[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Also called beeswax .a solid, yellowish, nonglycerine substance allied to fats and oils, secreted by bees, plastic when warm and melting at about 145°F, variously employed in making candles, models, casts, ointments, etc., and used by bees in constructing their honeycomb.", "any of various similar substances, as spermaceti or the secretions of certain insects and plants.Compare vegetable wax vegetable wax, wax insect wax insect.", "any of a group of substances composed of hydrocarbons, alcohols, fatty acids, and esters that are solid at ordinary temperatures.", "earwax ; cerumen .", "a resinous substance used by shoemakers for rubbing thread.", "sealing wax sealing wax.", "a person or object suggesting wax, as in manageability or malleability:I am helpless wax in your hands."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to rub, smear, stiffen, polish, etc., with wax:to wax the floor.", "to fill the crevices of (ornamental marble) with colored material.", "bikini wax bikini wax.", "Informal.to make a phonograph recording of.", "Slang.to defeat decisively; drub :We waxed the competition."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["pertaining to, made of, or resembling wax:a wax candle; a wax doll."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to increase in extent, quantity, intensity, power, etc.:Discord waxed at an alarming rate.Synonyms: dilate , enlarge , lengthen , grow , extend", "(of the moon) to increase in the extent of its illuminated portion before the full moon.Compare wane(def4) wane(def4).", "to grow or become:He waxed angry at the insinuation."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a fit of anger; rage ."]}]