ader wax
noun
ˈä-dər-
: ozokerite
Word History
Etymology
probably partial translation of German aderwachs, from ader vein (from Middle High German āder, from Old High German ādara) + wachs wax; akin to Old English ǣdre vein, Old Norse ǣthr, Greek ētor heart
First Known Use
1915, in the meaning defined above
- contentliest
- contentment
- contentments
- contents
- conterminal
- conterminate
- contermine
- conterminous
- conterminously
- conterminousnesses
- contes
- contessa
- contessas
- contesseration
- contesserations
- contest
- contestable
- contestant
- contestants
- contestation
- contestations
- contested
- contested election
- contestee
- contester