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Waxed :: Waxed (p. p.) of Wa.

Grow :: Grow (v. i.) To increase in any way; to become larger and stronger; to be augmented; to advance; to extend; to wax; to accrue.

Myricin :: Myricin (n.) A silky, crystalline, waxy substance, forming the less soluble part of beeswax, and regarded as a palmitate of a higher alcohol of the paraffin series; -- called also myricyl alcohol..

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

Cerated :: Cerated (p. a.) Covered with wax.

Wax :: Wax (n.) Cerumen, or earwax..

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

Tetrapharmacum :: Tetrapharmacum (n.) A combination of wax, resin, lard, and pitch, composing an ointment..

Agnus Dei :: Agnus Dei () A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope.

Waxy :: Waxy (a.) Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible..

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

Methal :: Methal (n.) A white waxy substance, found in small quantities in spermaceti as an ethereal salt of several fatty acids, and regarded as an alcohol of the methane series..

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

Indent :: Indent (v. t.) To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp..

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..

Waxen :: Waxen () of Wa.

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

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

Wax :: Wax (v. t.) To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table..

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

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