instincts is a form of:

Instinct



noun
1.
~ (for something ding something), ~ (to do something) (urge to do things in a certain way, natural untaught way of acting, talent, natural ability, intuition, an innate train of reflexes, inborn impulse or propensity) ស្អេកស្កះដោយ, ពេញបរិបូរដោយ, ពេញទី, ឆ្អែតឆ្អន់ animal instinct សភាវគតិ, an instinct for art ការដុះ, act on instinct ដោយឥតមានគិត
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
A natural aptitude or knack; a predilection; as, an instinct for order; to be modest by instinct.
adjective
1.
Urged or stimulated from within; naturally moved or impelled; imbued; animated; alive; quick; as, birds instinct with life.
2.
Natural inward impulse; unconscious, involuntary, or unreasoning prompting to any mode of action, whether bodily, or mental, without a distinct apprehension of the end or object to be accomplished.
3.
Specif., the natural, unreasoning, impulse by which an animal is guided to the performance of any action, without of improvement in the method.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To impress, as an animating power, or instinct.