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acts
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n 1: a New Testament book describing the development of the
early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at
Rome [syn: Acts of the Apostles, Acts]
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axe
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n 1: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a
handle [syn: ax, axe]
v 1: chop or split with an ax; "axe wood" [syn: axe, ax]
2: terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped
funding it" [syn: ax, axe]
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flax
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n 1: fiber of the flax plant that is made into thread and woven
into linen fabric
2: plant of the genus Linum that is cultivated for its seeds and
for the fibers of its stem
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relax
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v 1: become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in
the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work"
[syn: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind,
decompress, slow down] [ant: tense, tense up]
2: make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope" [syn:
relax, unbend]
3: become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened";
"the rope relaxed" [syn: loosen, relax, loose] [ant:
stiffen]
4: cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me" [syn:
relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make
relaxed] [ant: strain, tense, tense up]
5: become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and
assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when
he saw that we were a friendly group" [syn: relax, loosen
up]
6: make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the
curfew after most of the rebels were caught" [syn: relax,
loosen]
7: become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the
new director arrived" [syn: relax, loosen]
8: make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got
tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [syn: slack,
slacken, slack up, relax]
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slacks
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n 1: (usually in the plural) pants for casual wear
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stacks
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n 1: a large number or amount; "made lots of new friends"; "she
amassed stacks of newspapers" [syn: tons, dozens,
heaps, lots, piles, scores, stacks, loads,
rafts, slews, wads, oodles, gobs, scads,
lashings]
2: storage space in a library consisting of an extensive
arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored
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pax
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n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian
love for those assisting at the Eucharist [syn: pax,
kiss of peace]
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ax
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n 1: an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a
handle [syn: ax, axe]
v 1: chop or split with an ax; "axe wood" [syn: axe, ax]
2: terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped
funding it" [syn: ax, axe]
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redox
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n 1: a reversible chemical reaction in which one reaction is an
oxidation and the reverse is a reduction [syn: oxidation-
reduction, oxidoreduction, redox]
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attacks
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blacks
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cracks
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facts
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impacts
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plaques
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quacks
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smacks
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snacks
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tracks
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dacs
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dax
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jaques
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macks
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macs
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pacs
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plax
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trax
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pretax
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antitax
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neoax
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