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Xiphius
(n.)
A genus of cetaceans having a long, pointed, bony beak,
usually two tusklike teeth in the lower jaw, but no teeth in the upper
jaw.
Xiphodon
(n.)
An extinct genus of artiodactylous mammals found in the
European Tertiary formations. It had slender legs, didactylous feet,
and small canine teeth.
Xiphoid
(a.)
Like a sword; ensiform.
Xiphoid
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the xiphoid process; xiphoidian.
Xiphoidian
(a.)
Xiphoid.
Xiphophyllous
(a.)
Having sword-shaped leaves.
Xiphosura
(n. pl.)
See Xiphura.
Xiphura
(n. pl.)
Same as Limuloidea. Called also Xiphosura.
Xylamide
(n.)
An acid amide derivative of xylic acid, obtained as a
white crystalline substance.
Xylanthrax
(n.)
Wood coal, or charcoal; -- so called in distinction
from mineral coal.
Xylate
(n.)
A salt of xylic acid.
Xylem
(n.)
That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed,
or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloem.
Xylene
(n.)
Any of a group of three metameric hydrocarbons of the
aromatic series, found in coal and wood tar, and so named because found
in crude wood spirit. They are colorless, oily, inflammable liquids,
C6H4.(CH3)2, being dimethyl benzenes, and are called respectively
orthoxylene, metaxylene, and paraxylene. Called also xylol.
Xylenol
(n.)
Any one of six metameric phenol derivatives of xylene,
obtained as crystalline substances, (CH3)2.C6H3.OH.
Xyletic
(a.)
Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid related to
mesitylenic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the
action of sodium and carbon dioxide on crude xylenol.
Xylic
(a.)
Pertaining to, derived from, or related to, xylene;
specifically, designating any one of several metameric acids produced
by the partial oxidation of mesitylene and pseudo-cumene.
Xylidic
(a.)
Pertaining to, or designating, either one of two distinct
acids which are derived from xylic acid and related compounds, and are
metameric with uvitic acid.
Xylidine
(n.)
Any one of six metameric hydrocarbons, (CH3)2.C6H3.NH2,
resembling aniline, and related to xylene. They are liquids, or easily
fusible crystalline substances, of which three are derived from
metaxylene, two from orthoxylene, and one from paraxylene. They are
called the amido xylenes.
Xylindein
(n.)
A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain
kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as
an amorphous powder resembling indigo.
Xylite
(n.)
A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits.