wax oil
11oil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I n. grease (see oil); oil paint (see painting). v. lubricate, grease (See oil); placate, flatter. See flattery, smoothness, servility. II Friction reducing fluid Nouns …
12wax — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a sticky plastic yellowish substance secreted by bees as the material of honeycomb cells; beeswax. 2 a white translucent material obtained from this by bleaching and purifying and used for candles, in modelling, as a basis of… …
13wax — wax1 [wæks] n [U] ↑flame, ↑wax, ↑wick [: Old English; Origin: weax] 1.) a solid substance made of fat or oil and used to make ↑candles, ↑polish etc ▪ wax crayons 2.) a natural sticky substance in your ears →↑beeswax …
14wax — [[t]wæ̱ks[/t]] waxes, waxing, waxed 1) N MASS Wax is a solid, slightly shiny substance made of fat or oil which is used to make candles and polish. It melts when it is heated. There were coloured candles which had spread pools of wax on the… …
15Oil tanker — Supertanker redirects here. For the aerial firefighting aircraft, see Evergreen 747 Supertanker. The commercial oil tanker AbQaiq, in ballast Class overview Name …
16wax — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. cere, grease, coat, smooth, polish; grow, increase, strengthen. See smoothness. n. tallow, paraffin, beeswax, cerumen, oil. II (Roget s IV) n. Waxes include: paraffin, resin, spermaceti, lanolin,… …
17wax — [1] A substance resembling beeswax in appearance and character, and in general distinguished by its composition of esters and higher alcohols, and by its freedom from fatty acids; used for underbody sealing, cavity sealing, and paintwork care.… …
18Oil painting — Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503–06 Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled w …
19Oil paint — View of Delft in oil paint, by Johannes Vermeer. Oil paint is a type of slow drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. The viscosity of the paint may be modified by the addition of a… …
20oil — Synonyms and related words: Barbados tar, Haliver Oil, Macassar oil, absinthe, adipose tissue, adulation, aid, alcohol, animal oils, anoint, anthracene oil, aquarelle, asphalt base oil, avocado oil, balm, balsam, bay oil, beechnut oil, beef… …
