Words starting with x

Words and definitions

Xanthamide means: An amido derivative of xanthic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, C2H5O.CS.NH2; -- called also xanthogen amide.

Xanthate means: A salt of xanthic; a xanthogenate.

Xanthelasma means: See Xanthoma.

Xanthian means: Of or pertaining to Xanthus, an ancient town on Asia Minor; -- applied especially to certain marbles found near that place, and now in the British Museum.

Xanthic means: Tending toward a yellow color, or to one of those colors, green being excepted, in which yellow is a constituent, as scarlet, orange, etc.

Xanthic means: Possessing, imparting, or producing a yellow color; as, xanthic acid.

Xanthic means: Of or pertaining to xanthic acid, or its compounds; xanthogenic.

Xanthic means: Of or pertaining to xanthin.

Xanthide means: A compound or derivative of xanthogen.

Xanthidia means: of Xanthidium

Words and definitions

Zythum means: A kind of ancient malt beverage; a liquor made from malt and wheat.

Zythepsary means: A brewery.

Zythem means: See Zythum.

Zymotic means: Designating, or pertaining to, a certain class of diseases. See Zymotic disease, below.

Zymotic means: Of, pertaining to, or caused by, fermentation.

Zymosis means: A zymotic disease.

Zymosis means: A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

Zymose means: Invertin.

Zymophyte means: A bacteroid ferment.

Zymosimeter means: An instrument for ascertaining the degree of fermentation occasioned by the mixture of different liquids, and the degree of heat which they acquire in fermentation.