As long as OT approves. If not, it's over! in the meantime, I'll practise X words: # Xanadu (n) - an exotic, luxurious place. This word comes from the poem "Kubla Khan" by Samuel T. Coleridge. # Xanax (n) - a pharmaceutical drug that is used to treat depression and anxiety. # Xanthic (n) - yellowish in color; having to do with the compound xanthine. # Xebec: A xebec is a special three-masted sailing ship used in the Mediterranean. # Xenolith (n) - a fragment of a rock embedded inside another rock. # Xenon: Scientists call xenon one of the noble gases. It’s odorless, colorless, and found in very small quantities in the Earth’s atmosphere. # Xenophobia (n) - fear or hatred towards foreigners, foreign countries, or anything foreign. Other related words: xenophobic (adj.) and xenophobe (n) # Xeric (adj.) - dry or desert like conditions; having very little moisture. # Xerography: The word for a process to copy documents is xerography. # Xerox: Xerox is the patented process for copying documents, and the name of a corporation. The word Xerox should never be used as a synonym for photocopying a document. # Xhosa: Xhosa is the name of the Bantu language, and a name for a member of the Bantu people of South Africa. # Xylem: Botanists describe the tubes within the stems of woody plants as xylem. The xylem conducts fluids up the plant, while phloem brings the fluids down. # Xylograph (n) - a wood engraving. # Xyloid (adj.) - resembling wood; woody. # Xylophone: A percussion instrument with wood or metal tubes struck with hammers. # XML:
