OZOKERITE

[ozo.ke.rite] also ozo.ce.rite n [G Ozokerit, fr. Gk ozein to smell + keros wax--more at cerumen] (ca. 1837): a waxy mineral mixture of hydrocarbons that is colorless or white when pure and often of unpleasant odor and is used esp. in making candles and in electrotyping