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They are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
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wax
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES sealing wax the moon waxes (= gets bigger each night ) ▪ The moon waxed larger over the next few days. waxed paper wax/polish the floor ▪ I washed and waxed the kitchen floor. COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wax \Wax\ (w[a^]ks), v. i. [imp. Waxed ; p. p. Waxed , and Obs. or Poetic Waxen ; p. pr. & vb. n. Waxing .] [AS. weaxan; akin to OFries. waxa, D. wassen, OS. & OHG. wahsan, G. wachsen, Icel. vaxa, Sw. v["a]xa, Dan. voxe, Goth. wahsjan, Gr. ? to increase, ...
Usage examples of wax.
Thus then they abode a-feasting till the sun was westering and the shadows waxed about them, and then at last Ralph rose up and called to horse, and the other wayfarers arose also, and the horses were led up to them.
This greasy, sometimes waxy substance is known as adipocere, or grave wax.
It was there by virtue of its selfness, adrift in the same waxen pale as himself.
Master Radly had included an oilskin bow case and a covered quiver in the price of the bow, to which Alec had added a score of arrows, linen twine and wax for bowstrings, and packets of red and white fletching.
And even among reforming writers who could wax indignant at every other kind of abuse and anachronism, there was little enthusiasm for some sort of nonvenal, bureaucratic state.
Above the tannin-dyed waters, an anhinga roosted in a wax myrtle and spread its wings to dry.
I divided my attention between rapidly scribbling notes on my wax tablets and glancing at Asteria behind the prince.
She had encountered him once when he was at his workwaxing the aumbries and weeping, so that the wax mingled with his tears.
The sword in his fist waxed brighter, second by second, until he was forced to shield his eyes with the back of his bandaged hand.
Ward Mclntire, the man from the Bazooka bubble gum company, stood holding a glass bowl filled with gum all wrapped in shiny wax paper, each containing a shiny wax-paper cartoon inside.
I turnd my livin wild beests of Pray loose into the streets and spilt all my wax wurks.
I was sayin, I arroved at Oberlin, and called on Perfesser Peck for the purpuss of skewerin Kolonial Hall to exhibit my wax works and beests of Pray into.
Summer Campane with my unparaleld show of wax works and livin wild Beests of Pray in the early part of this munch.
She looked longingly at the soda-can atrocity on my wrist, all curling jangles of some lightweight alloy bendable as warm wax.
There was a woman sitting in a chair, her sideburns and chin smeared with dark golden wax, and there were two beautiful young women lying naked from the waist down, having their bikini lines done.