers.
sex•u•al
(sek′sho̅o̅ əl or, esp. Brit., seks′yo̅o̅-),USA pronunciation adj.
sex′u•al•ly, adv.
- Medicineof, pertaining to, or for sex:sexual matters; sexual aids.
- Medicineoccurring between or involving the sexes:sexual relations.
- Medicinehaving sexual organs or reproducing by processes involving both sexes.
- Late Latin sexuālis, equivalent. to sexu(s) sex + -ālis -al1
- 1645–55
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- agape
- age of consent
- algolagnia
- alternation of generations
- amatory
- ambisextrous
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- amphimixis
- amyl nitrite
- anaphrodisia
- anaphrodisiac
- anatomically correct
- androgen
- androgyne
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- anestrus
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- appetite
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