Wax

  • 31WAX — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom.   Sigles d’une seule lettre   Sigles de deux lettres > Sigles de trois lettres   Sigles de quatre lettres …

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  • 32wax — wæks n. solid or semi solid substance that is greasy to the touch and pliable when heated (i.e. beeswax, earwax); petroleum based substance often used to coat or polish surfaces (i.e. car wax, paraffin); burst of anger (British) v. rub or polish …

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  • 33wax — 1 noun (U) 1 a solid material made out of fats or oils used to make candles, polish etc: wax crayon 2 a natural sticky substance in your ears see also: beeswax 2 verb 1 FLOOR/FURNITURE (T) to put a thin layer of wax on a floor or surface etc in… …

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  • 34wax — 1. noun /wæks/ a) Beeswax. ‘Thats him to a T,’ she would murmur; or, ‘Just wait till he reads this’; or, ‘Ah, wont that put him in a wax!’ b) Earwax. Syn: beeswax, cerumen, earwax, polish …

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  • 35Wax — Chartplatzierungen Erklärung der Daten Alben Magnetic Heaven   DE 65 16.06.1986 …

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  • 36wax — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Wax is used before these nouns: ↑candle, ↑crayon, ↑paper, ↑polish, ↑seal, ↑tablet Wax is used after these nouns: ↑bikini, ↑candle, ↑ear {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb …

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  • 37wax — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cere, grease, coat, smooth, polish; grow, increase, strengthen. See smoothness. n. tallow, paraffin, beeswax, cerumen, oil. II (Roget s IV) n. Waxes include: paraffin, resin, spermaceti, lanolin,… …

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  • 38wax — {{11}}wax (n.) substance made by bees, O.E. weax, from P.Gmc. *wakhsan (Cf. O.S., O.H.G. wahs, O.N. vax, Du. was, Ger. Wachs); cognate with O.C.S. vasku, Lith. vaЕЎkas, Pol. wosk, Rus. vosk wax (but these may be from Gmc.). Waxworks …

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  • 39wax — [wæks] noun [U] I 1) a solid substance that becomes liquid when it is heated. Wax is used, for example, to make CANDLES. 2) a dark yellow substance in your ears waxy adj II verb [T] wax [wæks] 1) to make wood shiny by rubbing wax onto it 2) to… …

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  • 40wax — [1] A substance resembling beeswax in appearance and character, and in general distinguished by its composition of esters and higher alcohols, and by its freedom from fatty acids; used for underbody sealing, cavity sealing, and paintwork care.… …

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