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Waxing :: Waxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wa.

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

Taper :: Taper (n.) A small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light..

Waxberry :: Waxberry (n.) The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree..

Waxwork :: Waxwork (n.) Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings..

Nonconducting :: Nonconducting (a.) Not conducting; not transmitting a fluid or force; thus, in electricity, wax is a nonconducting substance..

Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..

Flambeau :: Flambeau (n.) A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch..

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..

Sigillative :: Sigillative (a.) Fit to seal; belonging to a seal; composed of wax.

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..

Percher :: Percher (v. i.) A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar..

Waxen :: Waxen (a.) Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet..

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

Paxywaxy :: Paxywaxy (n.) See Paxwax.

Earwax :: Earwax (n.) See Cerumen.

Kerosene :: Kerosene (n.) An oil used for illuminating purposes, formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax, bituminous shale, etc., and hence called also coal oil. It is now produced in immense quantities, chiefly by the distillation and purification of petroleum. It consists chiefly of several hydrocarbons of the methane series..

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

Ceromancy :: Ceromancy (n.) Divination by dropping melted wax in water.

Ceraceous :: Ceraceous (a.) Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy.

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