Phrase Hound found 24 phrases and 10 compound words that contain sacs. The most common are listed below. Open sacs in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 24
- air sacsplural of air sac: An alveolus.
- gestational sacsplural of gestational sac: The intrauterine structure around an embryo in the very early stage of a fetus that can be used to determine if an intrauterine pregnancy exists until the embryo is identified.
- greater sacsplural of greater sac: An abdominal cavity located inside the peritoneum but outside the lesser sac, which is connected to it via the omental foramen.
- lesser sacsplural of lesser sac: A portion of the peritoneal cavity that lies posterior to the stomach and the lesser omentum.
- yolk sacsplural of yolk sac: A membranous sac attached to an embryo, providing early nourishment in the form of yolk in bony fishes, sharks, reptiles, birds, and primitive mammals.
- cul-de-sacsplural of cul-de-sac: A blind alley or dead end street.
- lacrimal sacsplural of lacrimal sac: The upper dilated end of the nasolacrimal duct that is situated in a groove formed by the lacrimal bone and the frontal process of the maxilla and receives the lacrimal canaliculi.
- castor sacsplural of castor sac: An organ of a beaver releasing a secretion for refining the animal’s fell, popular in perfumery as under the name castoreum, and formerly used in medicine.
- dart sacsplural of dart sac: A sac connected with the reproductive organs of certain land snails, containing a love dart.
- egg sacsplural of egg sac: A protective capsule that contains the eggs of some insects and molluscs
- embryo sacsplural of embryo sac: The megagametophyte in a flowering plant.
- gestation sacsplural of gestation sac: The intrauterine structure around an embryo in the very early stage of a fetus that can be used to determine if an intrauterine pregnancy exists until the embryo is identified.
- heart sacsplural of heart sac: A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract.
- honey sacsplural of honey sac: A pouch in a honey bee where it stores honey for later regurgitation and storage; a bee's crop.
- ink sacsplural of ink sac: A muscular bag found in certain cephalopods used to generate ink.
- sacs upthird-person singular simple present indicative of sac up: Alternative spelling of sack up (only in the "become more manly" meaning)
- shell sacsplural of shell sac: The sac in which the shell of a mollusc is secreted during development; (now especially) the fold of mantle in which a cephalopod secretes its pen or gladius.
- tear sacsplural of tear sac: The upper dilated end of the nasolacrimal duct that is situated in a groove formed by the lacrimal bone and the frontal process of the maxilla and receives the lacrimal canaliculi.
- vocal sacsplural of vocal sac: The flexible membrane of skin possessed by most male frogs, used for amplification of the voice.
- laryngeal sacsplural of laryngeal sac: A saccular expansion of the lateral wall cavity of the larynx between the true and false vocal cords that is greatly developed in certain primates (as the orangutan).
- amniotic sacsplural of amniotic sac: The sac in which the foetus develops in mammals, reptiles, and birds.
- hernial sacsplural of hernial sac: A protruding pouch of the peritoneum consisting of a herniated organ or tissue.
- lachrymal sacsAlternative spelling of lacrimal sacs, plural of lachrymal sac
- nasolacrimal sacsplural of nasolacrimal sac: The upper dilated end of the nasolacrimal duct that is situated in a groove formed by the lacrimal bone and the frontal process of the maxilla and receives the lacrimal canaliculi.
Compound words 10
- airsacsplural of airsac: An alveolus.
- corsacsplural of corsac: corsac fox
- eggsacsplural of eggsac: A protective capsule that contains the eggs of some insects and molluscs
- embryosacsplural of embryosac: The megagametophyte in a flowering plant.
- Fronsacsplural of Fronsac: A red wine from the Bordeaux region.
- ovisacsplural of ovisac: A Graafian follicle; any sac containing an ovum or ova.
- pseudosacsplural of pseudosac: A (non-gestational) sac that develops in the uterus during an ectopic pregnancy
- sicsacsplural of sicsac: Alternative form of ziczac (“crocodile bird”).
- yolksacsplural of yolksac: A membranous sac attached to an embryo, providing early nourishment in the form of yolk in bony fishes, sharks, reptiles, birds, and primitive mammals.
- rucksacsplural of rucksac: A bag carried on the back or shoulder, supported by straps.