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Thoroughwax :: Thoroughwax (n.) An umbelliferous plant (Bupleurum rotundifolium) with perfoliate leaves.

Ceroplastic :: Ceroplastic (a.) Relating to the art of modeling in wax.

Cere :: Cere (v. t.) To wax; to cover or close with wax.

Waxed :: Waxed (imp.) of Wa.

Vehicle :: Vehicle (n.) Any liquid with which a pigment is applied, including whatever gum, wax, or glutinous or adhesive substance is combined with it..

Lipic :: Lipic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fat. The word was formerly used specifically to designate a supposed acid obtained by the oxidation of oleic acid, tallow, wax, etc..

Sealing Wax :: Sealing wax () A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc..

Candleberry Tree :: Candleberry tree () A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry..

Wex :: Wex (v. t. & i.) To grow; to wax.

Carnauba :: Carnauba (n.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.

Wood-wash :: Wood-wash (n.) Alt. of Wood-waxe.

Cerography :: Cerography (n.) A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.

Chafewax :: Chafewax (n.) Alt. of Chaffwa.

Cetin :: Cetin (n.) A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti..

X :: X () X, the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, has three sounds; a compound nonvocal sound (that of ks), as in wax; a compound vocal sound (that of gz), as in example; and, at the beginning of a word, a simple vocal sound (that of z), as in xanthic. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 217, 270, 271..

Theobromic :: Theobromic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid extracted from cacao butter (from the Theobroma Cacao), peanut oil (from Arachis hypogaea), etc., as a white waxy crystalline substance..

Wood-waxen :: Wood-waxen (n.) Same as Woadwaxen.

Heelball :: Heelball (n.) A composition of wax and lampblack, used by shoemakers for polishing, and by antiquaries in copying inscriptions..

Ceryl :: Ceryl (n.) A radical, C27H55 supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from Chinese wax, beeswax, etc..

Wax :: Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.

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