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

Jack :: Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.

Melt :: Melt (v.) To reduce from a solid to a liquid state, as by heat; to liquefy; as, to melt wax, tallow, or lead; to melt ice or snow..

Pela :: Pela (n.) See Wax insect, under Wax..

Wax :: Wax (n.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable..

Wox :: Wox () imp. of Wax.

Encaustic :: Encaustic (a.) The method of painting in heated wax, or in any way where heat is used to fix the colors..

Myristic :: Myristic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the nutmeg (Myristica). Specifically, designating an acid found in nutmeg oil and otoba fat, and extracted as a white crystalline waxy substance..

Vesta :: Vesta (n.) A wax friction match.

Honeycomb :: Honeycomb (n.) A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs..

Packwax :: Packwax (n.) Same as Paxwax.

Increase :: Increase (v. i.) The period of increasing light, or luminous phase; the waxing; -- said of the moon..

Cerotene :: Cerotene (n.) A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin..

Phosphorus :: Phosphorus (n.) A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for man

Cerotic :: Cerotic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol..

Seal :: Seal (n.) That which seals or fastens; esp., the wax or wafer placed on a letter or other closed paper, etc., to fasten it..

Cerosin :: Cerosin (n.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae..

Sodium :: Sodium (n.) A common metallic element of the alkali group, in nature always occuring combined, as in common salt, in albite, etc. It is isolated as a soft, waxy, white, unstable metal, so readily oxidized that it combines violently with water, and to be preserved must be kept under petroleum or some similar liquid. Sodium is used combined in many salts, in the free state as a reducer, and as a means of obtaining other metals (as magnesium and aluminium) is an important commercial product. Symbol

Serge :: Serge (n.) A large wax candle used in the ceremonies of various churches.

Kendal :: Kendal () A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England..

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