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  • 101impressionable — [adj] easily taught; gullible affectable, affected, feeling, impressible, influenceable, ingenuous, open, perceptive, plastic*, receptive, responsive, sensible, sensile, sensitive, sentient, suggestible, susceptible, susceptive, vulnerable, wax… …

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  • 102spermaceti —   n. wax like substance used in candles, ointments, etc., obtained from oil of sperm whale, etc …

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  • 103fenretinide — A substance being studied in the treatment and prevention of some types of cancer. Fenretinide may cause ceramide (a wax like substance) to build up in tumor cells and kill them. It is a type of retinoid, which are substances related to vitamin A …

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  • 104fenretinide LXS — Fenretinide Lym X Sorb. A powdered form of fenretinide that is being studied in the treatment of neuroblastoma. It may be used by the body more easily than the pill form. Fenretinide may cause ceramide (a wax like substance) to build up in tumor… …

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  • 105fenretinide Lym-X-Sorb — Fenretinide LXS. A powdered form of fenretinide that is being studied in the treatment of neuroblastoma. It may be used by the body more easily than the pill form. Fenretinide may cause ceramide (a wax like substance) to build up in tumor cells… …

    English dictionary of cancer terms

  • 106ambergris — ► NOUN ▪ a wax like substance secreted from the intestines of the sperm whale, found floating in tropical seas and used in perfume manufacture. ORIGIN from Old French ambre gris grey amber …

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  • 107Waxed — Wax Wax, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waxing}.] To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table. [1913 Webster] {Waxed cloth}, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a cover, of tables and for… …

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  • 108Waxed cloth — Wax Wax, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waxing}.] To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table. [1913 Webster] {Waxed cloth}, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a cover, of tables and for… …

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  • 109Waxed end — Wax Wax, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waxing}.] To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table. [1913 Webster] {Waxed cloth}, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a cover, of tables and for… …

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  • 110Waxing — Wax Wax, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waxed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waxing}.] To smear or rub with wax; to treat with wax; as, to wax a thread or a table. [1913 Webster] {Waxed cloth}, cloth covered with a coating of wax, used as a cover, of tables and for… …

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