Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Xylol

Xy″lol (?), n. [Xylo- + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) Same as Xylene.

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Xylology

Xy‐lol″o‐gy (?), n. [Pref. xylo- + -logy.] The branch of dendrology treating of the gross and minute structure of wood.

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Xylonite

Xy″lon‐ite (?), n. See Zylonite.

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Xylophaga

‖Xy‐loph″a‐ga (?), n. [NL. See Xylophagous.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas.

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Xylophagan

Xy‐loph″a‐gan (?), n. [See Xylophagous.] (Zoöl.) (a) One of a tribe of beetles whose larvæ bore or live in wood. (b) Any species of Xylophaga. (c) Any one of the Xylophagides.

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Xylophagides

‖Xy′lo‐phag″i‐des (?), n. pl. [See Xylophagous.] (Zoöl.) A tribe or family of dipterous flies whose larvæ live in decayed wood. Some of the tropical species are very large.

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Xylophagous

Xy‐loph″a‐gous (?), a. [Gr. ξυλοφάγοσ eating wood; ξύλον wood + φαγει̑ν to eat.] (Zoöl.) (a) Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; — said especially of certain insect larvæ, c...

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Xylophilan

Xy‐loph″i‐lan (?), n. [See Xylophilous.] (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of beetles (Xylophili) whose larvæ live on decayed wood.

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Xylophilous

Xy‐loph″i‐lous (?), a. [Xylo- + Gr. φιλει̑ν to love.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the xylophilans.

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Xylophone

Xy″lo‐phone (?), n. [Xylo- + Gr. φωνή sound.]1. (Mus.) An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated i...

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Xyloplastic

Xy′lo‐plas″tic (?), a. [Xylo- + -plastic.] (Technol.) Formed of wood pulp by molds; relating to casts made of wood pulp in molds.

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Xylopyrography

Xy′lo‐py‐rog″ra‐phy (?). n. [Xylo- + Gr. �, �, fire + -graphy.] The art or practice of burning pictures on wood with a hot iron; — called also poker painting. See Poker picture,...

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Xyloquinone

Xy′lo‐qui″none (?), n. [Xylene + quinone.] (Chem.) Any one of a group of quinone compounds obtained respectively by the oxidation of certain xylidine compounds. In general they ...

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Xylorcin

Xy‐lor″cin (?), n. [Xylene + orcin.] (Chem.) A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline substance which on exposure in the air becomes red; — called also betaorcin.

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Xylose

Xy″lose (?), n. [Pref. xylo- + -ose.] (Chem.) An unfermentable sugar of the pentose class, C5H10O5, formed by the hydrolysis of xylan; wood sugar.

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Xylostein

Xy‐los″te‐in (?), n. [Xylo- + Gr. οστἔον bone.] (Chem.) A glucoside found in the poisonous berries of a species of honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum), and extracted as a bitter, w...

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Xylotile

Xy″lo‐tile (?), n. Same as Parkesine.

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Xylotomist

Xy‐lot″o‐mist (?), n. One versed or engaged in xylotomy.

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Xylotomous

Xy‐lot″o‐mous (?), a. [Pref. xylo- + root of Gr. � to cut.] (Zoöl.) Capable of boring or cutting wood; — said of many insects.

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Xylotomy

Xy‐lot″o‐my (?), n. [Pref. xylo- + -tomy.] Art of preparing sections (transverse, tangential, or radial) of wood, esp. by means of a microtome, for microscopic examination.

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Xylotrya

‖Xy‐lo″try‐a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ξύλον wood + � to rub, wear out.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species ...

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Xylyl

Xy″lyl (?), n. [Xylo- + -yl.] (Chem.) Any one of three metameric radicals which are characteristic respectively of the three xylenes.

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Xylylene

Xy″lyl‐ene (?), n.(Chem.) Any one of three metameric radicals, CH2.C6H4.CH2, derived respectively from the three xylenes. Often used adjectively; as, xylylene alcohol.

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Xyridaceous

Xyr′i‐da″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Of or pertaining to a natural order (Xyrideæ) of endogenous plants, of which Xyris is the type.

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Xyris

‖Xy″ris (?), n.(Bot.) A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen specie...

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Xyst

{ Xyst (?), ‖Xys″tus (?), } n. [L. xystus, Gr. �, from � to scrape, polish; — so called from its smooth and polished floor.] (Anc. Arch.) A long and open portico, for athletic e...

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Xystarch

Xyst″arch (?), n. [L. xystarches, Gr. �, � a xyst + � to rule.] (Gr. Antiq.) An officer having the superintendence of the xyst. Dr. W. Smith.