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Date "WAXES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Weather | Solid or semisolid materials derived from petroleum distillates or residues. Light-colored, more or less translucent crystalline masses, slightly greasy to the touch, consisting of a mixture of solid hydrocarbons in which the paraffin series predominates. Included are all marketable waxes, whether crude scale or fully refined. Used primarily as industrial coating for surface protection. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: WAXES |
| English words defined with "WAXES": carnauba, carnauba wax, cerotic acid ♦ epilating wax ♦ hexacosanoic acid. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "WAXES": artificial wax, AUTOMOBILE-SERVICE-STATION ATTENDANT ♦ ballaster, BOAT REPAIRER, BOIL-OFF-MACHINE OPERATOR, CLOTH, BUTLER, SECOND ♦ COUNTER ROLLER, crude wax ♦ E570, Ether, Ethyl ♦ filling-station attendant, FINGER COBBLER, FINISHER, FIBERGLASS BOAT PARTS ♦ gas tender, gas-station attendant ♦ Kel-f ♦ MODEL MAKER, WOOD, mold finisher, MOLD PREPARER ♦ odd-job worker, Ointments ♦ paraffin waxes, PARAFFIN-PLANT-SWEATER OPERATOR, petroleum chemical, petroleum wax, Propyl Gallate ♦ SAILOR, PLEASURE CRAFT, service-station attendant, slack wax, SOLE SEWER, HAND, sole stitcher, hand, STAINED GLASS ARTIST, sweater operator ♦ waxed paper, WAXER, FLOOR. (references) |
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | All the other masters got into dreadful waxes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Ointment bases are various mixtures of fats, waxes, animal and plant oils and solid and liquid hydrocarbons. (references) | |
The limited findings to date suggest that in most cases it is a chronic disorder that waxes and wanes in severity. (references) | ||
Other lipids include fatty acids, glycerides, alcohol, waxes, steroids, and fat-soluble vitamins A, D, and E. Lipids and water, like oil and water, do not mix. Blood is a water-based liquid, therefore cholesterol does not mix with blood. (references) | ||
Business | Other additives include binders, dyeing fixtures and waxes. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "WAXES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 63.41% of the time. "WAXES" is used about 41 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (plural) | 63.41% | 26 | 68,323 |
| Lexical Verb (-s form) | 36.59% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Total | 100.00% | 41 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "WAXES": paraffin waxes ♦ the moon waxes and wanes. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "WAXES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 蜡 (Wax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | fast paraffin (paraffin waxes), bonevoksforgiftning (poisoning caused by polishing waxes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | paraffine (paraffin), harde paraffine (paraffin waxes), bepaling van het oliegehalte in vaste paraffine (test for oil content in paraffin waxes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | parafiinivahat (paraffin waxes), parafiinien öljypitoisuuden määritys (test for oil content in paraffin waxes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | intoxication par la cire parquet (poisoning caused by polishing waxes), détermination de la teneur en huile des cires paraffiniques (test for oil content in paraffin waxes), détermination de la teneur en huile des cires de paraffine (test for oil content in paraffin waxes), cires de paraffine (paraffin waxes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | wachst. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προσδιορισμός περιεκτικότητας ελαίου στον κηρό παραφίνης (test for oil content in paraffin waxes), δηλητηρίαση από στιλβωτικό κερί (poisoning caused by polishing waxes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | determinazione del contenuto in olio delle cere di paraffina (test for oil content in paraffin waxes), cere di paraffina (paraffin waxes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 왁스 (Wax). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | axesway determinação do teor em óleo das ceras de parafina (test for oil content in paraffin waxes). (various references) lunã creşte şi descreşte (the moon waxes and wanes). (various references) intoxicación por cera de lustrar (poisoning caused by polishing waxes), determinación del contenido de aceite en las ceras de parafina (test for oil content in paraffin waxes), ceras de parafina (paraffin waxes). (various references) test för oljehalt i vax (test for oil content in paraffin waxes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "WAXES": beeswaxes, dewaxes, earwaxes, packwaxes, paxwaxes, rewaxes, woadwaxes, woodwaxes. (additional references) | |
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"WAXES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: jaxes, waces, waes, wames, waxa, waxe, waxels, waxer, waxey, waxi, waxia, waxis, waxit, waxle, waxles, waxo, waxs, waxus, wayes, wexe, wexi, Wixey, wxs, yaxes, zaxes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "WAXES" (pronounced wa"ksuz) |
| 5 | -a" k s u z | axes, faxes, relaxes, taxes. |
| 4 | -k s u z | affixes, annexes, appendixes, boxes, climaxes, coaxes, complexes, crucifixes, exes, fixes, flexes, foxes, gearboxes, hoaxes, hyraxes, indexes, jukeboxes, latexes, lynxes, mailboxes, mixes, nixes, paradoxes, perplexes, reflexes, sexes, sixes, skyboxes, surtaxes, xeroxes. |
| 3 | -s u z | absences, abuses, acceptances, accomplices, aces, acquaintances, actresses, addresses, advances, albatrosses, aliases, allegiances, alliances, allowances, amaryllises, ambulances, announces, annoyances, apparatuses, appearances, appliances, apprentices, asses, assesses, assurances, atlases, audiences, auspices, balances, bases, basses, biases, Biosciences, blesses, blitzes, blouses, boardinghouses, bonuses, bookcases, bosses, bounces, bourses, braces, briefcases, buses, businesses, Busses, buttresses, bypasses, cabooses, cadences, campuses, canvases, canvasses, carcasses, Casas, cases, caucuses, cayuses, ceases, censuses, chances, chases, choices, choruses, circumstances, circuses, classes, clearances, clearinghouses, clubhouses, coffeehouses, coincidences, collapses, commences, compresses, concourses, condolences, conferences, confesses, confidences, congresses, consciences, consequences, continuances, contrivances, conveniences, converses, convinces, corpses, countenances, courses, courthouses, creases, cresses, crevices, crocuses, crosses, crosspieces, curses, dances, databases, decreases, defenses, denounces, depresses, devices, differences, disabuses, disallowances, disappearances, discourses, discusses, dismisses, dispenses, displaces, distances, distresses, disturbances, divergences, divorces, dollhouses, doses, dresses, earpieces, eclipses, embarrasses, embraces, eminences, encompasses, endorses, enforces, enhances, entrances, erases, esses, evidences, excesses, excuses, expanses, expenses, experiences, expresses, eyeglasses, eyewitnesses, faces, farmhouses, fences, fetuses, finances, firehouses, fireplaces, flounces, focuses, forces, fortresses, fragrances, furnaces, fusses, gases, gasses, geniuses, glances, glasses, glimpses, glosses, goddesses, graces, grasses, greenhouses, grievances, grimaces, grosses, grouses, guesses, guesthouses, harnesses, headdresses, hindrances, hippopotamuses, hisses, horses, hospices, hostesses, houses, ices, illnesses, imbalances, impresses, impulses, incidences, inconveniences, increases, induces, indulgences, inferences, influences, injustices, instances, insurances, interfaces, intersperses, introduces, invoices, irises, issuances, juices, justices, kisses, laces, lapses, leases, licences, licenses, lighthouses, likenesses, looses, losses, marketplaces, masses, masterpieces, mattresses, medusas, messes, minibuses, minuses, misses, missus, mistresses, molasses, mongooses, morasses, mosses, mouthpieces, necklaces, nieces, notices, novices, nuances, nurses, observances, occurrences, offenses, offices, omnibuses, ordinances, orifices, ounces, outhouses, outpaces, overdoses, overpasses, paces, palaces, passes, penises, performances, perses, pieces, pizzas, places, pluses, polices, porpoises, possesses, poultices, powerhouses, practices, prances, preferences, prejudices, premises, presences, presses, pretenses, prices, princes, princesses, processes, produces, professes, progresses, prominences, promises, pronounces, prospectuses, protuberances, provinces, pulses, purchases, purposes, purses, pusses, racehorses, races, reassurances, recesses, reduces, references, refinances, refocuses, rehearses, reimburses, reinforces, reintroduces, relapses, releases, remembrances, reminiscences, reminisces, remittances, renounces, replaces, reproduces, repurchases, resemblances, residences, resources, responses, retroviruses, reverses, romances, sacrifices, sauces, sciences, sconces, seamstresses, senses, sentences, sequences, services, shoelaces, showcases, silences, sinuses, slaughterhouses, slices, solstices, sources, spaces, spices, splices, spouses, staircases, stances, statehouses, steakhouses, stewardesses, stresses, substances, successes, suffices, suitcases, sunglasses, suppresses, surfaces, surpasses, surpluses, terraces, tolerances, tortoises, tosses, townhouses, traces, treatises, tresses, trusses, typefaces, universes, uses, utterances, variances, vases, verses, versus, vices, viruses, voices, waitresses, walruses, waltzes, weaknesses, witnesses, workhorses, workplaces, yeses. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-s-w-x" | |
-1 letter: awes, axes, waes. | |
-2 letters: awe, axe, sae, saw, sax, sea, sew, sex, wae, was, wax. | |
-3 letters: ae, as, aw, ax, es, ex, we. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-s-w-x" | |
+1 letter: waxers. | |
+2 letters: beeswax, dewaxes, rewaxes, taxwise, waxiest. | |
+3 letters: earwaxes, maxwells, paxwaxes, sweatbox, waxiness, waxweeds. | |
+4 letters: beeswaxes, packwaxes, woadwaxes, woodwaxes. | |
+5 letters: coxswained, expressway, sweatboxes, waxberries, waxinesses. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Bibliography |
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