English words starting with wax

Meanings of Wax:

noun

A sticky yellowish mouldable substance secreted by honeybees as the material of a honeycomb; beeswax.

Usage examples:

In the case of the honeycombs, the worker bees secrete small flakes of wax and probably surround th…

verb

Cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it.

Usage examples:

I washed and waxed the floor

Meanings of Wax-lyrical:

phrase

To talk about something with a lot of interest or excitement

Usage examples:

I recall rosie waxing lyrical about her italian holiday., i was fed up with listening to her wax ly…

Meanings of Waxberry:

noun

A shrub with berries that have a waxy coating, in particular a bayberry.

Usage examples:

Yesterday, a group of us went up to the mountains to pick waxberries, which are a local delicacy.

Meanings of Waxbill:

noun

A small old world songbird, typically brightly coloured and with a red bill that resembles sealing wax in colour.

Usage examples:

About 20 koi carp, worth more than £1,000, were killed, and between 20 and 30 finches, canaries, wa…

Meanings of Waxbills:

noun

A small old world songbird, typically brightly coloured and with a red bill that resembles sealing wax in colour.

Usage examples:

About 20 koi carp, worth more than £1,000, were killed, and between 20 and 30 finches, canaries, wa…

Meanings of Waxed:

verb

Cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it.

Usage examples:

I washed and waxed the floor

noun

A sticky yellowish mouldable substance secreted by honeybees as the material of a honeycomb; beeswax.

Usage examples:

In the case of the honeycombs, the worker bees secrete small flakes of wax and probably surround th…

Meanings of Waxen:

adjective

Having a smooth, pale, translucent surface or appearance like that of wax.

Usage examples:

A canopy of waxen, creamy blooms

Meanings of Waxes:

verb

Cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it.

Usage examples:

I washed and waxed the floor

noun

A fit of anger.

Usage examples:

She is in a wax about the delay to the wedding

Meanings of Waxier:

adjective

Resembling wax in consistency or appearance.

Usage examples:

Waxy potatoes

Meanings of Waxiest:

adjective

Resembling wax in consistency or appearance.

Usage examples:

Waxy potatoes

Meanings of Waxing:

noun

The process of removing unwanted hair from a part of the body by applying wax and peeling off the wax and hairs together.

Usage examples:

A reddish afterburn from waxing

verb

Cover or treat (something) with wax or a similar substance, typically to polish or protect it.

Usage examples:

I washed and waxed the floor

Meanings of Waxings:

noun

The process of removing unwanted hair from a part of the body by applying wax and peeling off the wax and hairs together.

Usage examples:

A reddish afterburn from waxing

Meanings of Waxwing:

noun

A crested eurasian and american songbird with mainly pinkish-brown plumage, having small tips like red sealing wax to some wing feathers.

Usage examples:

Among birds that can be attracted in the summer are brown thrashers, catbirds, robins, thrushes, wa…

Meanings of Waxwork:

noun

A lifelike dummy modelled in wax.

Usage examples:

The singer was speaking at the unveiling of a waxwork model of himself at madam tussaud's in london.

Meanings of Waxworks:

noun

A lifelike dummy modelled in wax.

Usage examples:

The singer was speaking at the unveiling of a waxwork model of himself at madam tussaud's in london.

phrase

A a wax museum (= a place where there are a lot of wax models of famous people for the public to look at)

Usage examples:

People flocked to the waxworks to see the latest models of the royal family., the waxworks were bou…

Meanings of Waxy:

adjective

Resembling wax in consistency or appearance.

Usage examples:

Waxy potatoes