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XIPHIAS, n. [Gr., a sword.] 1. The sword-fish. 2. A comet shaped like a sword.
XEROPHTHALMY, n. [Gr., dry.] A dry red soreness or itching of the eyes, without ...
XEROPHAGY, n. [Gr., dry; to eat.] The eating of dry meats, a sort of fast among ...
XEROMYRUM, n. [Gr., dry; ointment.] A dry ointment.
XEROCOLLYRIUM, n. [Gr., dry.] A dry collyrium or eye-salve.
XEBEC, n. A small three masted vessel, used in the Mediterranean sea. With a fai...
XANTHOGENE, n. [Gr., yellow, to generate.] The base of a new acid, produced by t...
XANTHID, XANTHIDE, n. A compound of xanthogene and a metal.
XANTHID, XANTHIDE, n. A compound of xanthogene and a metal.
X, the twenty fourth letter of the English Alphabet, is borrowed from the Greek....
WYCH-ELM, n. A variety of the elm, or a peculiar species, (Ulmus glabra.)
WRYNESS, a. The state of being wry or distorted.
WRYNECKED, a. Having a distorted neck.
WRYNECK, n. [wry and neck.] 1. A twisted or distorted neck; a deformity in which...
WRY, a. 1. Twisted; turned to one side; distorted; as a wry neck; a wry mouth. 2...
WRUNG, pre. and pp. of wring.