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xanthic

n. - yellow in color



xanthochroism

n. - condition in which all skin pigments except yellow and orange disappear



xanthoma

n. - skin disease causing yellow patches



xanthopsia

n. - optical defect causing everything to seem yellow



xanthous

adj. - yellow- or red-haired; yellow-skinned



xebec

n. - ship with three masts



xenagogue

n. - a guide



xenagogy

n. - a guidebook



xenapistia

n. - extreme distrust of strangers



xenial

adj. - pertaining to hospitality, or relations with friendly visitors. xenian, adj.



xenodocheionology

n. - jocular, love of hotels and inns.



xenoepist

n. - someone who speaks with a foreign accent



xenogamy

n. - cross-fertilization. xenogenesis, n. production of offspring unlike the parent. xenograft, n. heterograft. xenolith, n. rock particle included in another rock. xenomorphic a. with a form not its own.



xenomancy

n. - fortunetelling by studying the first stranger that appears



xerarch

adj. - growing in dry places.



xerasia

n. - morbid dryness of hair. xeric, adj. pertaining to or adapted to dry conditions.



xeroderma

n. - morbid dryness of skin.



xeronisus

n. - inability to reach orgasm



xerophilous

adj. - resisting drought.



xerophobous

adj. - unable to survive drought.



xerophthalmia

n. - abnormal dryness of the eyeball.



xerophyte

n. - plant thriving in desert conditions.



xerosis

n. - abnormal dryness.



xerostoma

n. - dryness of mouth



xerotic

adj. - dry.



xertz

v. - to gulp down something quickly



xiphoid

adj. - sword-like. xiphoid process, lowest division of sternum; king-crab's tail. xiphophyllous, adj. with sword-shaped leaves.



xylem

n. - woody tissue of plants. xylocarp, n. woody fruit.



xylograph

n. - wood-engraving; print made from a wood block. xylography, n.



xyloid

adj. - like wood. xylonite, n. celluloid. xylophagous, adj. destroying or boring in wood. xylophilous, adj. living on or in wood. xylotomous, adj. boring into or cutting wood.



xylophobia

n. - fear of wooden objects; fear of forests



xyresic

adj. - razor sharp

