Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Sexually oriented to persons of the opposite sex.
- adj. Of or relating to different sexes.
- n. A heterosexual person.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Relating to the opposite sex.
Wiktionary
- adj. Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
- n. A heterosexual organism, especially a human.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
- n. a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
Examples
“There are people who have never heard the word 'heterosexual,'" Dr. Sell says.”
The Wall Street Journal: Reliable Tally of Gay Population Proves Elusive
“As an analogy, would you agree that a person who self-identifies as a heterosexual and honestly admits to being attracted to the opposite sex (think chest-pounding male) has the propensity to engage in heterosexual acts?”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Add Bad Ethics to the Problems of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”?
“She notes, for example, that the word "heterosexual" didn't come into use until a little over a century ago.”
“I don't know if there is any redemption in heterosexual love here but you see a woman and a man making love.”
“Even among the Modern American Conservatives, a tribe not known for its self-awareness, no young man claiming to be heterosexual is going to publish a memoir where finding out a potential sexual partner has taken intelligent precautions against pregnancy is a boner-killer.”
“MSM are very vulnerable to being infected with HIV and are more likely to transmit it than those engaging solely in heterosexual relationships.”
Global Voices in English » Africa: Bloggers Discuss HIV/AIDS among gay African men
“Yeah, because children never engage in heterosexual child sex play.”
“So when you have your hypothetical motel, do you ask all comers if they engage in heterosexual sodomy, and whether they plan to do so?”
“A good fraction of the gay men and women I know have been in heterosexual marriages.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Enough with the Ridiculous Hyperbole!
“I have no desire to participate in heterosexual sex, but I don't have the idea that it's "bad" in any way.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘heterosexual’.
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I Found A Rose
List of words that contain the string of letters "rose" - from aprosexia nasalis to prosectionist.
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Give Blood. Save a Life
Words related to blood and blood donation
needle, whole blood, plasma, red blood cells, platelets, apheresis, blood type, blood pressure, hematocrit, cmv negative, fingerstick, centrifuge and 30 more...
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Double Dactyls
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dactyl
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hetero-, heter-
different; diverse

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