Sexual arousal.
A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond.
The act of arousing or the state of being aroused.
Arousal from sleep or hibernation.
The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
The final term of a rhetorical climax.
A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).