Found 3 items, similar to waxes.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: wax lilin
English → English (WordNet) Definition: wax wax v 1: cover with wax; “wax the car” 2: go up or advance; “Sales were climbing after prices were lowered” [syn: mount, climb, rise] [ant: wane] 3: increase in phase; “the moon is waxing” [syn: full] [ant: wane] wax n : any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water
English → English (gcide) Definition: waxes lipid \lip"id\ n. [Gr. li`pos fat.] (Chem., Biochem.) Any of a variety of oily or greasy organic compounds found as major structural components of living cells; they are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents such as alcohol and ether, and include the common fats, cholesterol and other steroids, phospholipids, sphingolipids, waxes, and fatty acids; some of the lipids, together with proteins and carbohydrates, form an essential structural component of living cells, as in the cell walls and membranes. The term lipid refers to its solubility in nonpolar solvents, and has no significance with regard to chemical structure. Syn: lipide, lipoid. [WordNet 1.5]