Waxy may refer to: * a substance related to

wax Waxes are a diverse class of organic compounds that are lipophilic, malleable solids near ambient temperatures. They include higher alkanes and lipids, typically with melting points above about 40 °C (104 °F), melting to give lo ...

* colloquially for a

waxworm Waxworms are the caterpillar larvae of wax moths, which belong to the family (biology), family Pyralidae (snout moths). Two closely related species are commercially bred – the lesser wax moth (''Achroia grisella'') and the Galleria mell ...

(particularly used by anglers) *

Waxy (band) Waxy is an American stoner rock Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and w ...

, an American stoner rock band *

Waxy (horse) Waxy (1790 – 18 April 1818) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1793 Epsom Derby and was an influential sire in the late eighteenth and early part of the nineteenth century. Waxy was bred by Sir Ferdinando Poole and was foaled at ...

, a thoroughbred racehorse *

WAXY (AM) WAXY (790 kHz) is an AM radio station licensed to South Miami, Florida, with a Spanish adult contemporary and conservative talk format. The station is owned by Audacy, Inc. Its studios are located in Audacy's Miami office on Northwest Second Av ...

, a radio station (790 AM) licensed to serve South Miami, Florida, United States *

WSFS (FM) WSFS (104.3 MHz, "104.3 The Shark") is an FM radio station licensed to Miramar, Florida. Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station broadcasts an alternative rock format targeting Miami-Dade County and the Miami-Fort Lauderdale metropolitan area. Its ...

, a radio station (104.3 FM) licensed to serve Miramar, Florida, which held the call sign WAXY-FM from 2012 to 2015

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Waxy cap The Hygrophoraceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. Originally conceived as containing white-spored, thick-gilled agarics (gilled mushrooms), including ''Hygrophorus'' and ''Hygrocybe'' species (the waxcaps or waxy caps), DNA eviden ...

, a taxon of white-spored agarics *

Waxy corn Waxy corn or glutinous corn is a type of corn characterized by its sticky texture when cooked. It has big round kernels that have endosperms that are almost universally white, though the aleurone layers can sometimes be purple or red which cause ...

, a maize variety found in China in 1909 *

Waxy flexibility Waxy flexibility is one of the twelve symptoms that can lead to the diagnosis of catatonia. It is a psychomotor symptom that results in a decreased response to stimuli and a tendency to remain in an immobile posture. If one were to move the arm o ...

, a psychomotor symptom of catatonic schizophrenia * Waxy monkey leaf frog, a frog species found in South and Central American *

Waxy potato starch Waxy potato starch is a variety of commercially available starch composed almost entirely of amylopectin molecules, extracted from new potato varieties. Standard starch extracted from traditional potato varieties contains both amylose and amylopect ...

, a new type of starch only containing amylopectin molecules * Waxy skin, a cutaneous condition observed in roughly 50% of diabetic patients with longstanding disease

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