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Intercourse

A commingling; intimate connection or dealings between persons or nations, as in common affairs and civilities, in correspondence or trade; communication; commerce; especially, interchange of thought and feeling; association; communion.

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Ass 76% connected

A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is pat…

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Communion 76% connected

The act of sharing; community; participation.

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Cuckolding 76% connected

of Cuckold

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Defloration 76% connected

The act of deflouring; as, the defloration of a virgin.

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Penetration 76% connected

The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult.

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Screw 76% connected

A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to l…

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Screwing 76% connected

of Screw

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Shag 76% connected

Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair.

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Sharing 76% connected

of Share

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Sex 76% 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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Coition 92% connected

A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Copulation 92% connected

The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Relation 92% connected

The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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