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Definitions: Waxlike |
WaxlikeAdjective1. Having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness". 2. Resembling or covered with wax; "as shiny as a waxy pippin"; "the ceraceous surface of the leaves". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "waxlike" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1895. (references) |
Synonyms: WaxlikeSynonyms: ceraceous (adj), waxen (adj), waxy (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Waxlike |
| English words defined with "waxlike": cape jasmine, cape jessamine, Cerolite, Chinese wax ♦ Gardenia augusta, Gardenia jasminoides ♦ Japanese wax ♦ Wax insect, waxen, waxy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "waxlike": alexeyevite ♦ baikerite ♦ callainite ♦ geocerite. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-k-l-w-x" | |
-1 letter: axlike. | |
-2 letters: alike, axile. | |
-3 letters: axel, axil, axle, ilea, ilex, ilka, kail, kale, lake, leak, like, lwei, wail, wake, wale, walk, weak, weal, weka, wile. | |
-4 letters: ail, ale, awe, awl, axe, elk, ilk, kae, kea, kex, law, lax, lea, lei, lek, lex, lie, wae, wax. | |
-5 letters: ae, ai, al, aw, ax, el, ex, ka, la. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)57 61 78 6C 69 6B 65 |
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