wax




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


Type of:
  • lipid; lipide; lipoid

Types:
  • bayberry wax; bayberry tallow
  • carnauba wax; carnauba
  • candelilla wax
  • ceresin
  • floor wax
  • gondang wax; fig wax
  • Japan wax; Japan tallow
  • montan wax
  • pisang wax
  • scale wax; paraffin scale
  • ski wax
  • beeswax
  • cerumen; earwax
  • paraffin; paraffin wax
  • spermaceti
  • vegetable wax
  • shellac wax; lac wax


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