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  1. Wax
    Wax is hip-hop slang for a vinyl record.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  2. Wax
    Wax is hip-hop slang for a vinyl record.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  3. Wax
    Any fatty substance that is a relatively hard, brittle, and non-greasy at room temperature. Most waxes, whether derived from mineral, vegerable, or animal sources, are a mixture of relatively high molecular weight (more than thirty carbons) hydrocarbons, esters, alcohols, and carboxylic acids.
    Found on http://www.kcpc.usyd.edu.au/discovery/gl

  4. wax
    [n] - any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin 2. [v] - cover with wax 3. [v] - increase in phase 4. [v] - go up or advance
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  5. Wax
    Esters of monohydric alcohols. An ester formed from long-chain fatty acids and alcohols that is usually solid at room temperature.
    Found on http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/sour

  6. wax
    An ester formed from long-chain fatty acids and alcohols that is usually solid at room temperature.
    Found on http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese

  7. Wax
    A natural protective coating for hard surfaces
    Found on http://www.shine-ltd.com/glossary.html

  8. wax
    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 Category: The chemical industry • a disk of wax on which an original mechanical recording may be ...
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  9. Wax
    Wax intransitive verb [ imperfect Waxed ; past participle Waxed , and Obsolete or Poetic Waxen ; present participle & verbal noun Waxing .] [ Anglo-...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/17

  10. Wax
    Wax noun [ Anglo-Saxon weax ; akin to OFries. wax , Dutch was , German wachs , Old High German wahs , Icelandic & Swedish vax , Danish vox , Lithuanian vaszkas , Russian vosk' .] 1.<...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/17

  11. Wax
    Wax transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Waxed ; present participle & verbal noun Waxing .] To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table. ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/W/17

  12. wax
    <dentistry> A clear wax used to prevent your braces from irritating your lips when your braces are first put on, or at other times. ... (08 Jan 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  13. wax
    noun any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  14. wax
    verb increase in phase; `the moon is waxing`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  15. wax
    (waks) a plastic solid of plant or animal origin or produced synthetically. adj., wax´y., adj. bone wax a waxy substance used for packing small bone cavities, as in bones of the skull, and for controlling bleeding from them. dental wax a mixture of...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  16. Wax
    • (n.) Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling. • (v. i.) To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane. • (n.) A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable. • (n.) A w...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  17. wax
    any of a class of pliable substances of animal, plant, mineral, or synthetic origin that differ from fats in being less greasy, harder, and more ... [15 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/w/16

  18. wax
    wax, waxing, waxed, waxen 1. To grow bigger or greater; to increase. 2. To become. Although this wax is from Old English and Old Frisian and not from Latin nor Greek, it is included here because it is considered a synonym of increase and has special applications in Modern English. This wax should...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  19. wax
    disk of wax on which an original mechanical recording may be inscribed
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/

  20. wax
    wax, substance secreted by glands on the abdomen of the bee and known commonly as beeswax; also various substances resembling beeswax. Waxes are mixtures comprising chiefly esters of monohydroxy alcohols, besides other esters and free fatty acids, free alcohols, and higher hydrocarbons. They differ ...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A08516

  21. Wax
    Wax is a solid fatty substance.
    Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/brow

  22. wax
    Type: Term Pronunciation: waks Definitions: 1. A substance, plastic at room temperature, secreted by bees for building honeycomb cells. 2. Any substance with physical properties similar to those of beeswax, of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin (oils, lipids, or fats that are solids at room temper...
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  23. wax
    Solid fatty substance of animal, vegetable, or mineral origin. Waxes are composed variously of esters, fatty acids, free alcohols, and solid hydrocarbons. Mineral waxes are obtained from petroleum and vary in hardness from the soft petroleum jelly (or petrolatum) used in ointments to the hard paraff...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  24. Wax
    Wax used to finish, polish or burnish wood. We use a clear beeswax.
    Found on http://www.artmarquetry.com/glossary.htm

  25. Wax
    used for carving, engraving, moulding, modelling and casting because it is sensitive to pressure and a good material for fine detail work: traditional recipes combined beeswax with turpentine, tallow or rosin in varying proportions for various degrees of hardness or malleability
    Found on http://www.selectartusa.com/gloss.htm



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/calendar/ On February 12, 1809, Charles Robert Darwin was born at The Mount in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Darwin was one of the last of the eclectic scientists who preceded the age of professional specialization. His genius lay in his ability to select, from the facts which he so diligently collected, every relevant point and fit it into his bold and far-reaching theories. He was not the first to advance a theory of evolution; but his massive weight of evidence carried conviction where earlier theorists had failed. He was shy and modest and shrank from controversy, an unfortunate trait in the author of the most controversial book of the century. read more

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