最新 人气 评论 赞 踩
Wax
n.
6   0   0   0
A fatty, solid substance, produced by bees, and employed by them in the construction of their comb; -- usually called beeswax. It is first excreted, from a row of pouches along their sides, in the form of scales, which, being masticated and mixed with saliva, become whitened and tenacious. Its natural color is pale or dull yellow.
Wax
n.
9   0   0   0
Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.
Wax
n.
7   0   0   0
Cerumen, or earwax.
Wax
n.
8   0   0   0
A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.
Wax
n.
9   0   0   0
A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.
Wax
n.
9   0   0   0
A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.
Wax
n.
6   0   0   0
A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.
Wax
n.
8   0   0   0
A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; -- called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.
Wax
n.
8   0   0   0
Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.
Waxed
imp. & p. p.
9   0   0   0
of Wax
Waxing
p. pr. & vb. n.
9   0   0   0
of Wax
Wax
v. t.
8   0   0   0
To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.
Waxberry
n.
9   0   0   0
The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree.
Waxbill
n.
9   0   0   0
Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds.
Waxbird
8   0   0   0
The waxwing.
Waxen
a.
8   0   0   0
Made of wax.
Waxen
a.
6   0   0   0
Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet.
Waxen
a.
8   0   0   0
Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
Waxiness
n.
9   0   0   0
Quality or state of being waxy.
Waxwing
n.
8   0   0   0
Any one of several species of small birds of the genus Ampelis, in which some of the secondary quills are usually tipped with small horny ornaments resembling red sealing wax. The Bohemian waxwing (see under Bohemian) and the cedar bird are examples. Called also waxbird.
Waxwork
n.
9   0   0   0
Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings.
Waxwork
n.
10   0   0   0
An American climbing shrub (Celastrus scandens). It bears a profusion of yellow berrylike pods, which open in the autumn, and display the scarlet coverings of the seeds.
Waxworker
n.
9   0   0   0
One who works in wax; one who makes waxwork.
Waxworker
n.
8   0   0   0
A bee that makes or produces wax.
Waxy
a.
8   0   0   0
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid; adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible.
Way
adv.
8   0   0   0
Away.
Way
n.
9   0   0   0
That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.
Way
n.
8   0   0   0
Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
Way
n.
7   0   0   0
A moving; passage; procession; journey.
Way
n.
8   0   0   0
Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.