• Acupressure: Pressure points on the body that induce certain responses, some sexual.
• Anal Play: Stimulating or penetrating the anus for sexual pleasure.
• Analingus: Rimming or penetration of the anus with the tongue.
• Androgyny: Having a blend of both male and female characteristics (culturally sanctioned sex roles).
• Aphrodisiacs: Food, drinks, drugs, herbs, or scents that can arouse or increase sexual desire or libido.
• Autoerotic Asphyxiation:Arousal from lack of oxygen.
• Autoerotica: Self induced arousal from fantasies, pornography, erotica or other aids.
• BDSM:A compounded acronym for B/d (Bondage/discipline), D/s (Domination/submission), and S/m (Sadism/masochism). It covers the three aspects of a lifestyle that usually involves more than one or all of these sets of activities, but may also only include one.
• Binding: Wrapping the feet or genitals with string, rope or lace.
• Bisexual: People who are sexually attracted to both sexes.
• Blindfolding: Covering the eyes during sexual play.
• Body Painting: Drawing or painting temporary designs on the body.
• Body Worship: Sex game in which one partner willingly chooses to adore another's body.
• Bondage: Physical or mental restriction of a partner.
• Bottom: The casual term for someone who enjoys the submissive role but is not generally committed to a full-time D/s relationship or one partner.
• Caning: A whipping with a switch or cane; an extreme form of erotic sensation play.
• Chastity Belts: Leather or metal belts used to prevent genital penetration.
• Cock Rings: Rings placed around the base of the male genitals to maintain erections.
• Corsetting: Body modification or oxygen restriction from using corsets.
• Costumes: Dress-up clothes for sexual fantasy play.
• Cross-dresser: A person who wears the apparel of the opposite sex.
• Cunnilingus: Oral sex performed on a woman.
• Discipline: Punishment and control of a partner during sex play. Sometimes administered without erotic attachment as a training measure for submissives and slaves.
• Dominance/Submission: Power exchange between partners.
• Dominatrix/Domme/Dom: A person, usually hired, to function as a top or sadist. (Dom is the male version; domme and dominatrix are the female versions).
• Dungeons: Rooms that are decorated for SM play.
• Erotica: Sexual literature and photos.
• Fantasy Play: Acting out sexual fantasies.
• Fantasy: A mental image or illusion, sometimes sexual.
• Fellatio: Oral sex performed on a man.
• Fetish: An object that replaces people as primary object of love.
• Fisting: Inserting a fist or hand into the vagina or anus.
• Flagellation: Striking a person with an object.
• Frottage: Rubbing one's body against a partner or object for arousal.
• Gay: A man who prefers sex with another man.
• Genital Massage: Stimulating the genitals with the hands, usually during sensual massage.
• GLBT: Generic descriptive term for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
• Handkerchief Codes: Color codes that identify sexual preferences.
• Harness: Body harnesses used in suspension or penis restriction, or straps worn to support a dildo for penetrating another partner.
• Hermaphrodite: Person who has both female and male genitalia.
• Homoeroticism: Sexual arousal from a person of the same sex.
• Hot Wax: A sex game in which hot wax is melted onto a partner.
• Kegel Exercises: Exercise of the pelvic muscles that control orgasm.
• Lap Dancing: Squatting above a sitting person and rubbing against them to create arousal without touching their genitals.
• Lesbian: A woman who prefers to have sex with other women.
• Masochism: The desire for and ability to process intense/painful sensation for enjoyment and sexual arousal. Sometimes it is indulged in for the endorphins alone, without arriving at any sexual act. Generally an activity for two people.
• Massage: Rubbing the body to increase circulation.
• Masturbation: Stimulating one's own sexual organs and erogenous zones.
• Menage á Trois: Three people having sex together.
• Online Sex: Verbal sex between partners via email, chat room or other Internet device.
• Orgy: Group sex.
• Paraphilia: Sexual arousal to an unusual or socially unacceptable object or act.
• Pheromones: Natural chemicals or hormones that induce a sexual response.
• Phone Sex: Verbal sex between partners on a phone.
• Play Room: A room equipped with sex paraphernalia and used primarily for sex play.
• Play: The consensual acting out of a role or game, sometimes sexual.
• Polygamy: One person with multiple marriage partners.
• Queer: Generic descriptive term for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.
• Rimming: Penetrating the anus with the tongue.
• Ritual Sex: Sex performed with specific rules of conduct (i.e., Wicca, weddings, slave training).
• Sadism: Empowerment and arousal from the interaction of inflicting desired intense stimulation/pain on a willing partner.
• Sadomasochism: The combination of inflicting and receiving pain as a means to sexual arousal.
• Sensory Deprivation: A practice done to intensify anxiety, and to heighten the other senses that are left uninhibited.
• Sensual Massage: Combining elements of sensuality with massage to produce arousal and possibly orgasm.
• Sex Magick: The use of witchcraft rituals for sexual purposes.
• Sex Slave: A slave whose designation is specifically for sexual purposes. It is not simply someone who enjoys being dominated. Many who enjoy being dominated and are not sex slaves.
• Sex Surrogates: People who are trained to help other people overcome sexual dysfunctions.
• Sex Toys: Mechanical objects used to assist in masturbation or sex play.
• Sexologists: People who study the science of sex.
• Shaving: Removing the hair of a partner or oneself, usually pubic, with a razor for arousal or as an obedient act to demonstrate submission to ownership.
• Slave: Someone who has agreed to give up all personal rights to their dominant or master. This may or may not ever include sexual contact.
• Slings: Swings or other forms of support or suspension from which a person may engage in sex.
• SM: Abbreviation for sadomasochism.
• Spanking: Using one's hand to slap a partner's buttocks for sensory enhancement and arousal.
• Stripping: Removing one's clothes, sometimes performed on stage in an erotic manner.
• Submission: Surrendering control to a dominant partner.
• Swing: An object that allows a person or two to be suspended and move back and forth during sex.
• Swinging: Group sex or wife swapping.
• Tantra: Yoga-type sexual discipline.
• Top: The person who controls the stimuli during sex games.
• Transsexual: A person whose gender identity does not match the physical sex organs of their body. They can be in the process of physically changing their sex (pre-operative) or have already changed their physical sex surgically (post-operative).
• Transvestite: Person aroused by cross-dressing.
• Voyeurism: Arousal by watching others without their consent.
• Whipping: Striking or flagellating a partner for sensory enhancement.