1.   Apply more heat to keep the wax melted while the absorbent powder draws out the melted wax.

2.   Add stearin to the melted wax.

3.   Chemicals called surfactants reduce surface tension and let the blobs of melted wax break apart and squish back together just right.

4.   Insert the candle, light it, and, using a toothpick or straight pin, dribble a bit of melted wax down the outer sides of the pumpkin.

5.   Johns worked on each panel separately in his signature surface, encaustic, an ancient technique involving pigment suspended in melted wax that he is frequently credited with reviving.

6.   The pitch ahead was steeper, with frozen yellow and white rivulets like melted wax on an ancient candle.

7.   A heady aroma of English summer blooms mixed with the churchly scent of melted wax.

8.   Launch preparation began in earnest about three months ago, when a half-inch layer of melted wax was poured on the concrete incline.

9.   Melted wax drips through the tip onto egg, which is then soaked in bright dyes.