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   xanthic acid
         n 1: any of a class of unstable organic acids containing sulphur

English Dictionary: Xantusiidae by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
xanthosis
n
  1. an abnormal yellow discoloration of the skin
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Xanthosoma
n
  1. tropical American tuberous perennials [syn: Xanthosoma, genus Xanthosoma]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Xanthosoma atrovirens
n
  1. tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes
    Synonym(s): yautia, tannia, spoonflower, malanga, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Xanthosoma atrovirens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
n
  1. tropical American aroid having edible tubers that are cooked and eaten like yams or potatoes
    Synonym(s): yautia, tannia, spoonflower, malanga, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, Xanthosoma atrovirens
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
xanthous
adj
  1. of the color intermediate between green and orange in the color spectrum; of something resembling the color of an egg yolk
    Synonym(s): yellow, yellowish, xanthous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Xantusiidae
n
  1. night lizards
    Synonym(s): Xantusiidae, family Xantusiidae
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthic \Xan"thic\, a. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow: cf. F. xanthique.]
      1. Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors,
            green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as
            scarlet, orange, etc.
  
      2. (Chem.)
            (a) Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color;
                  as, xanthic acid.
            (b) Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds;
                  xanthogenic.
            (c) Of or pertaining to xanthin.
  
      {Xanthic acid} (Chem.), a heavy, astringent, colorless oil,
            {C2H5O.CS.SH}, having a pungent odor. It is produced by
            leading carbon disulphide into a hot alcoholic solution of
            potassium hydroxide. So called from the yellow color of
            many of its salts. Called also {xanthogenic acid}.
  
      {Xanthic colors} (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having
            some tinge of yellow; -- opposed to {cyanic colors}. See
            under {Cyanic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthic \Xan"thic\, a. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow: cf. F. xanthique.]
      1. Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors,
            green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as
            scarlet, orange, etc.
  
      2. (Chem.)
            (a) Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color;
                  as, xanthic acid.
            (b) Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds;
                  xanthogenic.
            (c) Of or pertaining to xanthin.
  
      {Xanthic acid} (Chem.), a heavy, astringent, colorless oil,
            {C2H5O.CS.SH}, having a pungent odor. It is produced by
            leading carbon disulphide into a hot alcoholic solution of
            potassium hydroxide. So called from the yellow color of
            many of its salts. Called also {xanthogenic acid}.
  
      {Xanthic colors} (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having
            some tinge of yellow; -- opposed to {cyanic colors}. See
            under {Cyanic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthic \Xan"thic\, a. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow: cf. F. xanthique.]
      1. Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors,
            green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as
            scarlet, orange, etc.
  
      2. (Chem.)
            (a) Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color;
                  as, xanthic acid.
            (b) Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds;
                  xanthogenic.
            (c) Of or pertaining to xanthin.
  
      {Xanthic acid} (Chem.), a heavy, astringent, colorless oil,
            {C2H5O.CS.SH}, having a pungent odor. It is produced by
            leading carbon disulphide into a hot alcoholic solution of
            potassium hydroxide. So called from the yellow color of
            many of its salts. Called also {xanthogenic acid}.
  
      {Xanthic colors} (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having
            some tinge of yellow; -- opposed to {cyanic colors}. See
            under {Cyanic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthocarpous \Xan`tho*car"pous\, a. [Xantho- + Gr. karpo`s
      fruit.] (Bot.)
      Having yellow fruit.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthochroic \Xan`tho*chro"ic\, a. [Xantho- + Gr. chro`a color.]
      (Ethnol.)
      Having a yellowish or fair complexion; of or pertaining to
      the Xanthochroi.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthochroid \Xan"tho*chroid\, a. [See under {Xanthrochroic},
      {-oid}.] (Ethnol.)
      Having a yellowish or fair complexion. -- n. A person having
      xanthochroid traits.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthochroism \Xan*thoch"ro*ism\, n.
      Abnormal coloration of feathers in which yellow replaces the
      normal color, as in certain parrots. It is commonly due to
      lack of the dark pigment which with yellow forms green.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthogen \Xan"tho*gen\, n. [Xantho- + -gen.] (Chem.)
      (a) The hypothetical radical supposed to be characteristic of
            xanthic acid. [Archaic]
      (b) Persulphocyanogen. [R.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthamide \Xanth*am"ide\, n. [Xanthic + amide.] (Chem.)
      An amido derivative of xanthic acid obtained as a white
      crystalline substance, {C2H5O.CS.NH2}; -- called also
      {xanthogen amide}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthogenate \Xan"tho*gen*ate\, n. (Chem.)
      A salt of xanthic acid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthogenic \Xan`tho*gen"ic\, a. [See {Xantho-}, and {-gen}.]
      (Chem.)
      Producing a yellow color or compound; xanthic. See {Xanthic
      acid}, under {Xanthic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthic \Xan"thic\, a. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow: cf. F. xanthique.]
      1. Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors,
            green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as
            scarlet, orange, etc.
  
      2. (Chem.)
            (a) Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color;
                  as, xanthic acid.
            (b) Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds;
                  xanthogenic.
            (c) Of or pertaining to xanthin.
  
      {Xanthic acid} (Chem.), a heavy, astringent, colorless oil,
            {C2H5O.CS.SH}, having a pungent odor. It is produced by
            leading carbon disulphide into a hot alcoholic solution of
            potassium hydroxide. So called from the yellow color of
            many of its salts. Called also {xanthogenic acid}.
  
      {Xanthic colors} (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having
            some tinge of yellow; -- opposed to {cyanic colors}. See
            under {Cyanic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthose \Xan"those\, n. (Chem.)
      An orange-yellow substance found in pigment spots of certain
      crabs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthospermous \Xan`tho*sper"mous\, a. [Xantho- + Gr. spe`rma
      sperm.] (Bot.)
      Having yellow seeds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthous \Xan"thous\, a. [Gr. xanqo`s yellow.]
      Yellow; specifically (Ethnol.), of or pertaining to those
      races of man which have yellowish, red, auburn, or brown
      hair.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthoxylene \Xan*thox"y*lene\, n. [See {Xanthoxylum}.] (Chem.)
      A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted from the
      seeds of a Japanese prickly ash ({Xanthoxylum pipertium}) as
      an aromatic oil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Yellowwood \Yel"low*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      The wood of any one of several different kinds of trees;
      also, any one of the trees themselves. Among the trees so
      called are the {Cladrastis tinctoria}, an American leguminous
      tree; the several species of prickly ash ({Xanthoxylum}); the
      Australian {Flindersia Oxleyana}, a tree related to the
      mahogany; certain South African species of {Podocarpus},
      trees related to the yew; the East Indian {Podocarpus
      latifolia}; and the true satinwood ({Chloroxylon Swietenia}).
      All these Old World trees furnish valuable timber.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Xanthoxylum \[d8]Xan*thox"y*lum\, n. [NL., from Gr. xanqo`s
      yellow + xy`lon wood.] (Bot.)
      A genus of prickly shrubs or small trees, the bark and rots
      of which are of a deep yellow color; prickly ash.
  
      Note: The commonest species in the Northern United States is
               {Xanthoxylum Americanum}. See {Prickly ash}, under
               {Prickly}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Prickly \Prick"ly\, a.
      Full of sharp points or prickles; armed or covered with
      prickles; as, a prickly shrub.
  
      {Prickly ash} (Bot.), a prickly shrub ({Xanthoxylum
            Americanum}) with yellowish flowers appearing with the
            leaves. All parts of the plant are pungent and aromatic.
            The southern species is {X. Carolinianum}. --Gray.
  
      {Prickly heat} (Med.), a noncontagious cutaneous eruption of
            red pimples, attended with intense itching and tingling of
            the parts affected. It is due to inflammation of the sweat
            glands, and is often brought on by overheating the skin in
            hot weather.
  
      {Prickly pear} (Bot.), a name given to several plants of the
            cactaceous genus {Opuntia}, American plants consisting of
            fleshy, leafless, usually flattened, and often prickly
            joints inserted upon each other. The sessile flowers have
            many petals and numerous stamens. The edible fruit is a
            large pear-shaped berry containing many flattish seeds.
            The common species of the Northern Atlantic States is
            {Opuntia vulgaris}. In the South and West are many others,
            and in tropical America more than a hundred more. {O.
            vulgaris}, {O. Ficus-Indica}, and {O. Tuna} are abundantly
            introduced in the Mediterranean region, and {O. Dillenii}
            has become common in India.
  
      {Prickly pole} (Bot.), a West Indian palm ({Bactris
            Plumierana}), the slender trunk of which bears many rings
            of long black prickles.
  
      {Prickly withe} (Bot.), a West Indian cactaceous plant
            ({Cereus triangularis}) having prickly, slender, climbing,
            triangular stems.
  
      {Prickly rat} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of South
            American burrowing rodents belonging to {Ctenomys} and
            allied genera. The hair is usually intermingled with sharp
            spines.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Satinwood \Sat"in*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree
      ({Chloroxylon Swietenia}). It takes a lustrous finish, and is
      used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a
      species of prickly ash ({Xanthoxylum Carib[91]um}) growing in
      Florida and the West Indies.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pepper \Pep"per\, n. [OE. peper, AS. pipor, L. piper, fr. Gr.
      [?], [?], akin to Skr. pippala, pippali.]
      1. A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried
            berry, either whole or powdered, of the {Piper nigrum}.
  
      Note: Common, or black, pepper is made from the whole berry,
               dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from
               the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by
               maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar
               properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper
               is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.
  
      2. (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody
            climber ({Piper nigrum}), with ovate leaves and apetalous
            flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red
            when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several
            hundred species of the genus {Piper}, widely dispersed
            throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the
            earth.
  
      3. Any plant of the genus Capsicum, and its fruit; red
            pepper; as, the bell pepper.
  
      Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other
               fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the
               true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of
               {Capsicum}. See {Capsicum}, and the Phrases, below.
  
      {African pepper}, the Guinea pepper. See under {Guinea}.
  
      {Cayenne pepper}. See under {Cayenne}.
  
      {Chinese pepper}, the spicy berries of the {Xanthoxylum
            piperitum}, a species of prickly ash found in China and
            Japan.
  
      {Guinea pepper}. See under {Guinea}, and {Capsicum}.
  
      {Jamaica pepper}. See {Allspice}.
  
      {Long pepper}.
            (a) The spike of berries of {Piper longum}, an East Indian
                  shrub.
            (b) The root of {Piper, [or] Macropiper, methysticum}. See
                  {Kava}.
  
      {Malaguetta}, [or] {Meleguetta}, {pepper}, the aromatic seeds
            of the {Amomum Melegueta}, an African plant of the Ginger
            family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc.,
            under the name of {grains of Paradise}.
  
      {Red pepper}. See {Capsicum}.
  
      {Sweet pepper bush} (Bot.), an American shrub ({Clethra
            alnifolia}), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; --
            called also {white alder}.
  
      {Pepper box} [or] {caster}, a small box or bottle, with a
            perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food,
            etc.
  
      {Pepper corn}. See in the Vocabulary.
  
      {Pepper elder} (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants
            of the Pepper family, species of {Piper} and {Peperomia}.
           
  
      {Pepper moth} (Zo[94]l.), a European moth ({Biston
            betularia}) having white wings covered with small black
            specks.
  
      {Pepper pot}, a mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and
            cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.
  
      {Pepper root}. (Bot.). See {Coralwort}.
  
      {pepper sauce}, a condiment for the table, made of small red
            peppers steeped in vinegar.
  
      {Pepper tree} (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris})
            of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See
            {Peruvian mastic tree}, under {Mastic}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xanthoxylene \Xan*thox"y*lene\, n. [See {Xanthoxylum}.] (Chem.)
      A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted from the
      seeds of a Japanese prickly ash ({Xanthoxylum pipertium}) as
      an aromatic oil.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Xenodochium \[d8]Xen`o*do*chi"um\, n. [LL., fr. L. xenodochium
      a building for the reception of strangers, Gr. [?] .]
      (a) (Class. Antiq.) A house for the reception of strangers.
      (b) In the Middle Ages, a room in a monastery for the
            reception and entertainment of strangers and pilgrims,
            and for the relief of paupers. [Called also
            {Xenodocheion}.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Xenodochy \Xe*nod"o*chy\, n. [Gr. [?].]
      Reception of strangers; hospitality. [R.]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   X Window System
  
      A specification for
      device-independent windowing operations on {bitmap display}
      devices, developed initially by {MIT}'s Project {Athena} and
      now a {de facto standard} supported by the {X Consortium}.   X
      was named after an earlier window system called "W".   It is a
      window system called "X", not a system called "X Windows".
  
      X uses a {client-server} protocol, the {X protocol}.   The
      server is the computer or {X terminal} with the screen,
      keyboard, mouse and server program and the clients are
      {application programs}.   Clients may run on the same computer
      as the server or on a different computer, communicating over
      {Ethernet} via {TCP/IP} protocols.   This is confusing because
      {X clients} often run on what people usually think of as their
      server (e.g. a file server) but in X, it is the screen and
      keyboard etc. which is being "served out" to the applications.
  
      X is used on many {Unix} systems.   It has also been described
      as over-sized, over-featured, over-engineered and incredibly
      over-complicated.   X11R6 (version 11, release 6) was released
      in May 1994.
  
      {Home (http://www.x.org/)}.
  
      See also {Andrew project}, {PEX}, {VNC}, {XFree86}.
  
      {Usenet} newsgroups: {news:comp.windows.x}, {news:comp.x},
      {news:comp.windows.x.apps}, {news:comp.windows.x.intrinsics},
      {news:comp.windows.x.announce}, {news:comp.sources.x},
      {news:comp.windows.x.motif}, {news:comp.windows.x.pex}.
  
      (1999-04-02)
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   X-Windows
  
      A common misnomer for the {X Window System}.
  
      (1997-06-10)
  
  
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