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Gender

Kind; sort.

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Androgyny 76% connected

Alt. of Androgynism

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Feminine 76% connected

Of or pertaining to a woman, or to women; characteristic of a woman; womanish; womanly.

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Feminineness 76% connected

The quality of being feminine; womanliness; womanishness.

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Hermaphroditism 76% connected

The union of the two sexes in the same individual, or the combination of some of their characteristics or organs in one individual.

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Masculine 76% connected

Of the male sex; not female.

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Masculinity 76% connected

The state or quality of being masculine; masculineness.

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Neuter 76% connected

Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral.

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Sex 74% connected

The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…

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Sex 74% connected

The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…

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Asexual 66% connected

Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

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Asexual 66% connected

Having no distinct sex; without sexual action; as, asexual reproduction. See Fission and Gemmation.

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Female 66% connected

An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.

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Female 66% connected

An individual of the sex which conceives and brings forth young, or (in a wider sense) which has an ovary and produces ova.

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Male 66% connected

Evil; wicked; bad.

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Male 66% connected

Evil; wicked; bad.

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Nonsexual 66% connected

Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.

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Nonsexual 66% connected

Having no distinction of sex; sexless; neuter.

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Sexual 66% connected

Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive geni…

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Sexual 66% connected

Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive geni…

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Synonym 2

Sex 92% connected

The distinguishing peculiarity of male or female in both animals and plants; the physical difference between male and female; the assemblage of prope…

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Sexuality 92% connected

The quality or state of being distinguished by sex.

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