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The act of putting one thing into another
Answer for the clue "The act of putting one thing into another ", 12 letters:
intromission
Word definitions for intromission in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Intromission may refer to: Sexual intercourse (colloquial) Intromission theory , a theory of visual perception Vicious intromission , a concept in Scottish law
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 the state of being allowed to enter; admittance 2 the act of allowing to enter; admission 3 putting one thing into another; insertion 4 copulation: normally refers to the first moment of initial entry of a penis into a vagina, mouth or anus. 5 (context ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Intromission \In`tro*mis"sion\, n. [Cf. F. intromission. See Intromit .] The act of sending in or of putting in; insertion. Specifically; (Zo["o]l.) The insertion of the male copulatory organ into the female in the process of coitus. --South. Four populations ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the act of putting one thing into another [syn: insertion , introduction ]
Usage examples of intromission.
For nature (as the physicians allege) having intended the superior anterior orifice only for the intromission of solids and liquids, and the inferior posterior for ejection, these artists ingeniously considering that in all diseases Nature is forced out of her seat, therefore to replace her in it, the body must be treated in a manner directly contrary, by interchanging the use of each orifice, forcing solids and liquids in at the anus, and making evacuations at the mouth.