Category: X

Xanthoxylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted from the seeds of a Japanese prickly ash (Xanthoxylum pipertium)… read more Xanthoxylene

Xanthoxylum (n.) A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots of which are of a deep… read more Xanthoxylum

Xebec (n.) A small three-masted vessel, with projecting bow stern and convex decks, used in the Mediterranean for transporting merchandise,… read more Xebec

Xeme (n.) An Arctic fork-tailed gull (Xema Sabinii).

Xenelasia (n.) A Spartan institution which prohibited strangers from residing in Sparta without permission, its object probably being to preserve… read more Xenelasia

Xenia (pl. ) of Xenium

Xenium (n.) A present given to a guest or stranger, or to a foreign ambassador.

Xenodochium (n.) A house for the reception of strangers.

Xenodochium (n.) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims,… read more Xenodochium

Xenogenesis (n.) The fancied production of an organism of one kind by an organism of another.

Xenogenetic (a.) Of or pertaining to xenogenesis; as, the xenogenetic origin of microzymes.

Xenomania (n.) A mania for, or an inordinate attachment to, foreign customs, institutions, manners, fashions, etc.

Xenomi (n. pl.) A suborder of soft-rayed fresh-water fishes of which the blackfish of Alaska (Dallia pectoralis) is the type.

Xenodochy (n.) Reception of strangers; hospitality.

Xenogamy (n.) Cross fertilization.

Xenogenesis (n.) Same as Heterogenesis.

Xenopterygii (n. pl.) A suborder of fishes including Gobiesox and allied genera. These fishes have soft-rayed fins, and a ventral… read more Xenopterygii

Xenotime (n.) A native phosphate of yttrium occurring in yellowish-brown tetragonal crystals.

Xenurine (n.) A cabassou.

Xenyl (n.) The radical characteristic of xenylic compounds.