Words starting with x

Words, definitions, meanings and synonyms

x means: street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

x means: the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet

x means: the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

x means: being one more than nine

x chromosome means: the sex chromosome that is present in both sexes: singly in males and doubly in females

x ray means: a radiogram made by exposing photographic film to X rays; used in medical diagnosis

x ray means: electromagnetic radiation of short wavelength produced when high-speed electrons strike a solid target

x-axis means: the horizontal axis in a plane coordinate system

x-linked means: relating to genes or characteristics or conditions carried on the X chromosome

x-linked dominant inheritance means: hereditary pattern in which a dominant gene on the X chromosome causes a characteristic to be manifested in the offspring

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blob means: an indistinct shapeless form

blob means: make a spot or mark onto

brittle bush means: fragrant rounded shrub of southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico having brittle stems and small crowded blue-green leaves and yellow flowers; produces a resin used in incense and varnish and in folk medicine

carob bean means: long pod containing small beans and sweetish edible pulp; used as animal feed and source of a chocolate substitute

chockful means: packed full to capacity

chocolate mousse means: dessert mousse made with chocolate

christ's-thorn means: spiny tree having dark red edible fruits

christ's-thorn means: thorny Eurasian shrub with dry woody winged fruit

chrome yellow means: any of several yellow pigments consisting of normal lead chromate and other lead compounds

cut of pork means: cut of meat from a hog or pig

disenchantment means: freeing from false belief or illusions

family iguania means: New World lizards

family muraenidae means: marine eels

kat means: the leaves of the shrub Catha edulis which are chewed like tobacco or used to make tea; has the effect of a euphoric stimulant

kernig's sign means: symptom of meningitis; patient cannot extend the leg at the knee when the thigh is flexed because of stiffness in the hamstrings

march 19 means: a Christian holy day

monohybrid cross means: hybridization using a single trait with two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas)

polo ball means: wooden ball that is struck with mallets in playing polo

potman means: a worker in an inn or public house who serves customers and does various chores

square yard means: a unit of area equal to one yard by one yard square