Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Xenopterygii

‖Xe‐nop′te‐ryg″i‐i (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. ξένοσ strange + �, dim. of � a wing.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of fishes including Gobiesox and allied genera. These fishes have soft-ray...

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Xenotime

Xen″o‐time (?), n. (xĕn″ō̍‐tīm), n. [Gr. ξενότιμοσ honoring guests or strangers; ξένοσ guest, stranger + τιμή honor: cf. G. xenotim.] (Min.) A native phosphate of yttrium occurr...

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Xenurine

Xe‐nu″rine (?), n. [Gr. ξένοσ strange + ουρἄ tail.] (Zoöl.) A cabassou.

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Xenyl

Xen″yl (?), n. [Gr. ξένοσ strange + -yl.] (Chem.) The radical characteristic of xenylic compounds.

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Xenylic

Xe‐nyl″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, designating, certain amido compounds obtained by reducing certain nitro derivatives of diphenyl.

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Xeraphim

Xer″a‐phim (?), n. [Pg. xarafin, xerafin, fr. Ar. ashrafī noble, the name of a gold coin.] An old money of account in Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.

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Xeres

Xer″es (?), n. Sherry. See Sherry.

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Xerif

Xer″if (zĕr″ĭf), n. A shereef.

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Xeriff

Xer″iff (zĕr″ĭf), n. [See Shereef.] A gold coin formerly current in Egypt and Turkey, of the value of about 9s. 6d., or about $2.30; — also, in Morocco, a ducat.

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Xeroderma

‖Xe′ro‐der″ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ξηρόσ dry + δέρμα skin.] (Med.) (a) Ichthyosis. (b) A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling...

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Xeronate

Xe″ro‐nate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of xeronic acid.

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Xeronic

Xe‐ron″ic (?), a. [Gr. ξηρόσ dry + citraconic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4, related to fumaric acid, and obtained from citraconic acid as an oily su...

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Xerophagy

Xe‐roph″a‐gy (?), n. [L. xerophagia, Gr. �; ξηρόσ dry + � to eat.] Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts.

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Xerophilous

Xe‐roph″i‐lous (?), a. [Gr. ξηρόσ dry + � to love.] (Bot.) Drought-loving; able withstand the absence or lack of moisture.Plants which are peculiarly adapted to dry climates are...

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Xerophthalmia

‖Xe′roph‐thal″mi‐a (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �; ξηρόσ dry + � the eye. See Ophthalmia.] (Med.) An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and ...

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Xerophthalmy

Xe′roph‐thal″my (?), n.(Med.) Xerophthalmia.

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Xiphias

‖Xiph″i‐as (?), n. [L., a swordfish, a sword-shaped comet, fr. Gr. ξιφίασ, fr. ξίφοσ a sword.]1. (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes comprising the common swordfish.2. (Anat.) (a) The con...

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Xiphidium

‖Xi‐phid″i‐um (?), n. [NL., from Gr. ξιφίδιον, dim. of ξίφοσ sword.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Hæmodraceæ, having two-ranked, sword-shaped leaves.

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Xiphioid

Xiph″i‐oid (?), a. [Xiphius + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cetacean of the genus Xiphius or family Xiphiidæ.

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Xiphiplastron

‖Xiph″i‐plas″tron (?), n.; pl.Xiphiplastra (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ξίφοσ a sword + plastron.] (Anat.) The posterior, or fourth, lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; — called als...

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Xiphisternum

‖Xiph″i‐ster″num (?), n.; pl.Xiphisterna (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ξίφοσ a sword + sternum.] (Anat.) (a) The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; — sometimes called metaste...

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Xiphius

‖Xiph″i‐us (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ξίφοσ a sword.] (Zoöl.) A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak, usually two tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in the...

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Xiphodon

Xiph″o‐don (?), n. [Gr. ξίφοσ a sword + οδοὔσ, οδὄντοσ, a tooth.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in the European Tertiary formations. It had slender ...

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Xiphoid

Xiph″oid (?; 277), a. [Gr. ξιφοειδήσ sword-shaped; ξίφοσ a sword + εί̑δοσ form, shape: cf. F. xiphoide.] (Anat.) (a) Like a sword; ensiform. (b) Of or pertaining to the xiphoid ...

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Xiphoidian

Xiph‐oid″i‐an (?), a.(Anat.) Xiphoid.

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Xiphophyllous

Xi‐phoph″yl‐lous (?), a. [Gr. ξίφοσ sword + φύλλον leaf.] (Bot.) Having sword-shaped leaves.

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Xiphosura

‖Xiph′o‐su″ra (?), n. pl. See Xiphura.