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FOSSIL WAX

Specialty Definition: FOSSIL WAX

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Chemistry

Brown to jet black paraffin wax. Source: European Union. (references)
 Waxlike hydrocarbon mixture, yellow-brown to black or green, translucent when pure and having a greasy feel; soluble in light petroleum hydrocarbons, benzene, turpentine, kerosine, ether, carbon disulphide; slightly soluble in alcohol; insoluble in water; combustible; non-toxic. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

See:ozocerite. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: FOSSIL WAX

Language Translations for "FOSSIL WAX"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

ozokerit (ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite), jordvoks (ader wax, earth wax, earthwax, mineral wax, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite), cerecin (mineral wax, native paraffin, ozocerite, ozokerite). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

ozokeriet (ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, native paraffin, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite), aardwas (ader wax, earth wax, earthwax, fibrous wax, mineral wax, native paraffin, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vuorivaha (ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, mountain tallow, native paraffin, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite), otsokeriitti (ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, native paraffin, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite), maavaha (ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, native paraffin, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite). (various references)

   

French

  

paraffine naturelle, ozokérite, ozocérite, cire minérale. (various references)

   

German

  

Ozokerit (ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite), Naturparaffin (mineral wax, native paraffin, ozocerite, ozokerite), Erdwachs (ader wax, earth wax, earthwax, mineral wax, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

οζοκηρίτης (ader wax, earth wax, earthwax, mineral wax, native paraffin, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite). (various references)

   

Italian

  

ozocerite (ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, native paraffin, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ossilfay axway

   

Portuguese

  

pez mineral (mineral wax, native paraffin, ozocerite, ozokerite), ozocerite (mineral wax, native paraffin, ozocerite, ozokerite), ozocerita (ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

ozoquerita (mineral wax, native paraffin, ozocerite, ozokerite), ozokerita (mineral wax, native paraffin, ozocerite, ozokerite), ozocerita (earthwax, mineral wax, native paraffin, ozocerite, ozokerite). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

jordvax (ader wax, earth wax, mineral wax, native paraffin, native paraffine, ozocerite, ozokerite). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: FOSSIL WAX

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-f-i-l-o-s-s-w-x"

-3 letters: assoil, fossil, oxalis, swails.

-4 letters: alifs, awols, axils, fails, filos, flaws, floss, flows, foals, foils, folia, fossa, fowls, lasso, loafs, oasis, ossia, sails, sials, silos, sisal, slaws, slows, sofas, soils, swail, waifs, wails, wolfs.

-5 letters: ails, alif, alow, also, awls, awol, axil, axis, fail, falx, fila, filo, fils, flaw, flax, flow, foal, foil.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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1. Translations: Modern
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