| the period or age at which a person is first capable of sexual reproduction of offspring: in common law, presumed to be 14 years in the male and 12 years in the female. |
Puberty
Pu"ber*ty\, n. [L. pubertas, fr. puber, pubes, adult: cf. F. pubert['e].]1. The earliest age at which persons are capable of begetting or bearing children, usually considered, in temperate climates, to be about fourteen years in males and twelve in females. 2. (Bot.) The period when a plant first bears flowers.
| a skintight, one-piece garment for the torso, having a high or low neck, long or short sleeves, and a lower portion resembling either briefs or tights, worn by acrobats, dancers, etc. |

| 1. | not controlled or restrained: unbridled enthusiasm. |
| 2. | not fitted with a bridle. |
| 1. | to remove the bridle from (a horse, mule, etc.). |
| 2. | to free from restraint. |
| 1. | a large, amphibious rodent of the genus Castor, having sharp incisors, webbed hind feet, and a flattened tail, noted for its ability to dam streams with trees, branches, etc. |
| 2. | the fur of this animal. |
| 3. | a flat, round hat made of beaver fur or a similar fabric. |
| 4. | a tall, cylindrical hat for men, formerly made of beaver and now of a fabric simulating this fur. Compare opera hat, silk hat, top hat. |
| 5. | Informal. a full beard or a man wearing one. |
| 6. | Informal. an exceptionally active or hard-working person. |
| 7. | Slang: Vulgar.
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| 1. | a door, gate, or entrance, esp. one of imposing appearance, as to a palace. |
| 2. | an iron or steel bent for bracing a framed structure, having curved braces between the vertical members and a horizontal member at the top. |
| 3. | an entrance to a tunnel or mine. |
| 4. | Computers. a Web site that functions as an entry point to the Internet, as by providing useful content and linking to various sites and features on the World Wide Web. |
| 1. | rapturous delight. |
| 2. | an overpowering emotion or exaltation; a state of sudden, intense feeling. |
| 3. | the frenzy of poetic inspiration. |
| 4. | mental transport or rapture from the contemplation of divine things. |
| 1. | the physical and emotional sensation experienced at the peak of sexual excitation, usually resulting from stimulation of the sexual organ and usually accompanied in the male by ejaculation. |
| 2. | an instance of experiencing this. |
| 3. | intense or unrestrained excitement. |
| 4. | an instance or occurrence of such excitement. |
| a person, esp. a male, who assumes the dress and manner usually associated with the opposite sex. |
| 1. | Pathology. changed to or being of an unnatural or abnormal kind: a perverted interest in death. |
| 2. | turned from what is right; wicked; misguided; distorted. |
| 3. | affected with or caused by perversion. |
| adjective | |
| 1. | (used of sexual behavior) showing or appealing to bizarre or deviant tastes; "kinky sex"; "perverted practices" [syn: kinky] |
| 2. | having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented; "many of the facts seemed twisted out of any semblance to reality"; "a perverted translation of the poem" [syn: distorted] |
| 3. | deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper or good; "depraved criminals"; "a perverted sense of loyalty"; "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" [syn: depraved] |
| 1. | the act of perverting. |
| 2. | the state of being perverted. |
| 3. | a perverted form of something. |
| 4. | any of various means of obtaining sexual gratification that are generally regarded as being abnormal. |
| 5. | Pathology. a change to what is unnatural or abnormal: a perversion of function or structure. |
"Perversions are defined as unnatural acts, acts contrary to nature, bestial, abominable, and detestable. Such laws are interpretable only in accordance with the ancient tradition of the English common law which ... is committed to the doctrine that no sexual activity is justifiable unless its objective is procreation." [A.C. Kinsey, et.al., "Sexual Behavior in the Human Male," 1948]
| 4. | a stick, rod, pole, beam, or other rigid support. |
| 5. | a person or thing serving as a support or stay: His father is his financial prop. |
| 1. | to bother, interfere with, or annoy. |
| 2. | to make indecent sexual advances to. |
| 3. | to assault sexually. |
| 1. | an object regarded with awe as being the embodiment or habitation of a potent spirit or as having magical potency. |
| 2. | any object, idea, etc., eliciting unquestioning reverence, respect, or devotion: to make a fetish of high grades. |
| 3. | Psychology. any object or nongenital part of the body that causes a habitual erotic response or fixation. |
| 1. | the act of respiring; inhalation and exhalation of air; breathing. |
| 2. | Biology.
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