sex
sex is a 3-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A combining form meaning six; as, sexdigitism; sexennial. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- A combining form meaning six; as, sexdigitism; sexennial.
- noun. The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of properties or qualities by which male is distinguished from female.
- noun. One of the two divisions of organic beings formed on the distinction of male and female.
- noun. The capability in plants of fertilizing or of being fertilized; as, staminate and pistillate flowers are of opposite sexes.
- noun. One of the groups founded on this distinction.
- noun. activities associated with sexual intercourse
"they had sex in the back seat"
- noun. the properties that distinguish organisms on the basis of their reproductive roles
"she didn't want to know the sex of the foetus"
- noun. all of the feelings resulting from the urge to gratify sexual impulses
"he wanted a better sex life"
"the film contained no sex or violence"
- noun. either of the two categories (male or female) into which most organisms are divided
"the war between the sexes"
- verb. tell the sex (of young chickens)
- verb. stimulate sexually
"This movie usually arouses the male audience"
Synonyms
gender, sexuality, arouse, excite
Common word forms
sexed, sexer, sexes, sexly, sexing, sexless
Words from these letters
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