English Words: X

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xylanohydrolasenoun

Any enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of xylan

xylanolysisnoun

The breakdown of a xylan.

xylanolyticadj

Describing any substance (such as a xylanase) that can break down a xylan.

xylanthraxnoun

Wood coal or charcoal, distinguished from mineral coal; lignite.

xylaratenoun

A salt or ester of xylaric acid.

xylariaceousadj

Belonging to the family Xylariaceae of fungi.

xylariumnoun

A herbarium specialising in specimens of wood.

xylaryadj

Of or relating to wood and especially xylem

xylatenoun

Any salt or ester of xylic acid.

xylazinenoun

A potent α₂-adrenergic agonist used for sedation, anesthesia, and analgesia in large nonhuman mammals, and as an adulterant in street drugs.

xylemnoun

A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.

xylematicadj

Via xylem

xylemicadj

Relating to the xylem.

xylemlessadj

Without a xylem.

xylemlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a xylem.

xylenenoun

Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, found in coal and wood tar.

xylenolnoun

An arene compound with two methyl groups and a hydroxyl group.

xylenylnoun

Xylyl.

xylicadj

Pertaining to xylene.

xylicolousadj

Living or growing on wood.

xylindeinnoun

A quinone pigment, a dimeric naphthoquinone derivative, responsible for the characteristic bluish-green stain of wood infected by the Chlorociboria aeruginascens mushroom.

xylitenoun

A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits.

xylitolnoun

A pentahydric alcohol, C₅H₁₂O₅, penta-hydroxy pentane; derived from xylose; used as a sweetener.

xylitonenoun

A yellow oil that is a side product of making phorone.

xylivorousadj

That eats wood

xylo-prefix

wood

xylobioticadj

That lives in/on wood

xylocainnoun

Alternative form of xylocaine.

xylocainenoun

Lidocaine.

xylocarpnoun

A hard woody fruit.

xylocarpousadj

Bearing fruit that becomes hard or woody.

xylochemicaladj

Relating to xylochemistry.

xylochemistrynoun

The chemistry of wood.

xylochromenoun

A kind of dye derived from the tannin in wood.

xylocinnamonnoun

The wood of the cinnamon tree.

xylocopineadj

In the subfamily Xylocopinae of carpenter bees.

xylodextrinnoun

An oligomer of xylose.

xylodextrinsnoun

plural of xylodextrin

xylofucogalactannoun

A polysaccharide composed of xylose, fucose and galactose residues.

xylofucomannannoun

A mannan derived from xylose and fucose.

xylofuranosenoun

The furanose form of a xylose.

xylogalactannoun

A polysaccharide composed of xylose and galactose residues.

xylogalacturonannoun

A polysaccharide, containing xylose and galacturonic acid residues, found in the cell walls of plants.

xylogalacturonasenoun

Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a xylogalacturonan.

xylogalacturonasesnoun

plural of xylogalacturonase

xylogennoun

Nascent wood; wood cells in a forming state.

xylogenesisnoun

The formation of wood.

xylogeneticadj

Relating to xylogenesis.

xylogenicadj

Relating to the formation of wood.

xylogenousadj

Living or growing on wood.

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