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Spermaceti

A white waxy substance obtained from cavities in the head of the sperm whale, and used making candles, oilments, cosmetics, etc. It consists essentially of ethereal salts of palmitic acid with ethal and other hydrocarbon bases. The substance of spermaceti after the removal of certain impurities is sometimes called cetin.

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an oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents; essential structural component of living cells (along wit…

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Ambergris noun · 78% connection

A substance of the consistence of wax, found floating in the Indian Ocean and other parts of the tropics, and also as a morbid secreti…

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Bowhead noun · 78% connection

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Brain noun · 78% connection

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Cachalot noun · 78% connection

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A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white laminae.

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Cerotene noun · 78% connection

A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin.

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Cetin noun · 78% connection

A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti.

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Denticete n. pl. · 78% connection

The division of Cetacea in which the teeth are developed, including the sperm whale, dolphins, etc.

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Devilfish noun · 78% connection

The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale.

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Enamel verb · 78% connection

To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion.

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Eosin noun · 78% connection

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