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Meanings of Xerophilous:

adjective

(of a plant or animal) adapted to a very dry climate or habitat, or to conditions where moisture is scarce.

Usage examples:

The concentration of the highest estimates of genetic variation in northwestern venezuela suggests …

Meanings of Xerophthalmia:

noun

Abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye, with inflammation and ridge formation, typically associated with vitamin a deficiency.

Usage examples:

A guide to their use in the treatment and prevention of vitamin a deficiency and xerophthalmia.

Meanings of Xerox:

noun

A xerographic copying process.

Usage examples:

Printing methods include acrylic printing and colour xerox

verb

Copy (a document) by the xerox process.

Usage examples:

I shall have the typescript xeroxed today

Meanings of Xeroxed:

verb

Copy (a document) by the xerox process.

Usage examples:

I shall have the typescript xeroxed today

noun

A xerographic copying process.

Usage examples:

Printing methods include acrylic printing and colour xerox

Meanings of Xeroxing:

verb

Copy (a document) by the xerox process.

Usage examples:

I shall have the typescript xeroxed today

noun

A xerographic copying process.

Usage examples:

Printing methods include acrylic printing and colour xerox

Meanings of Xi:

noun

The fourteenth letter of the greek alphabet ( ξ, ξ ), transliterated as ‘x’.

Meanings of Xiii:

cardinal number

Equivalent to the sum of six and seven; one more than twelve, or seven less than twenty; 13.

Usage examples:

Thirteen miles away

Meanings of Xiv:

cardinal number

Equivalent to the product of seven and two; one more than thirteen, or six less than twenty; 14.

Usage examples:

They had spent fourteen days in solitary confinement

Meanings of Xix:

cardinal number

One more than eighteen; nine more than ten; 19.

Usage examples:

Nineteen of the interviewees had never worked

Meanings of Xmas:

noun

Another term for christmas.

Meanings of Xmases:

noun

Abbreviation for christmas

Meanings of Xr:

adjective

Abbreviation for ex-rights

Meanings of Xray:

noun

An electromagnetic wave of high energy and very short wavelength, which is able to pass through many materials opaque to light.

Usage examples:

Gamma rays are not particles but a form of electromagnetic radiation, like light, radio waves, and …

verb

Photograph or examine with x-rays.

Usage examples:

Luggage bound for the hold is x-rayed

Meanings of Xs:

noun

The twenty-fourth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

X is the 24th letter of the alphabet and it's got me stumped.

A rating assigned to films classified as suitable for adults only (replaced in the uk in 1983 by 18, and in the us in 1990 by nc–17).

abbreviation

The drug ecstasy.

Usage examples:

Many of the users reported that, since "x" only lasts 4 to 5 hours, it brought them the feeling the…

Meanings of Xu:

noun

A monetary unit of vietnam, equal to one hundredth of a dong.

Usage examples:

The dong was the currency of the republic of vietnam (south vietnam) from 1953 to 2 may 1978. it wa…

Meanings of Xvi:

cardinal number

Equivalent to the product of four and four; one more than fifteen, or six more than ten; 16.

Usage examples:

Sixteen miles east of dublin

Meanings of Xx:

cardinal number

The number equivalent to the product of two and ten; ten less than thirty; 20.

Usage examples:

Twenty or thirty years ago

Meanings of Xylograph:

noun

A woodcut or wood engraving, especially an early one.

Meanings of Xylophagous:

adjective

(especially of an insect larva or mollusc) feeding on or boring into wood.

Usage examples:

Although we have presented several plausible hypotheses to explain this absence, it is clear that f…

Meanings of Xylophone:

noun

A musical instrument played by striking a row of wooden bars of graduated length with one or more small wooden or plastic beaters.

Usage examples:

It is a simple ballad with a choirboy singing a melody over a xylophone and soft string orchestral …

Meanings of Xylylene:

noun

A volatile liquid hydrocarbon obtained by distilling wood, coal tar, or petroleum, used in fuels and solvents and in chemical synthesis.

Usage examples:

Petroleum fuels contain several toxic compounds, including benzene, toluene and xylene - all consid…

Meanings of Xysti:

noun

(in ancient greece) a long portico used by athletes for exercise.

Usage examples:

Xystus was the greek architectural term for the covered portico of the gymnasium, in which the exer…

Meanings of Xystus:

noun

(in ancient greece) a long portico used by athletes for exercise.

Usage examples:

Xystus was the greek architectural term for the covered portico of the gymnasium, in which the exer…

Meanings of Y:

abbreviation

Year(s).

Usage examples:

Orbital period (pluto): 248.5y

suffix

(forming adjectives from nouns and adjectives) full of; having the quality of.

Usage examples:

Messy

noun

The twenty-fifth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Created by two of today’s wittiest, most imaginative minds, the alphabet from a to y with bonus let…

The chemical element yttrium.

Meanings of Y-fronts:

noun

A brand name for a piece of underwear for men and boys, covering the area between the waist and the tops of the legs, with an opening at the front in the shape of an upside-down y