Spermaceti vs. Wax

Spermacetinoun

A wax obtained from the head of sperm whales and used to make cosmetics etc.

Spermacetinoun

A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin.

Spermacetinoun

a white waxy substance from oil of the sperm whale

Spermaceti

Spermaceti (from Greek sperma meaning , and ceti, the genitive form of ) is a waxy substance found in the head cavities of the sperm whale (and, in smaller quantities, in the oils of other whales). Spermaceti is created in the spermaceti organ inside the whale's head.

Waxnoun

Beeswax.

Waxnoun

Earwax.

Waxnoun

Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.

Waxnoun

Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.

Waxnoun

(uncountable) The phonograph record format for music.

Waxnoun

A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.

Waxnoun

A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil

Waxnoun

(rare) The process of growing.

Waxnoun

An outburst of anger.

Waxadjective

Made of wax.

Waxverb

(transitive) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.

Waxverb

(transitive) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.

Waxverb

To defeat utterly.

Waxverb

To kill, especially to murder a person.

Waxverb

To record.

Waxverb

(intransitive) To increase (phase of the Moon or other planet). Example The Moon is waxing.

Waxverb

To increasingly assume the specified characteristic, become.

Waxverb

To grow.

Waxverb

To appear larger each night as a progression from a new moon to a full moon.

Waxverb

To move from low tide to high tide.

Waxverb

To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; - opposed to wane.

Waxverb

To pass from one state to another; to become; to grow; as, to wax strong; to wax warmer or colder; to wax feeble; to wax old; to wax worse and worse.

Waxverb

To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table.

Waxnoun

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.

Waxnoun

Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance.

Waxnoun

Cerumen, or earwax.

Waxnoun

A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc.

Waxnoun

A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread.

Waxnoun

A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below.

Waxnoun

A waxlike product secreted by certain plants. See Vegetable wax, under Vegetable.

Waxnoun

A substance, somewhat resembling wax, found in connection with certain deposits of rock salt and coal; - called also mineral wax, and ozocerite.

Waxnoun

Thick sirup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple, and then cooling.

Waxnoun

any of numerous substances or mixtures composed predominantly of the longer-chain saturated hydrocarbons such as the paraffins, which are solid at room teperature, or their alcohol, carboxylic acid, or ester derivatives.

Waxnoun

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

Waxverb

cover with wax;

Waxverb

go up or advance;

Waxverb

increase in phase;

Waxnoun

a sticky yellowish mouldable substance secreted by honeybees as the material of a honeycomb; beeswax.

Waxnoun

a white translucent material obtained by bleaching and purifying beeswax and used for such purposes as making candles, modelling, and as a basis of polishes.

Waxnoun

any waxy substance, especially a lipid or hydrocarbon.

Waxnoun

earwax.

Waxnoun

used in reference to records

Waxnoun

a fit of anger

Waxverb

cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it

Waxverb

remove unwanted hair from (a part of the body) by applying wax and then peeling off the wax and hairs together

Waxverb

make a recording of

Waxverb

(of the moon between new and full) have a progressively larger part of its visible surface illuminated, increasing its apparent size.

Waxverb

become larger or stronger

Waxverb

begin to speak or write about something in the specified manner

Wax

Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are lipophilic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures. They include higher alkanes and lipids, typically with melting points above about 40 °C (104 °F), melting to give low viscosity liquids.