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• wax — 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 …   Medical dictionary

• wax — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. 2 a white translucent material obtained from this by bleaching and purifying and used for candles, in modelling, as a basis of… …   Useful english dictionary

• wax palm — noun 1. South American palm yielding a wax similar to carnauba wax • Syn: ↑caranday, ↑caranda, ↑caranda palm, ↑Copernicia australis, ↑Copernicia alba • Hypernyms: ↑fan palm • …   Useful english dictionary

• Mixture — For other uses, see Mix (disambiguation). In chemistry, a mixture is a material system made up by two or more different substances which are mixed together but are not combined chemically. Mixture refers to the physical combination of two or more …   Wikipedia

• wax — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English weax; akin to Old High German wahs wax, Lithuanian vaškas Date: before 12th century 1. a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructioncting the honeycomb, that is a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• wax — 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 …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

• Wax —   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… …   Energy terms

• Ski wax — is a material applied to the bottom of skis or snowboards to help them perform better on snow. Types of ski wax In general, ski wax can be broken down into two categories: grip and glide. Glide wax Glide wax describes a range of waxes which can… …   Wikipedia

• mineral wax — noun a waxy mineral that is a mixture of hydrocarbons and occurs in association with petroleum; some varieties are used in making ceresin and candles • Syn: ↑ader wax, ↑earth wax, ↑ozokerite, ↑ozocerite • Hypernyms: ↑mineral * * * noun …   Useful english dictionary

• Surfboard wax — (also known as surfwax ) is a formulation of natural and synthetic wax for application to the deck of a surfboard, bodyboard, or skimboard, to keep the surfer from slipping off the board when paddling out or riding a wave. It is also used to… …   Wikipedia

• Microcrystalline wax — Microcrystalline waxes are a type of wax produced by de oiling petrolatum, as part of the petroleum refining process. In contrast to the more familiar paraffin wax which contains mostly unbranched alkanes, microcrystalline wax contains a higher… …   Wikipedia