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What is the adjective for wax?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb wax which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

waxen

Made of wax; covered with wax.
Of or pertaining to wax.
Having the pale smooth characteristics of wax, waxlike, waxy.
(rare) Easily effaced, as if written in wax.
Synonyms:

pale, pallid, wan, pasty, ashen, white, bloodless, colourless, anemic, anaemic, sallow, sickly, colorless, blanched, ashy, chalky, grey, gray, drained, milky, whitish, waxy, ghostly, ghastly, cream, alabaster, ivory, creamy, chalk-white, washed out, washed-out, deathly pale, milk-white, as white as a sheet, as white as a ghost, peaky, etiolated, deathlike, peaked, bleached, pasty-faced, livid, whey-faced, cadaverous, doughy, paled, ashen-faced, drawn, like death warmed up, lurid … more

Examples:

“Hilda's blank eyes stared at her, face waxen and mouth open in a silent scream with a thin line of blood drying on the side of bluish lips.”

“Her waxen skin glowed in the sunlight, giving her an otherworldly appearance.”

“The play dough was waxen, allowing the children to easily mold it into various shapes.”

waxed

Of an object, coated or treated with wax in order to make it shiny or waterproof, or to protect it.
Synonyms:

glossy, shiny, lustrous, shining, polished, gleaming, bright, burnished, brilliant, sparkling, glistening, sheeny, buffed, glassy, silky, shimmering, glazed, lacquered, slick, rubbed, shellacked, nitid, japanned, chatoyant, patinated, reflecting, satin, sleek, varnished, smooth, sanded, satiny, level, planed, gilded, glossed, furbished, enameled, enamelled, ground, finished, glowing, luminous, radiant, dazzling, beaming, refulgent, lambent, incandescent, effulgent … more

waxy

Resembling wax in texture or appearance.
Synonyms:

wax, waxen, ceraceous, ceral, waxlike, wax-covered, lustrous, slick, glassy, shiny, glazed, glistening, sleek, burnished, polished, bright, brilliant, shining, radiant, luminous, glowing, dazzling, gleaming, incandescent, glossy, beaming, refulgent, lambent, sheeny, effulgent, lucent, sparkling, candescent, bedazzling, lucid, fulgent, clear, scintillating, satiny, splendid, shimmering, buffed, satin, irradiant, twinkling, rubbed, glorious, glinting, glacé, glittering … more

Examples:

“I fumbled around in our gear and felt one item after another before finding a waxy candle.”

“Their leaves are small, waxy and shiny.”

“His boots slipped on the waxy reeds.”

waxable

(chiefly skiing) Suitable for being waxed.
Examples:

“With transparent waxable bases and ground finish, the wider ski features a sidecut of 68-60-65 mm and comes in 170, 180 or 190 cm lengths.”

“If you own waxless skis, try a pair of waxable skis on a day when it is below freezing.”

“In general, klister is required for classic skiing on waxable skis when the snow is icy, slushy or really wet.”

waxlike

Resembling wax.
Synonyms:

waxy, ceraceous, waxen, wax-covered, wax, ceral

Examples:

“The paraffin used in Walker's lamp had waxlike properties but was not a true wax like carnauba or beeswax.”

“It was filled with a waxlike substance, the middle of which had a round indentation, in the shape of a small ball.”

“It was no longer a waxlike mask, but Henrietta, girlish and pathetically at rest.”

waxless

Without wax.
Examples:

“All the skis are waxless, have significant sidecut and are sized from 163 cm to 193 cm.”

“If you own waxless skis, try a pair of waxable skis on a day when it is below freezing.”

“The herringbone uses the edges of the ski to grip the snow when the wax or waxless pattern is inadequate to the job.”