ce·rate 
(sîrāt′)
(sîrāt′)n.
A hard, unctuous, fat- or wax-based solid, sometimes medicated, formerly applied to the skin directly or on dressings.
[Latin cērātum, from cērātus, past participle of cērāre, to cover with wax, from cēra, wax; akin to Greek kēros.]
- triple digits
- triple-double
- triple figure
- triple-header
- tripleheader
- triple jump
- triple measure
- triple play
- triple point
- triple rhyme
- triple sec
- triplet
- tripletail
- triple time
- triple-time
- triple-tongue
- triple witching hour
- triplex
- triplicate
- triplicately
- triplication
- triplicity
- triploblastic
- triploblasty
- triploid