Waxes

Meaning

1. (noun) Beeswax.
2. (noun) Earwax. “What role does the wax in your earhole fulfill?”
3. (noun) Any oily, water-resistant substance; normally long-chain hydrocarbons, alcohols or esters.
4. (noun) Any preparation containing wax, used as a polish.
5. (noun) The phonograph record format for music.
6. (noun) A thick syrup made by boiling down the sap of the sugar maple and then cooling it.
7. (noun) A type of drugs with as main ingredients weed oil and butane; hash oil
8. (verb) To apply wax to (something, such as a shoe, a floor, a car, or an apple), usually to make it shiny.
9. (verb) To remove hair at the roots from (a part of the body) by coating the skin with a film of wax that is then pulled away sharply.
10. (verb) To defeat utterly.
11. (verb) To kill, especially to murder a person.
12. (verb) (usually of a musical or oral performance) To record.

Letter breakdown

• Waxes contains 5 letters: 2 vowel(s) and 3 consonant(s).
• It uses 5 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 2.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 15.

Words from these letters

• awes
• axes
• awe
• axe
• saw
• sax
• sea
• sew
• sex
• was
• wax

Connected words

Other 5-letter words

• abaci
• aback
• abaft
• abase
• abash
• abate
• abbey
• abbot
• abeam
• abets
• abhor
• abide
• abler
• abode
• abort
• about
• above
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Words starting with WAX

• wax
• waxed
• waxen
• waxier
• waxiest
• waxiness
• waxing
• waxwing
• waxwings
• waxwork
• waxworks
• waxy

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Words ending with XES

• affixes
• annexes
• anticlimaxes
• apexes
• appendixes
• aviatrixes
• axes
• boxes
• calyxes
• cervixes
• chatterboxes
• circumflexes
• climaxes
• coaxes
• coccyxes
• complexes
• cortexes
• crucifixes

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