several, a. [various], [diverse], [manifold], [divers], [sundry].
severe, a. drastic, [harsh], [stern], [rigorous], [exact], [cruel]; [serious], [sedate], [grave], austere, [sober]; [distressing], afflictive, [sharp], acute, [violent], [intense]; [inexorable], [stern], [exacting], peremptory, [unrelenting], [unmerciful]; [plain], austere, unembellished, unadorned; [methodical], [strict], [precise], [exact].
severity, n. [rigor], rigorousness, harshness, [exactness], cruelty; [seriousness], gravity; [violence], intensity, acuteness; austerity, simplicity, plainness; [exactness], strictness, preciseness.
sew, v. stitch; [baste].
sewer, n. Associated words: sewerage, sewage.
sewing woman. seamstress.
sex, n. Associated words: sexual, gender, [bisexual], unisexual, epicene, hermaphrodite, hermaphroditism, androgyne, androgyny, gonad.
sexless, a. asexual, agamous.
sexton, n. janitor (of a church), sacristan, sacrist.
sexual desire. [lust], venereal [appetite], sexual [appetite], carnal [appetite], lasciviousness, [venery], concupiscence, salacity, salaciousness, aphrodisia; satyriasis ([immoderate]); nymphomania (morbid in women); (of animals) œstrus, [rut], [heat], œstruation. Antonym: anaphrodisia. Associated words: aphrodisiac, antaphrodisiac, anaphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, amative, amativeness, amorous, amorousness, amatory, antiorgastic, philter, œstrual, [sedative], erotic, erotomania, sadism, satyromaniac.