Words that rhyme with sacs

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]

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]

n 1: duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio [syn: facsimile, facsimile machine, fax] v 1: send something via a facsimile machine; "Can you fax me the report right away?" [syn: fax, telefax, facsimile]

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

n 1: a game in which jackstones are thrown and picked up in various groups between bounces of a small rubber ball [syn: jacks, jackstones, knucklebones]

adj 1: lacking in rigor or strictness; "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"; "lax in attending classes"; "slack in maintaining discipline" [syn: lax, slack] 2: pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') [ant: tense] 3: lacking in strength or firmness or resilience; "a lax rope"; "a limp handshake" [ant: tense] 4: emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels" [syn: lax, loose]

n 1: street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate [syn: soap, scoop, max, liquid ecstasy, grievous bodily harm, goop, Georgia home boy, easy lay]

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]

n 1: a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894) [syn: Sax, Adolphe Sax] 2: a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore [syn: sax, saxophone]

n 1: (usually in the plural) pants for casual wear

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

n 1: charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government [syn: tax, taxation, revenue enhancement] v 1: levy a tax on; "The State taxes alcohol heavily"; "Clothing is not taxed in our state" 2: set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine) [syn: tax, assess] 3: use to the limit; "you are taxing my patience" [syn: tax, task] 4: make a charge against or accuse; "They taxed him failure to appear in court"

n 1: any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water v 1: cover with wax; "wax the car" 2: go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered" [syn: wax, mount, climb, rise] [ant: wane] 3: increase in phase; "the moon is waxing" [syn: wax, full] [ant: wane]

n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist [syn: pax, kiss of peace]

n 1: a French marshal who distinguished himself in the War of the Austrian Succession (1696-1750) [syn: Saxe, Hermann Maurice Saxe, comte de Saxe, Marshal Saxe] 2: an area in Germany around the upper Elbe river; the original home of the Saxons [syn: Saxony, Sachsen, Saxe]

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]