wax candle

  • 1wax candle — device which melts in order to maintain a flame …

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  • 2wax candle — …

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  • 3Candle, Paschal — • A large wax candle, usually fixed in a great candlestick and featured in the service on Holy Saturday Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …

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  • 4Candle — For other uses, see Candle (disambiguation). A close up image of a burning candle showing the wick and the various parts of the flame …

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  • 5candle — candler, n. /kan dl/, n., v., candled, candling. n. 1. a long, usually slender piece of tallow or wax with an embedded wick that is burned to give light. 2. something resembling a candle in appearance or use. 3. Optics. a. (formerly) candela. b.… …

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  • 6wax light — noun stick of wax with a wick in the middle • Syn: ↑candle, ↑taper • Hypernyms: ↑lamp • Hyponyms: ↑chandlery, ↑dip, ↑rushlight, ↑rush candle …

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  • 7Wax — For other uses, see Wax (disambiguation). Cetyl palmitate, a typical wax ester …

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  • 8candle — n. 1) to dip candles 2) to light a candle 3) to blow out, extinguish, snuff out a candle 4) the candle was burning; was flickering; was going out; was sputtering 5) a wax candle 6) the flame of a candle 7) (misc.) to bum the candle at both ends ( …

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  • 9wax — wax1 waxable, adj. waxlike, adj. /waks/, n. 1. Also called beeswax. a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models,… …

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  • 10candle — Synonyms and related words: ASA scale, Agnus Dei, British candle, Hefner candle, Holy Grail, Host, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, Scheiner scale, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergillum, bambino, bayberry candle, beadroll, beads, bougie, bougie… …

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