Definition of wax

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Wax (n.) A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below..

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Cerolite :: Cerolite (n.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color..
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..
Pela :: Pela (n.) See Wax insect, under Wax..
Cerated :: Cerated (p. a.) Covered with wax.
Wax :: Wax (v. i.) To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse..
Cerograph :: Cerograph (n.) A writing on wax.
Waxworker :: Waxworker (n.) One who works in wax; one who makes waxwork.
Principal :: Principal (n.) One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned.
Ceresin :: Ceresin (n.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax..
Wax :: Wax (v. i.) To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.
Melt :: Melt (v. i.) To be changed from a solid to a liquid state under the influence of heat; as, butter and wax melt at moderate temperatures..
Apiculture :: Apiculture (n.) Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
Waxing :: Waxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wa.
Ceroplastic :: Ceroplastic (a.) Relating to the art of modeling in wax.
Waxing :: Waxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wa.
Honeycomb :: Honeycomb (n.) A mass of hexagonal waxen cells, formed by bees, and used by them to hold their honey and their eggs..
Wood-waxen :: Wood-waxen (n.) Same as Woadwaxen.
Waxed :: Waxed (imp. & p. p.) of Wa.
Wax :: Wax (n.) A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite..
Vermilion :: Vermilion (n.) A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc..
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