copulations
Acts of intercourse
Copulations is the plural of copulation, the act of sexual intercourse.
The word is clinical and formal, appearing most often in scientific or technical contexts: The researchers observed twelve copulations among the breeding pair.
Outside biology, copulation sounds either deliberately clinical or humorously stiff.
Sexual joining of bodies
- lovemakingSexual intercourse between partners
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- couplingJoint between systems
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
breeding · consummation · insemination · conjugation · union · pairing · rutting · covering
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- procreationGenerating biological offspring
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
- impregnationInfusion or fertilization
breeding · spawning · insemination · gestation · offspring · progeny · propagation · genetics
coitus
Sexual joining of bodies
- lovemakingSexual intercourse between partners
- matingReproductive pairing behavior
- couplingJoint between systems
mounting · breeding · consummation · insemination · conjugation · union · pairing · rutting · covering · servicing
fertilization
Gamete fusion creating zygote
- conceptionFormation of an idea
- procreationGenerating biological offspring
- zygoteFirst embryonic cell
impregnation · breeding · spawning · insemination · gestation · offspring · progeny · propagation · genetics · heredity
copulationsabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
celibacy · sexual abstinence · chastity · continence · abstaining
copulationsseparations
Acts of dividing apart
withdrawals · disconnections · partings · disengagements · uncouplings