Phrase Hound found 10 phrases and 8 compound words that contain sexes. The most common are listed below. Open sexes in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 10
- battle of the sexesThe persistent state of rivalry, opposition, or tension between men and women in society.
- biological sexesplural of biological sex: sex, as in the biological factors that cause an individual member of a species that uses sexual reproduction to produce either male gametes (sperm or spermatozoa) or female gametes (ova).
- battles of the sexesplural of battle of the sexes: The persistent state of rivalry, opposition, or tension between men and women in society.
- bio-sexesplural of bio-sex: Short for biological sex.
- birth sexesplural of birth sex: The sex that someone was assigned at birth (or before via prenatal sex discernment), which may differ, as in cases of intersexuality, from their current sex assignment.
- cache-sexesplural of cache-sexe: An article of clothing sufficient to cover the genitalia, primarily as used by an exotic dancer or in certain aboriginal cultures.
- legal sexesplural of legal sex: A person's sex or gender which is recognized under the law.
- sexes upthird-person singular simple present indicative of sex up: To take part in sexual acts with.
- third sexesplural of third sex: A third gender, a category of people who are not male or female, or whose sexual roles, anatomy, or identities place them outside of the established male and female categories.
- vent sexesthird-person singular simple present indicative of vent sex: Synonym of vent (“to determine the sex of (a chick) by opening up the anal vent or cloaca”).
Compound words 8
- SussexesThe family of the Duke of Sussex.
- cybersexesthird-person singular simple present indicative of cybersex: A virtual sexual encounter in which two or more persons connected remotely by means of a computer network send one another sexually explicit messages simulating a sexual …
- heterosexesplural of heterosex: Heterosexual sex.
- homosexesplural of homosex: Homosexual sexual intercourse.
- intersexesplural of intersex: Of an individual, having any of a variety of inherent conditions (in a species with distinct sexes) in which one's sex characteristics differ from those of a typical male and female; for example, having sex …
- missexesthird-person singular simple present indicative of missex: To sex incorrectly; to incorrectly determine the sex of.
- supersexesplural of supersex: The result of an abnormal combination of sex chromosomes.
- transsexesthird-person singular simple present indicative of transsex: To transition (to undergo a transition) from being one sex/gender to being another (especially by sex reassignment surgery). (Compare transgender.)