1) Animal product 2) Bee product 3) Business, euphemistically 4) Business, facetiously 5) Candle composition 6) Candle contents 7) Candle material 8) Cover with beeswax 9) Cockney rhyming slang for tax 10) Exclusively Anglo word 11) Exclusively Saxon word 12) Hive material 13) Hive product 14) Honeycomb component
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• (n.) The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
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A yellowish waxy product produced by a group of young bees to build honeycombs to store honey, bee bread and for brood production.
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a complex mixture of organic compounds secreted by four pairs of special glands on the worker bee's abdomen and used for building comb. Its melting point is from 143.6 to 147.2 degrees F.
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commercially useful animal wax secreted by the worker bee to make the cell walls of the honeycomb. Beeswax ranges from yellow to almost black in ... [3 related articles]
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A natural emulsifier and thickener
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Synonym for 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) ...
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a complex mixture of organic compounds secreted by special glands on the last four visible segments on the ventral side of the worker bee's abdomen and used for building comb. Its melting point is from 143.6 to 147.2 degrees F.
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a complex mixture of organic compounds secreted by special glands on the last four visible segments on the ventral side of the worker bee's abdomen and used for building comb. Its melting point is from 143.6 to 147.2 degrees F.
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UK slang term for betting tax. Also known as 'Bees' or 'Ajax'.
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Has many uses in art, including
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Bees'wax` noun The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
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UK slang term for betting tax. Also known as 'Bees' or 'Ajax'.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: bēz′waks Synonyms: wax1
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Beeswax is London Cockney rhyming slang for tax.
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Art material made from from honeycombs, used as a medium in modelling and in wax varnishes.
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Beeswax has been used in cosmetics, mostly for its emulsifying properties
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If you run thread on beeswax (or use a special beeswax holder with a slot for the needle), it will add a coating to the thread to prevent tangling and will strengthen it as well.
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Beeswax is used to coat thread for hand sewing. You can do this yourself by pulling the thread over a block of beeswax a couple of times and then run it through your fingers to set the wax and remove the excess beeswax. It should now make a squeaky sound if you pull it between your fingers. Alternatively, you can buy a pre-coated thread.
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Beeswax is used to coat the thread of embroidery/hand sewing to prevent it from tangling.
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a substance secreted by worker honey bees and used to build honey combs.
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Produced by bees to make their honeycombs.
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noun a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
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Beeswax has been used in cosmetics for centuries, mostly for its emulsifying properties.
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