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The word wax is in the Wiktionary

49 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —
  • wax n. Beeswax.
  • wax n. Earwax.
  • wax n. Any oily, water-resistant, solid or semisolid substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
  • wax n. Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
  • wax n. (Uncountable, music, informal) The phonograph record format for music.
  • wax n. (US, dialect) A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
  • wax n. (US, slang) A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil.
  • wax adj. Made of wax.
  • wax v. (Transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
  • wax v. (Transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of…
  • wax v. (Transitive, informal) To defeat utterly.
  • wax v. (Transitive, slang) To kill, especially to murder a person.
  • wax v. (Transitive, archaic, usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.
  • wax v. (Intransitive, copulative, literary) To increasingly assume the specified characteristic.
  • wax v. (Intransitive, literary) To grow.
  • wax v. (Intransitive, of the moon) To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.
  • wax v. (Intransitive, of the tide) To move from low tide to high tide.
  • wax n. (Rare) The process of growing.
  • wax n. (Dated, colloquial) An outburst of anger, a loss of temper, a fit of rage.
  • Wax prop.n. A surname.
— Foreign words, define in English —
  • Chinook jargon
  • Middle english
    • wax n. Wax (Beeswax, sealing wax, etc.).
    • wax n. (Rare) growth, increase.
    • wax v. Alternative form of waxen (“to grow”).
    • wax v. Alternative form of waxen (“to wax”).
  • Somali
    • wax n. Something.
— English words, defined in German —
  • wax S. Im weitesten Sinn: ein Stoff unterschiedlicher Herkunft der durch seine mechanisch-physikalischen Eigenschaften…
  • wax S. Im engeren Sinn assoziiert mit dem von Bienen abgesonderten Stoff, Bienenwachs.
  • wax S. Wachs für Politur, zum Beispiel für Schuhe.
  • wax S. Siegellack oder Siegelwachs.
  • wax S. Ein waxartiges Sekret/Absonderung Ohrenschmalz.
— English words, defined in Dutch —
  • wax n. Was, bijenwas.
  • wax w. Wassen, groeien.
— English words, defined in French —
  • wax n. Cire.
  • wax n. Vinyle (matière).
  • wax n. Vinyle (disque).
  • wax adj. De cire.
  • wax v. Cirer.
  • wax v. (Soutenu) Croître.
— English word, defined in Spanish —
  • wax s. Química. Cera.
— English word, defined in Portuguese —
  • wax s. Cera.
— English words, defined in Italian —
  • wax s. (Chimica) cera.
  • wax s. Accesso d’ira, stizza, collera.
— In Dutch —
  • wax n. Was.
  • wax w. Eerste persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van waxen.
  • wax w. Gebiedende wijs van waxen.
  • wax w. (Bij inversie) tweede persoon enkelvoud tegenwoordige tijd van waxen.
— In French —
  • wax n.m. (Afrique) Tissu en vogue en Afrique, dont les motifs sont…
  • wax n.m. Concentré de cannabis consommé à l’aide d’une vapoteuse.
136 English words from 26 English definitions

alcohols Alternative and anger Any appear apple apply archaic assume Beeswax body boiling boiling␣down butane car chain characteristic coating colloquial containing cooling copulative Dated defeat dialect down drugs each Earwax especially esters etc film fit floor for form format from full full␣moon grow growing growth hair hash hash␣oil high high␣tide hydrocarbons increase increasingly informal ingredients Intransitive kill larger literary long long-chain loss low low␣tide made Made␣of main make make␣it maple moon move murder music musical new new␣moon night normally of␣a oil oily oral outburst part performance person phonograph phonograph␣record polish pour preparation process progression rage Rare record remove resistant roots sap sealing sealing␣wax semisolid shiny shoe skin slang solid something specified spill substance such such␣as sugar sugar␣maple surname syrup temper the then thick tide Transitive type Uncountable used usually utterly water water-resistant wax waxen weed with

16 English words from 23 foreign definitions

aide cannabis Cera cire consommé dem der dont les motifs seine van vogue Was Wassen waxen

65 foreign words from 23 foreign definitions

abgesonderten Absonderung Accesso Afrique à␣l’aide assoziiert Beispiel Bienen Bienenwachs Bij bijenwas cera Chimica Cirer collera Concentré Croître disque durch Eerste Eerste␣persoon Eigenschaften ein engeren enkelvoud en␣vogue für Gebiedende Gebiedende␣wijs groeien Herkunft inversie ira matière mechanisch mit oder Ohrenschmalz persoon physikalischen Politur Química Schuhe Sekret Siegellack Sinn sont Soutenu stizza Stoff tegenwoordige␣tijd tijd Tissu tweede tweede␣persoon une unterschiedlicher vapoteuse Vinyle von Wachs weitesten wijs zum zum␣Beispiel

155 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

WAXS waxy waxed waxen waxer waxes Waxes waxie Waxit WAxit waxup wax-up waxcap wax-end wax␣end waxers waxest waxeth Waxhaw waxier waxies waxily waxing waxish Waxler Waxman waxpod waxups wax-ups waxable wax␣bean waxbill waxbird waxcaps wax␣comb wax␣doll waxedst wax-ends wax␣ends Waxhaws waxhead waxiest waxings Waxlers waxless waxlike waxmoth wax␣moth waxplay wax␣play +105 words

63 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unwaxy dewaxed dewaxes nonwaxy rewaxed rewaxes unwaxed unwaxes dewaxing forwaxes nonwaxed rewaxing ski␣waxes unwaxing beeswaxed beeswaxes dewaxings hair␣waxes half-waxen overwaxed overwaxes rewaxings woadwaxen woad-waxen woodwaxen beeswaxing carbowaxes chafewaxes chaffwaxes forthwaxed forthwaxes greenwaxes Japan␣waxes Lackawaxen overwaxing woadwaxens woad-waxens woodwaxens bikini␣waxes candle␣waxes forthwaxing cedar␣waxwing mineral␣waxes sealing-waxes sealing␣waxes Weatherwaxes carnauba␣waxes cedar␣waxwings grafting␣waxes hydrodewaxing +13 words

67 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

dewax rewax unwax earwax ear-wax ear␣wax forwax paxwax ski␣wax beeswax bonewax bone␣wax bowl␣wax grip␣wax hair␣wax kick␣wax lost␣wax overwax packwax sealwax woadwax woodwax wool␣wax carbowax chafewax chaffwax earthwax forthwax gedda␣wax grave␣wax greenwax green␣wax histowax Japan␣wax lad␣of␣wax whitewax bikini␣wax candlewax candle␣wax ghedda␣wax lads␣of␣wax nose␣of␣wax pisang␣wax Chinese␣wax close␣as␣wax mineral␣wax noses␣of␣wax sealing-wax sealing␣wax walling␣wax +17 words

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

WAXS waxy WXGA

11 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

aw Aw ax Ax wa Wa WA Wa. W.A. W.␣A. WX

76 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AAX Bax CAX fax hax Jax lax Lax LAX max Max MAX -max max. OAX pax Pax rax sax Sax SAX Sax. tax tax- vax waa Wac WAC wad WAD -wad wae WAE WAF wag WAG wah Wah wai WAI Wal WAL Wal. wan Wan WAN wan- wap WAP war War WAR war- War. was Was WAs wat Wat WAT wau Wau WAU WAV waw WAW way Way 'way -way waz wex Wix wox zax

9 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ax Ax wa Wa WA Wa. W.A. W.␣A. WX


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