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Carnal

Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual.

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Physical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material…

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Physical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to nature (as including all created existences); in accordance with the laws of nature; also, of or relating to natural or material…

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Prurience 74% connected

Alt. of Pruriency

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Prurience 74% connected

Alt. of Pruriency

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Sensualize 74% connected

To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure.

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Sensualize 74% connected

To make sensual; to subject to the love of sensual pleasure; to debase by carnal gratifications; to carnalize; as, sensualized by pleasure.

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Flesh 66% connected

The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.

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Animal 92% connected

An organized living being endowed with sensation and the power of voluntary motion, and also characterized by taking its food into an internal cavity…

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Fleshly 92% connected

Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sensual 92% connected

Pertaining to, consisting in, or affecting, the sense, or bodily organs of perception; relating to, or concerning, the body, in distinction from the…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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