Xenomania
(Xen`o*ma"ni*a) n. [Gr. xe`nos strange + E. mania.] A mania for, or an inordinate attachment
to, foreign customs, institutions, manners, fashions, etc. [R.] Saintsbury.
Xenomi
(||Xen"o*mi) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. xe`nos strange.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of soft-rayed fresh-water
fishes of which the blackfish of Alaska (Dallia pectoralis) is the type.
Xenopterygii
(||Xe*nop`te*ryg"i*i) n. pl. [NL., from Gr. xe`nos strange + dim. of a wing.] (Zoöl.) A
suborder of fishes including Gobiesox and allied genera. These fishes have soft-rayed fins, and a ventral
sucker supported in front by the pectoral fins. They are destitute of scales.
Xenotime
(Xen"o*time) n. [Gr. honoring guests or strangers; xe`nos guest, stranger + honor: cf. G. xenotim.]
(Min.) A native phosphate of yttrium occurring in yellowish-brown tetragonal crystals.
Xenurine
(Xe*nu"rine) n. [Gr. xe`nos strange + tail.] (Zoöl.) A cabassou.
Xenyl
(Xen"yl) n. [Gr. xe`nos strange + -yl.] (Chem.) The radical characteristic of xenylic compounds.
Xenylic
(Xe*nyl"ic) a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, designating, certain amido compounds
obtained by reducing certain nitro derivatives of diphenyl.
Xeraphim
(Xer"a*phim) n. [Pg. xarafin, xerafin, fr. Ar. ashrafi noble, the name of a gold coin.] An
old money of account in Bombay, equal to three fifths of a rupee.
Xeres
(Xer"es) n. Sherry. See Sherry.
Xerif
(Xer"if) n. A shereef.
Xeriff
(Xer"iff) n. [See Shereef.] A gold coin formerly current in Egypt and Turkey, of the value of
about 9s. 6d., or about $2.30; — also, in Morocco, a ducat.
Xeroderma
(||Xe`ro*der"ma) n. [NL., fr. Gr. dry + skin.] (Med.) (a) Ichthyosis. (b) A skin disease
characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are
subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin.
Xeronate
(Xe"ro*nate) n. (Chem.) A salt of xeronic acid.
Xeronic
(Xe*ron"ic) a. [Gr. dry + citraconic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4,
related to fumaric acid, and obtained from citraconic acid as an oily substance having a bittersweet taste; —
so called from its tendency to form its anhydride.
Xerophagy
(Xe*roph"a*gy) n. [L. xerophagia, Gr. dry + to eat.] Among the primitive Christians, the
living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts.
Xerophilous
(Xe*roph"i*lous) a. [Gr. dry + to love.] (Bot.) Drought-loving; able withstand the absence
or lack of moisture.
Plants which are peculiarly adapted to dry climates are termed by De Candolle xerophilous.
Goodale. Xerophthalmia
(||Xe`roph*thal"mi*a) n. [L., fr. Gr. dry + the eye. See Ophthalmia.] (Med.) An abnormal
dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long- continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the
conjunctiva.
Xerophthalmy
(Xe`roph*thal"my) n. (Med.) Xerophthalmia.
Xiphias
(||Xiph"i*as) n. [L., a swordfish, a sword-shaped comet, fr. Gr. xifi`as, fr. xi`fos a sword.]
1. (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes comprising the common swordfish.
