Wax

Definition: Wax

Wax

Noun

1. Any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water.

Verb

1. Cover with wax; "wax the car".

2. Go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered".

3. Increase in phase; "the moon is waxing".

Date "wax" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Bible	Wax Made by melting the combs of bees. Mentioned (Ps. 22:14; 68:2; 97:5; Micah 1:4) in illustration. Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary.
Chemical Industry	Any of various unctuous, viscous or solid heat-sensitive substances, consisting essentially of high molecular weight hydrocarbons or esters of fatty acids, characteristically insoluble in water. Source: European Union. (references)
Electrical Engineering	A disk of wax on which an original mechanical recording may be inscribed. Source: European Union. (references)
Food & Agriculture	An ester or mixture of esters, of a higher fatty acid with a higher aliphatic alcohol. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. A solid, noncrystalline hydrocarbon of mineral origin, such as ozocerite and paraffin; composed of the fatty acid esters of the higher hydrocarbons.b. Soft or puddled clay used for dams or stoppings in a mine. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
WAX	English	Weak anion-exchange	Medicine
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Wax

Synonyms: climb (v), full (v), mount (v), rise (v). (additional references)

Antonym: wane (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Calefaction	Coke, carbon, charcoal; wood alcohol, turpentine, tea tree oil; gasoline, kerosene, naptha, fuel oil (fuel); wax, paraffin; residue, tar.
Continuance in action	Verb: be converted into; become, get, wax; come to, turn to, turn into, evolve into, develop into; turn out, lapse, shift; run into, fall into, pass into, slide into, glide into, grow into, ripen into, open into, resolve itself into, settle into, merge into, emerge as; melt, grow, come round to, mature, mellow; assume the form of, assume the shape of, assume the state of, assume the nature of, assume the character of; illapse; begin a new phase, assume a new phase, undergo a change.
Expansion	Verb: become larger; (large; ); expand, widen, enlarge, extend, grow, increase, incrassate, swell, gather; fill out; deploy, take open order, dilate, stretch, distend, spread; mantle, wax; grow up, spring up; bud, bourgeon, shoot, sprout, germinate, put forth, vegetate, pullulate, open, burst forth; gain flesh, gather flesh; outgrow; spread like wildfire, overrun.
Increase	Verb: increase, augment, add to, enlarge; dilate; (expand); grow, wax, get ahead. gain strength; advance; run up, shoot up; rise; ascend; sprout.
Lubrication	Verb: lubricate, lubricitate; oil, grease, lather, soap; wax.
Oil	Noun: oil, fat, butter, cream, grease, tallow, suet, lard, dripping exunge, blubber; glycerin, stearin, elaine, oleagine; soap; soft soap, wax, cerement; paraffin, spermaceti, adipocere; petroleum, mineral, mineral rock, mineral crystal, mineral oil; vegetable oil, colza oil, olive oil, salad oil, linseed oil, cottonseed oil, soybean oil, nut oil; animal oil, neat's foot oil, train oil; ointment, unguent, liniment; aceite, amole, Barbados tar; fusel oil, grain oil, rape oil, seneca oil; hydrate
Semiliquidity	Jelly, mucilage, gelatin, gluten; carlock, fish glue; ichthyocol, ichthycolla; isinglass; mucus, phlegm, goo; pituite, lava; glair, starch, gluten, albumen, milk, cream, protein; treacle; gum, size, glue (tenacity); wax, beeswax.
Softness	Clay, wax, butter, dough, pudding; alumina, argil; cushion, pillow, feather bed, down, padding, wadding;foam.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Wax

English words defined with "wax": bayberry wax ♦ candelilla wax, carnauba wax ♦ fig wax, floor wax ♦ Ghedda wax, gondang wax ♦ Japan wax ♦ lac wax ♦ mineral wax, montan wax ♦ Nose of wax ♦ pisang wax ♦ scale wax, shellac wax, ski wax ♦ vegetable wax ♦ Walling wax, wax crayon, wax figure, Wax flower, Wax insect, Wax light, Wax painting, Wax palm, Wax paper, Wax tree. (references)

Specialty definitions using "wax": blister wax, blower wax ♦ crude wax ♦ fibrous wax, flax wax, fossil wax ♦ Gentleman of Paper and Wax, greater wax moth, Green Wax ♦ insect wax ♦ Lad o' Wax, lignite wax ♦ MOLDER, WAX, MOLDER, WAX BALL, montana wax ♦ Neat as Wax ♦ petroleum wax, polyethylene wax, press operator, wax ball ♦ rod wax ♦ slack wax, SQUEEZE WAX, sucker-rod wax ♦ tree wax ♦ WAX BLEACHER, WAX BLENDER, wax original, wax skis/to, Wax Taper. (references)

Etymologies containing "wax": Waist. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Wax" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Somali (anything, something, thing), Wolof (say, said).

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	Oh Porterhouse, look at the wax build up on these shoes I want that wax stripped off there, then I want them creamed and buffed wih a fine chamois, and I want them now (Caddyshack; writing credit: Brian Doyle-Murray; Harold Ramis) God, this is my man, and you'd better take care of him, or I'm gonna wax your ass. (Get Crazy; writing credit: Danny Opatoshu; Henry Rosenbaum) But, you do get this watch and a year's supply of turtle wax. What I want is to be left alone (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) We could eat the wax! It's organic (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) You have a lot of nerve telling me to get a wax. If you were in Aruba the natives could bead your back (Sex and the City; writing credit: Mark Leiren-Young)
Lyrics	Wax on and off so romantically (What'Chu Like; performing artist: Da Brat) Dre came to wax you so, just call me Mop N Glow (Keep Their Headz Ringin; performing artist: Dr. Dre) He slice the wax cut forward cut back (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince) Snatch the wax (I Wanna Rock; performing artist: Prince) And your father's still perfecting ways of making sealing wax. (19TH NERVOUS BREAKDOWN; performing artist: The Rolling Stones)
Movie/TV Titles	Figures of Wax (1974) Terror in the Wax Museum (1973) Nightmare in Wax (1969) House of Wax (1953) Pink String and Sealing Wax (1945)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
References	The World Market for Petroleum Jelly; Paraffin Wax, Microcrystalline Petroleum Wax, and Other Mineral Waxes Obtained by Synthesis or Other Process: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	The Art of Encaustic Painting: Contemporary Expression in the Ancient Medium of Pigmented Wax (reference) Of Shoes and Ships and Sealing Wax, Cabbages and Kings and Aspirin As Needed (reference) Beeswax Crafts: Candlemaking, Modelling, Beauty Creams, Soaps and Polishes, Encaustic Art, Wax Crayons (reference) Encaustic Art: How to Paint With Wax (reference) The Wax Museum (Eek! Stories to Make You Shriek) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Wax (reference) Wax Data (reference) Wax Poetics (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Hot Wax Zombies on Wheels (reference) The Wax Mask (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Funk Wax Essentials (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Black Wax Thermal Ribbon 4in Wide X 1181ft Long (reference) Tektronix Wax Roll 3-Color 342-Prints For 200 Series (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Screwpull Wax Remover, Black (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Sections of tissue embedded in paraffin wax are sliced and floated on a hot-water bath in preparation for histological study. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.		Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Bayberry - Myrica pensylvanica. Early colonists boiled the berries and made aromatic candles from the wax. The berries are still used as components of candles. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).
	Exterior close-up of tower from north. Photograph by Jack E. Boucher, August 1969. (Reproduction Number: HABS WIS,51-RACI,5-6) The great American architect Frank Lloyd Wright made national headlines in 1936 with his designs for the Pennsylvania house known as Fallingwater and this building, the Johnson Wax Corporation Building in Racine, Wisconsin. Using reinforced concrete, brick, and innovative glass tubing, Wright created one of his most distinctive commercial designs for Johnson Wax. The eight-story research tower shown here was completed in 1947 to complement the original building. Each floor of the tower is cantilevered out from a central cylindrical core. The exterior walls are made of layers of curved glass tubing and brick. Credit: Library of Congress.		[A wax bath for a young male leprosy patient] / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by P.K.J. Menon..
	Document with wax seal and inkwell. Credit: Library of Congress.		The wax policeman. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Luis Hidalgo, half-length portrait, facing front, holding one of his wax sculptures, others are displayed on table in foreground. Credit: Library of Congress.		Books written on clay and wax. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Head of wax figure in front of antique shop at entrance to Cape Cod near Bourne Bridge. Massachusetts. Credit: Library of Congress.		One of a Mexican field gang of migratory laborers thinning and weeding cantaloupe plants. The young plants are "capped" with wax paper spread over a wire wicket to protect against cold and accelerate growth. The laborers' wages are thirty cents an hour. I. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Author	Quotation
Antoine Rivarol	Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.
Aristotle	We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.
Arthur Schopenhauer	Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax.
William Shakespeare	Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded	Carroll, Lewis	On he speeds, never wasting a wordlet, Though thoughtlets cling, closely as wax, To the spot where the beautiful birdlet So quietly quacks
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	He examined the flame of the candle with a stupid air, and took some of the melted wax from around the wick and rolled it in his fingers
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	But Mr Harford was very decent and never got into a wax.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		And because tics can wax and wane in severity and can also be suppressed, they are often absent during doctor visits, which further complicates making a diagnosis. (references)
Economic History	Djibouti	Principal exports from the region transiting Djibouti are coffee, salt, hides, dried beans, cereals, other agricultural products, wax and salt. (references)
	Ukraine	Major U.S. companies such as Coca-Cola, Kraft-Jacobs-Suchard, Mars, PepsiCo, Procter & Gamble, and SC Johnson (Johnson Wax and Tambrands) have developed strong sales and service networks in Ukraine, which will ultimately strengthen their market-share potential. (references)
	India	Some of the major U.S. companies which are slowly spreading to these small cities include: GE Medical Systems, Johnson Controls, John Deere, Whirlpool, Frito Lay, Parametric Technology Solutions, Lucent Technologies, Cirrus Logic, Amphenol Amphetronix, AT&T, BPL US WEST, Babcox & Wilcox Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, McDonald's, Kimberley-Clark, Johnson Wax, and Schentedy Chemicals in Pune; Colgate Palmolive in Aurangabad; Elbee-UPS Courier in Nagpur; General Motors in Vadodara; Proctor & Gamble in Mandideep, near Indore. (references)
Human Rights	Burma	There are credible first-hand reports that, during interrogations, officials place metal rods between prisoners' fingers and squeeze them in an attempt to injure the prisoners' hands, and pour hot wax on prisoners' backs. (references)
Indigenous People	India	No rubber, wax, ivory, or other forest products may be removed from the protected areas without prior authorization. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	SEAL, n. A mark impressed upon certain kinds of documents to attest their authenticity and authority. Sometimes it is stamped upon wax, and attached to the paper, sometimes into the paper itself. Sealing, in this sense, is a survival of an ancient custom of inscribing important papers with cabalistic words or signs to give them a magical efficacy independent of the authority that they represent. In the British museum are preserved many ancient papers, mostly of a sacerdotal character, validated by necromantic pentagrams and other devices, frequently initial letters of words to conjure with; and in many instances these are attached in the same way that seals are appended now. As nearly every reasonless and apparently meaningless custom, rite or observance of modern times had origin in some remote utility, it is pleasing to note an example of ancient nonsense evolving in the process of ages into something really useful. Our word "sincere" is derived from sine cero, without wax, but the learned are not in agreement as to whether this refers to the absence of the cabalistic signs, or to that of the wax with which letters were formerly closed from public scrutiny. Either view of the matter will serve one in immediate need of an hypothesis. The initials L.S., commonly appended to signatures of legal documents, mean locum sigillis, the place of the seal, although the seal is no longer used -- an admirable example of conservatism distinguishing Man from the beasts that perish. The words locum sigillis are humbly suggested as a suitable motto for the Pribyloff Islands whenever they shall take their place as a sovereign State of the American Union.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"Wax" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 87.52% of the time. "Wax" is used about 568 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	87.52%	497	12,096
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	5.62%	32	61,292
Lexical Verb (base form)	3.69%	21	76,261
Noun (proper)	3.16%	18	82,615
Total	100.00%	568	N/A

The following table summarizes the usage of "wax" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Wax	Last name	1,000	11,431
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

1. Wax, KY
Zip Code(s): 42726
Country: USA

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Expressions: Wax

Expressions using "wax": ader wax ♦ amorphous wax ♦ artificial wax ♦ bayberry wax ♦ be in a wax ♦ be wax in smb.'s hand ♦ candelilla wax ♦ carnauba wax ♦ chinese wax ♦ close as wax ♦ cold wax ♦ crude wax ♦ dental wax ♦ ear wax ♦ earth wax ♦ epilating wax ♦ fig wax ♦ flax wax ♦ floor wax ♦ fossil wax ♦ get into a wax ♦ Ghedda wax ♦ gondang wax ♦ grafting wax ♦ Grave wax ♦ greater wax moth ♦ in a wax ♦ Inlay Casting Wax ♦ insect wax ♦ Japan wax ♦ Japanese wax ♦ lac wax ♦ lignite wax ♦ lost wax casting ♦ mineral wax ♦ modeling wax ♦ montan wax ♦ montana wax ♦ Myrtle wax ♦ nose of wax ♦ ozocerite,3)earth wax ♦ palm wax ♦ paraffin wax ♦ petrolatum wax ♦ petroleum wax ♦ pisang wax ♦ plug of wax ♦ polishing wax ♦ polyethylene wax ♦ rod wax ♦ scale wax ♦ sealing wax ♦ shellac wax ♦ ski wax ♦ slack wax ♦ to wax ♦ tree wax ♦ vegetable wax ♦ walling wax ♦ wax bean ♦ wax beautiful ♦ wax begonia ♦ wax candle ♦ wax chandler ♦ wax cloth ♦ wax crayon ♦ wax doll ♦ wax end ♦ wax fat ♦ wax figure ♦ wax flower ♦ wax insect ♦ wax light ♦ wax mallow ♦ wax moth ♦ wax museum ♦ wax myrtle ♦ wax old ♦ wax original ♦ wax painting ♦ wax pale for rage ♦ wax palm ♦ wax paper ♦ wax pattern dyeing ♦ wax plant ♦ wax polish ♦ wax rife ♦ wax shale ♦ wax skis/to ♦ wax strong ♦ wax tree ♦ wax work ♦ wax yellow ♦ white wax ♦ white wax tree ♦ yielding as wax. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "wax": wax-ass, wax-based, wax-chandler, wax-chandlers, wax-choked, wax-coated, wax-coats, wax-end, wax-eye, wax-filled, wax-finished, wax-ground, wax-like, wax-lined, wax-moustached, wax-myrtle family, wax-oil, wax-painting, wax-patterned, wax-pod, wax-polished, wax-tipped, wax-white, wax-work.
	Ending with "wax": lost-wax.
	Containing "wax": purple-wax-in-clear-oil.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wax

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
car wax	2,424	model wax	108
brazilian wax	1,174	soy wax	107
wax	730	hair removal wax	104
bikini wax	730	brazilian bikini wax picture	88
brazilian bikini wax	567	boat wax	84
bee wax	449	burts bee wax	80
the wax museum	408	floor wax	73
bee wax candle	319	soy wax candle	72
candle wax	290	mother wax	69
wax seal	270	wax myrtle	68
ear wax	265	hair wax	66
turtle wax	183	car wax review	64
ear wax removal	164	hollywood wax museum	62
best car wax	154	hot wax	62
paraffin wax	140	movieland wax museum	61
johnson wax	127	vegetable wax	53
brazilian picture wax	124	wax worm	53
sealing wax	120	ear wax candle	50
madame tussauds wax museum	116	glass wax	49
wax auto	115	casting lost wax	49
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Wax

Language		Translations for "wax"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		was. (various references)

Albanian		zemërim (anger, bitterness, chafe, conniption, Dander, dudgeon, effervescence, effervescency, exasperation, excitement, huff, impatience, indignation, ire, Paddy, paddywhack, passion, petulance, rage, rasp, spite, wrath), shtohem (accrue, augment, breed, flare up, grow, multiply, proliferate, propagate, pullulate, stiffen, swell), prej dylli (waxen, waxy), pllakë gramafoni (disc, disco), parafinë (paraffin), i dylltë (waxen, waxy), fërkoj me dyllë, dyllos (beeswax), dyllë blete (beeswax), dyll, bëhem (become, fly into, get, grow, make, ripen), është në rritje. (various references)

Arabic		‏تعاظم (accession, accretion, boom, build up, increase, intension, mount, swank), ‏صير (render), ‏إفراز شمعي, ‏إزداد (augment, gain, grow, heighten, mount, multiply), ‏أسطوانة فونغرافية (record), ‏أصبح (be, become, fall, go, turn into, turn off, turn out), ‏شمع. (various references)

Bulgarian		ярост (Bate, desperation, frenzy, fury, ire, madness, paddywhack, passion, rabidity, rage, rave, tear, violence), ушна кал (earwax), увеличавам се (accrue, gather strength, run up, thicken), раста (grow, increase, lengthen, vegetate), гняв (anger, dudgeon, exasperation, furor, heat, ire, monkey, rage, wrath), восъчен (waxen, waxy), восък, от восък, намазвам с восък (beeswax), запечатвам с восък, пристъп на ярост, пристъп на гняв (passion), пораствам (grow, grow big, grow tall, grow up, shoot up, sprout). (various references)

Chinese		蜡 (candle). (various references)

Czech		voskovat, vosk, přibývat (accrue, grow, swell), navoskovat, leštit (burnish, polish, rub, shine), dorùstat. (various references)

Danish		voksplade, voks (amorphous wax, petrolatum, petrolatum wax). (various references)

Dutch		was (was), schoensmeer (polish), schoencrème (polish). (various references)

Esperanto		vakso, ciro (polish). (various references)

Faeroese		voks, vaks, skósverta (polish). (various references)

Farsi		مومی شکل , موم (Beeswax), زیادشدن (Augment, Gain, Grow, Increase, Mount, Proliferate), استحاله یافتن , روبه بدررفتن , رشدکردن (Grow, Mature), شمع مومی (Taper). (various references)

Finnish		vaha. (various references)

French		cire, fart (ski wax), cirer. (various references)

German		Wachs, wachsen (accrue, bud, expand, grow, heighten, quicken, soaring, sprout, to grow, to increase, vegetate), bohnern (polish). (various references)

Greek		κερί (candle, cerium). (various references)

Hawaiian		dyll. (various references)

Hebrew		למרוח שעוה, לדנג, לגדול (exceed, grow, increase), לצמוח (accrue, grow, shoot, spring up, sprout, turn out), שעוה, דונג (beeswax). (various references)

Hungarian		viasz. (various references)

Indonesian		lilin (beeswax, candle, glim, parrafin). (various references)

Irish		céir. (various references)

Italian		cera (aspect, look, mien, polish). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		蝋 , ワープロ馬鹿 (business shirt, dead silence after a joke falls flat, food wagon service, multi-national enterprise, news program, shirt, someone whose kanji-writing ability has suffered due to overreliance on the kana->kanji conversion systems used to input Japanese text on a computer, table-side service, talk and varietyshow, vaccine, vagina, vaseline, wacoal, Wagner, wagon, wagon sale, Waikiki, warlock, washer, Washington, Washington Post, WASP, watt, wide, wide-angle lens, wide-band, wife, wild, wild pitch, windshield wipers, windup, wine, wine color, wine glass, wine list, wine red, winecooler, winery, wipe, wipe in, wipe out, wire, wire glass, wired, wireless, wireless mike, wire-wrapping, wise, wivern, working holiday, workshop, World, world class, World Cup, world enterprise, World Games, World Series, worm, wow, wow and flutter, Wyoming, wyvern). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ワックス , ろう (age, belvedere, bend over, comforting, labor, lookout, old age, old people, puttingto work, striving, thanking, the aged, the old, toil, tower, trouble, turret). (various references)

Korean		왁스 (waxes). (various references)

Manx		kerey (cering, comb, combing, curry, curry as horse, groom, hackle; mopping up, hackling; teasel, mop up, tease, tease as wool, teasing, teazle), gloas lesh kere, cur kere er (tooth), aase (apophysis, culture, develop, evolve, forwardness, grow, growth, tumour). (various references)

Papiamen		was. (various references)

Pig Latin		axway.(various references)

Portuguese		cera. (various references)

Romanian		furie (anger, fierceness, frenzy, fury, hastiness, ire, madness, mood, rage, shrew, temper, termagant, violence, wrath), deveni (become, come, come about, come of, get, go, go public, grow, happen, pass into, run), da cu cearã, creşte (accrue, advance, augment, be up, breed, bring, bring up, crop, cultivate, develop, draw out, educate, go up, grow, grow rife, heighten, increase, intensify, keep, make, Mount, multiply, nurse, nurture, produce, propagate, raise, rear, rise, school, spring, spurt, straggle, train), cerumen (cerumen, ear wax), cerui, cearã (beeswax), acces de furie (blaze of passion, exhalation, huff, tantrum, white heat). (various references)

Russian		ушная сера (cerumen, earwax, ear-wax), расти (accrue, achieve momentum, gather momentum, grow, increase, thicken, vegetate), гнев (aggravation, anger, furor, ire, passion, rage, wrath), восковой (waxen, waxy), воск (beeswax), вощить, натирать воск восковый, приступ гнева (paddywhack), прибывать (arrive, come, come to hand, end up, get, get in), парафиновый, парафин (paraffin). (various references)

Scottish		céir. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		vosak (beeswax), voštan (waxen), rasti (come up, go up, grow, outgrow, rise), puniti se, namazati voskom. (various references)

Spanish		cera (candle, polish, polishing wax), crema para zapatos (polish), crecer (accrue, come in, come on, grow, grow up, increase, luxuriate, make, polish, rise, shoot, shoot up, steepen, swell). (various references)

Swahili		nta. (various references)

Swedish		vax, vaxa. (various references)

Turkish		balmumu (beeswax). (various references)

Turkmen		mum. (various references)

Ukrainian		сургуч, садовий вар, робитися (become), віск (bees-wax, putty), воскова фігура (waxwork), восковий (waxen, waxy), вощений (waxed), вощити, мазь (covering, ointment, salve, unction, unguent), збільшуватися (accede, accrue, aggrandize, enlarge, expand, grow, increase, lengthen, multiply, run up, vegetate), приступ гніву (huff, tiff), парафін (paraffin). (various references)

Vietnamese		cho tròn được tròn bắt méo phải méo. (various references)

Welsh		cwyro, cwyr. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Wax

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	cera, increbresco. (various references)
Avestan	200-600	vaxshat. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Wax

Language	Date	Source	Matthew Chapter 24, Verse 12
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Kai dia to plhqunqhnai thn anomian yughsetai h agaph twn pollwn
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et quoniam abundabit iniquitas refrigescet caritas multorum
Old English	990	West Saxon	& for-þam þe unrihtwysnesse rixað manegera lufe äcolað.
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And for wickidnesse schal `be plenteuouse, the charite of manye schal wexe coold;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	And because iniquite shall have the vpper hande the love of many shall abate.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And because iniquity will abound, the love of many will become cold.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And because wrongdoing will be increased, the love of most people will become cold.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Wax

Language	Matthew Chapter 24, Verse 12
Cebuano	Ug kay mosanay man ang kadautan, mobugnaw ang gugma sa kadaghanan.
Croatian	Razmahat æe se bezakonje i ohladnjeti ljubav mnogih.
Danish	Og fordi Lovløsheden bliver mangfoldig, vil Kærligheden blive kold hos de fleste.
Dutch	En omdat de ongerechtigheid vermenigvuldigd zal worden, zo zal de liefde van velen verkouden.
Finnish	Ja sentähden, että laittomuus pääsee valtaan, kylmenee useimpien rakkaus.
French	Et, parce que l`iniquité se sera accrue, la charité du plus grand nombre se refroidira.
German	und dieweil die Ungerechtigkeit wird überhandnehmen, wird die Liebe in vielen erkalten.
Hungarian	És mivelhogy a gonoszság megsokasodik, a szeretet sokakban meghidegül.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Kejahatan akan menjalar sebegitu hebat sampai banyak orang tidak dapat lagi mengasihi.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Dan sebab makin bertambah dosa, maka kasih orang banyak tawarlah kelak.
Italian	per il dilagare dell'iniquità, l'amore di molti si raffredderà.
Latvian	Un tâpçc mîlestîba daudzos atdzisîs, jo netaisnîba bûs pârpilnîbâ.
Manx Gaelic	As er-yn-oyr dy jean olkys bishaghey, nee graih-ghiastyllagh ymmodee feayraghey.
Maori	A, i te kino ka hua, ka matoke haere te aroha o te tini tangata.
Norwegian	Og fordi urettferdigheten tar overhånd, skal kjærligheten bli kold hos de fleste.
Portuguese	e, por se multiplicar a iniquidade, o amor de muitos esfriará.
Rumanian	Wi, din pricina knmulyirii fqrqdelegii, dragostea celor mai mulyi se va rqci.
Russian	Й, РП РТЙЮЙОЕ ХНОПЦЕОЙС ВЕЪЪБЛПОЙС, ЧП НОПЗЙИ ПИМБДЕЕФ МАВПЧШ;
Shuar	Tura Tunáa ti ákui nuamtak anenaichartatui.
Spanish	y por haberse multiplicado la maldad, se enfriará el amor de muchos.
Swahili	Kwa sababu ya ongezeko la uhalifu, upendo wa watu wengi utafifia.
Swedish	Och därigenom att laglösheten förökas, skall kärleken hos de flesta kallna.
Uma	Nto'u toe, kada'aa tauna katedoo-donihia, duu' -na mere' -mi ahi' tauna to wori'.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Wax

Derivations
	Words beginning with "wax": waxberries, waxberry, waxbill, waxbills, waxed, waxen, waxer, waxers, waxes, waxier, waxiest, waxily, waxiness, waxinesses, waxing, waxings, waxlike, waxplant, waxplants, waxweed, waxweeds, waxwing, waxwings, waxwork, waxworks, waxworm, waxworms, waxy. (additional references)
	Words ending with "wax": beeswax, dewax, earwax, packwax, paxwax, rewax, woadwax, woodwax. (additional references)
	Words containing "wax": beeswaxes, dewaxed, dewaxes, dewaxing, earwaxes, packwaxes, paxwaxes, rewaxed, rewaxes, rewaxing, unwaxed, woadwaxes, woodwaxes. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Wax" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: awax, awex, dax, eax, Qwa, Qwaa, twax, wa, waa, waac, wab, wac, waf, waj, wak, wao, waq, warx, wau, waux, waxa, waxe, waxi, waxn, waxo, waxs, waz, wdx, wexe, wexi, wiax, wix, wixt, woax, woct, wux, wwx, wxs. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Wax"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "wax" (pronounced wa"ks)
4	w a" k s	quacks, wacks, whacks.
3	-a" k s	antitax, attacks, ax, axe, backs, blacks, cracks, fax, flax, hacks, jacks, knacks, lacks, lax, macks, Macs, Max, packs, pacs, Pax, plaques, pretax, racks, rax, relax, sacks, sacs, sax, shacks, slacks, smacks, snacks, stacks, tacks, tax, tracks.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Wax

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-w-x"
	-1 letter: aw, ax.
	Words containing the letters "a-w-x"
	+1 letter: waxy.
	+2 letters: dewax, rewax, waxed, waxen, waxer, waxes.
	+3 letters: earwax, paxwax, waxers, waxier, waxily, waxing.
	+4 letters: beeswax, dewaxed, dewaxes, maxwell, packwax, rewaxed, rewaxes, taxiway, taxwise, unwaxed, waxbill, waxiest, waxings, waxlike, waxweed, waxwing, waxwork, waxworm, woadwax, woodwax.
	+5 letters: coxswain, dewaxing, earwaxes, maxwells, paxwaxes, rewaxing, sweatbox, taxiways, waxberry, waxbills, waxiness, waxplant, waxweeds, waxwings, waxworks, waxworms.
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Wax

Definition: Wax

Wax

Noun

Verb

Specialty Definition: Wax

Specialty Definition: Beeswax

Wax

Wax museum

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Wax

WAX

Synonyms: Wax

Synonyms within Context: Wax

Calefaction

Continuance in action

Expansion

Increase

Lubrication

Oil

Semiliquidity

Softness

Crosswords: Wax

Modern Usage: Wax

Screenplays

Lyrics

Movie/TV Titles

Commercial Usage: Wax

References

Books

Periodicals

Theater & Movies

Music

High Tech

Consumer Goods

Image Slideshow: Wax

Photos:Wax

Illustrations:Wax

Computer Images:Wax

Photo Album: Wax

Digital Photo Gallery: Wax

Familiar Quotations: Wax

Antoine Rivarol

Aristotle

Arthur Schopenhauer

William Shakespeare

Use in Literature: Wax

Sylvie and Bruno Concluded

Carroll, Lewis

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Non-Fiction Usage: Wax

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

Usage Frequency: Wax

Name Usage Frequency: Wax

Cities: Wax

Expressions: Wax

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Wax

Modern Translation: Wax

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Photos:
Wax

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Wax

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Wax