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Amativeness

The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love.

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Carnality 76% connected

The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind.

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Lubricity 76% connected

Smoothness; freedom from friction; also, property, which diminishes friction; as, the lubricity of oil.

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Prurience 76% connected

Alt. of Pruriency

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Pruriency 76% connected

The quality or state of being prurient.

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Concupiscence 76% connected

Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.

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Eros 76% connected

Love; the god of love; -- by earlier writers represented as one of the first and creative gods, by later writers as the son of Aphrodite, equivalent…

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Amorousness 92% connected

The quality of being amorous, or inclined to sexual love; lovingness.

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Eroticism 92% connected

Erotic quality.

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