having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness"
made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy"
a high gear used at high speeds to maintain the driving speed with less output power
the state of high or excessive activity or productivity or concentration; "Troops are ready to go into overdrive as soon as the signal is given"; "Melissa's brain was in overdrive"
drive or work too hard; "The teacher is overworking his students"; "Overdriving people often suffer stress"
actions taken by a government to defeat insurgency
the act of appeasing someone or causing someone to be more favorably inclined; "a wonderful skill in the pacification of crying infants"; "his unsuccessful mollification of the mob"
naval battle of World War II (June 1942); American planes based on land and on carriers decisively defeated a Japanese fleet on its way to invade the Midway Islands
the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located
set up on the principle of collectivism or ownership and production by the workers involved usually under the supervision of a government; "collective farms"
clothing that is a grey color; "he was dressed in grey"
any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are grey; "the Confederate army was a vast grey"
Englishman who as Prime Minister implemented social reforms including the abolition of slavery throughout the British Empire (1764-1845)
Queen of England for nine days in 1553; she was quickly replaced by Mary Tudor and beheaded for treason (1537-1554)
United States writer of western adventure novels (1875-1939)
of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a man with greyish hair"
intermediate in character or position; "a grey area between clearly legal and strictly illegal"
used to signify the Confederate forces in the American Civil War (who wore grey uniforms); "a stalwart grey figure"
showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair; "whose beard with age is hoar"-Coleridge; "nodded his hoary head"