Wax
41wax — wax1 noun 1》 beeswax. ↘a white translucent material obtained by bleaching and purifying beeswax, used to make candles and polishes. ↘any similar viscous substance, especially a lipid or hydrocarbon. 2》 informal used in reference to… …
42wax — 1. tv. to beat or defeat someone; to assault someone. □ Those guys look like they’re gonna wax us but good. □ The muggers waxed the vest and swiped his briefcase. 2. n. a phonograph recording; a substance onto which a recording is put. (Never… …
43wax — 1. A thick, tenacious substance, plastic at room temperature, secreted by bees for building the cells of their honeycomb. SYN: beeswax, cera. 2. Any substance with physical properties similar to those of beeswax, of animal, vegetable …
44wax — 1. To increase. Māhuahua, ho onui. See moon. 2. Substance. Pīlali, pīlali pālolo. See beeswax, earwax. Wax seal, to seal with wax, uwepa …
45wax — n. [A.S. weax, wax] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) A substance secreted by various insects consisting of a complex mixture of lipids, varying from species to species …
46wax — See wax, wane …
47wax — Any of various natural, oily or greasy heat sensitive substances, including beeswax, ceresin, carnauba, tallow, paraffin, and micro crystalline wax. Most waxes consist of hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids that are insoluble in water but… …
48Wax — A solid or semi solid material consisting of a mixture of hydrocarbons obtained or derived from petroleum fractions, or through a Fischer Tropsch type process, in which the straight chained paraffin series predominates. This includes all… …
49wax — I. v. a. Cere, smear with wax. II. v. n. 1. Increase (as the moon), become larger, become fuller. 2. Grow, become, come to be, get to be …
50wax — verb the moon is waxing wax lyrical Syn: get bigger, increase, enlarge Ant: wane …
