Sunday, 13 September 2015

OBSCURE WORDS X

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
  xystus
n. - indoor exercise area

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