[げいろう;くじらろう, geirou ; kujirarou] (n) spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Waxy \Wax"y\, a.
Resembling wax in appearance or consistency; viscid;
adhesive; soft; hence, yielding; pliable; impressible. "Waxy
to persuasion." --Bp. Hall.
[1913 Webster]
{Waxy degeneration} (Med.), amyloid degeneration. See under
{Amyloid}.
{Waxy kidney}, {Waxy liver}, etc. (Med.), a kidney or liver
affected by waxy degeneration.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
waxy
adj 1: made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful,
the floor is waxy" [syn: {waxen}, {waxy}]
2: easily impressed or influenced; "an impressionable
youngster"; "an impressionable age"; "a waxy mind" [syn:
{impressionable}, {waxy}, {impressible}] [ant:
{unimpressionable}]
3: capable of being bent or flexed or twisted without breaking;
"a flexible wire"; "a pliant young tree" [syn: {bendable},
{pliable}, {pliant}, {waxy}]
4: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same
awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his
waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy
paleness" [syn: {waxen}, {waxlike}, {waxy}]
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