tumescence

CIDE DICTIONARY

tumescence, n. [L. tumescens, -entis, p.pr. of tumescere to swell up, v. incho. fr. tumere to swell.].

 The act of becoming tumid; the state of being swollen; intumescence; -- applied especially to the state of swelling of the vascular tissue in the male and female sex organs when they have been stimulated to readiness for sexual intercourse.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

THESAURUS

tumescence

access, accession, accretion, accrual, accruement, accumulation, addition, advance, aggrandizement, amplification, appreciation, ascent, augmentation, ballooning, bloat, bloatedness, bloating, blowing up, boil, boom, boost, broadening, buildup, bump, bunion, carbuncle, corn, crescendo, cyst, development, diastole, dilatation, dilation, distension, dropsy, edema, elevation, enlargement, expansion, extension, flatulence, flatulency, flatus, flood, furuncle, gain, gassiness, greatening, growth, gush, hike, increase, increment, inflation, intumescence, jump, leap, lump, meteorism, mounting, multiplication, pimple, pock, productiveness, proliferation, puff, puffiness, puffing, pustule, raise, rise, rising, sebaceous cyst, snowballing, spread, stretching, surge, swell, swellage, swelling, swollenness, tumefaction, tumidity, tumidness, tumor, turgescence, turgescency, turgidity, turgidness, tympanism, tympany, up, upping, upsurge, upswing, uptrend, upturn, waxing, wen, widening, windiness

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tumescence

Sexuality

N sex, sexuality, gender, male, masculinity, maleness, female, femininity, sexual intercourse, copulation, mating, coitus, sex, lovemaking, marital relations, sexual union, sleeping together, carnal knowledge, sex instinct, sex drive, libido, lust, concupiscence, hots, horns, arousal, heat, rut, estrus, oestrus, tumescence, erection, hard-on, boner, masturbation, self-gratification, autoeroticism, onanism, self- abuse, orgasm, climax, ejaculation, sexiness, attractiveness, sensuality, voluptuousness, fornication, adultery, sex symbol, sex goddess, stud, hunk, one-night stand, pornography, porn, porno, hardcore pornography, softcore pornography, pin-up, cheesecake, beefcake, Playboy, Esquire, Hustler, perversion, deviation, sexual abnormality, fetish, fetishism, homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, sodomy, buggery, pederasty, sadism, masochism, sado-masochism, incest, sexy, erotic, sexual, carnal, sensual, hot, horny, randy, rutting, passionate, lusty, hot-blooded, libidinous, up, in the mood, homosexual, gay, lesbian, bisexual.