| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| xebec | noun | A small three-masted vessel, with projecting bow stern and convex decks, used in the Mediterranean for transporting merchandise, etc. It carries large square sails, or both. Xebecs were formerly armed and used by corsairs. |
| xenia | plural | of Xenium |
| xenyl | noun | The radical characteristic of xenylic compounds. |
| xeres | noun | Sherry. See Sherry. |
| xerif | noun | A shereef. |
| xylem | noun | That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; — distinguished from phloem. |
| xylic | adjective | 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. |
| xylo- | A combining form from Gr. xy`lon wood; as in xylogen, xylograph. | |
| xylol | noun | Same as Xylene. |
| xylyl | noun | Any one of three metameric radicals which are characteristic respectively of the three xylenes. |
| xyris | noun | A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States. |