Vocabulary : Wax to Waxwork

Wax : To increase in size; to grow bigger; to become larger or fuller; -- opposed to wane. ;; 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. ;; 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. ;; Hence, any substance resembling beeswax in consistency or appearance. ;; Cerumen, or earwax. ;; A waxlike composition used for uniting surfaces, for excluding air, and for other purposes; as, sealing wax, grafting wax, etching wax, etc. ;; A waxlike composition used by shoemakers for rubbing their thread. ;; A substance similar to beeswax, secreted by several species of scale insects, as the Chinese wax. See Wax insect, below. ;; A waxlike pr
Waxberry : The wax-covered fruit of the wax myrtle, or bayberry. See Bayberry, and Candleberry tree.
Waxbill : 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 : The waxwing.
Waxed : of Wax ;; of Wax ;; of Wax

Waxen : of Wax ;; Made of wax. ;; Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet. ;; Resembling wax; waxy; hence, soft; yielding.
Waxiness : Quality or state of being waxy.
Waxing : of Wax ;; of Wax
Waxwing : 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 : Work made of wax; especially, a figure or figures formed or partly of wax, in imitation of real beings. ;; 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.