Definition of wax

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Wax (v. i.) To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane.

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Melissic :: Melissic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax; specif., denoting an acid obtained by oxidation of myricin..
Sycock :: Sycoceryl (n.) A radical, of the aromatic series, regarded as an essential ingredient of certain compounds found in the waxy resin of an Australian species of fig..
Waxed :: Waxed (p. p.) of Wa.
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..
Ceroma :: Ceroma (n.) The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestlers were anointed among the ancient Romans.
Wex :: Wex (n.) Wax.
Waxy :: Waxy (a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible..
Carnauba :: Carnauba (n.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.
Waxworker :: Waxworker (n.) One who works in wax; one who makes waxwork.
Palmin :: Palmin (n.) A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil.
Apiculture :: Apiculture (n.) Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
Wax :: Wax (n.) A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.
Waxen :: Waxen (a.) Made of wax.
Model :: Model (v. i.) To make a copy or a pattern; to design or imitate forms; as, to model in wax..
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
Lignoceric :: Lignoceric (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of the formic acid series, found in the tar, wax, or paraffine obtained by distilling certain kinds of wood, as the beech..
Statue :: Statue (n.) The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion..
Cere :: Cere (v. t.) To wax; to cover or close with wax.
Hatchettite :: Hatchettite (n.) Mineral t/ low; a waxy or spermaceti-like substance, commonly of a greenish yellow color..
Packwax :: Packwax (n.) Same as Paxwax.
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