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1: alternative names for the family comprising the New Zealand wrens [syn: {family Xenicidae}, {Acanthisittidae}, {family Acanthisittidae}]

1: type genus for the Xenicidae [syn: {genus Xenicus}]

1: short-tailed bird resembling a wren [syn: {rock wren}]

1: the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal [syn: {alternation of generations}, {heterogenesis}]

1: tissue from an animal of one species used as a temporary graft (as in cases of severe burns) on an individual of another species [syn: {heterograft}]

1: (geology) a piece of rock of different origin from the igneous rock in which it is embedded

1: a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts [syn: {Xe}, {atomic number 54}]

1: Greek philosopher (560-478 BC)

1: an irrational fear of foreigners or strangers

1: suffering from xenophobia; having abnormal fear or hatred of the strange or foreign

1: Greek general and historian; student of Socrates (430-355 BC)

1: in some classifications the family of the genus Xenopus which is otherwise included in the family Pipidae [syn: {family Xenopodidae}]

1: an African clawed frog; in some classifications made the type genus of a separate family Xenopodidae [syn: {genus Xenopus}]

1: a tongueless frog native to Africa; established in the United States as result of release of laboratory and aquarium animals [syn: {African clawed frog}]

1: East Indian and Australian storks [syn: {genus Xenorhyncus}]

1: large mostly white Australian stork [syn: {policeman bird}, {black-necked stork}, {jabiru}]

1: monotypic family of Mexican lizards [syn: {family Xenosauridae}]

1: type and sole genus of Xenosauridae: slender-bodied Mexican lizards having the upper surface covered with tiny granules and tubercles [syn: {genus Xenosaurus}]

1: a brown-to-yellow mineral that is a phosphate of yttrium in crystalline form

1: a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species [syn: {xenotransplantation}]

1: a surgical procedure in which tissue or whole organs are transfered from one species to another species [syn: {xenotransplant}]

1: any plant of the genus Xeranthemum native to southern Europe having chaffy or silvery flower heads with purplish tubular flowers

1: mostly widely cultivated species of everlasting flowers having usually purple flowers; southern Europe to Iran; naturalized elsewhere [syn: {immortelle}]

1: being deficient in moisture; "deserts provide xeric environments" [ant: {hydric}, {mesic}]

1: possible new genus for desert and Texas tortoises based on recent research [syn: {genus Xerobates}]

1: a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin [syn: {xerodermia}]

1: a rare genetic condition characterized by an eruption of exposed skin occurring in childhood and photosensitivity with severe sunburn; inherited as a recessive autosomal trait in which DNA repair p...

1: a mild form of ichthyosis characterized by abnormal dryness and roughness of the skin [syn: {xeroderma}]

1: of or relating to xerography

1: duplicator that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder [syn: {Xerox...

1: a page printer that uses the xerographic process

1: forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas; "edge enhancement is intrinsi...

1: abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A [syn: {xerophthalmia}, {xerophthalmus}, {conjunctivitis arida}]

1: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte [syn: {desert plant}, {xerophyte}, {xerophytic plant}, {xerophilous plant}]

1: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte [syn: {desert plant}, {xerophyte}, {xerophytic plant}, {xerophile}]

1: abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A [syn: {xerophthalmus}, {xeroma}, {conjunctivitis arida}]

1: abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eyes; may be due to a systemic deficiency of vitamin A [syn: {xerophthalmia}, {xeroma}, {conjunctivitis arida}]

1: small genus of North American herbs having grasslike basal leaves: squaw grass; sometimes placed in family Melanthiaceae [syn: {genus Xerophyllum}]

1: plant of western North America having woody rhizomes and tufts of stiff grasslike basal leaves and spikes of creamy white flowers [syn: {squaw grass}, {bear grass}]

1: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte [syn: {desert plant}, {xerophytic plant}, {xerophile}, {xerophilous plant}]

1: adapted to a xeric (or dry) environment; "cacti are xerophytic plants"; "xerophytic adaptations"

1: plant adapted for life with a limited supply of water; compare hydrophyte and mesophyte [syn: {desert plant}, {xerophyte}, {xerophile}, {xerophilous plant}]

1: radiography using X-rays and xerographic (rather than roentgenographic) techniques

1: abnormal dryness of the mouth resulting from decreased secretion of saliva [syn: {dry mouth}]

1: the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) [syn: {dryness}, {waterlessness}] [ant: {wetness}]

1: a copy made by the xerox process [syn: {xerox copy}] 2: duplicator that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the laten...

1: a copy made by the xerox process [syn: {xerox}]

1: duplicator that copies graphic matter by the action of light on an electrically charged photoconductive insulating surface in which the latent image is developed with a resinous powder [syn: {Xerox...

1: king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC) [syn: {Xerxes the Great}]

1: king of Persia who led a vast army against Greece and won the battle of Thermopylae but was eventually defeated (519-465 BC) [syn: {Xerxes I}]

1: bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death [syn: {deathwatch beetle}, {deathwatch}]

1: a Bantu language closely related to Zulu

1: being one more than ten [syn: {eleven}, {11}] n 1: the cardinal number that is the sum of ten and one [syn: {eleven}, {11}] 2: the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet

1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC [syn: {Sian}, {Singan}, {Changan}, {Hsian}]

1: denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units [syn: {twelve}, {12}, {dozen}] n : the cardinal number that is the sum of eleven and one [syn: {twelve}, {12}, {dozen}]

1: being one more than twelve [syn: {thirteen}, {13}] n : the cardinal number that is the sum of twelve and one [syn: {thirteen}, {13}, {baker's dozen}, {long dozen}]

1: coarse grayish green annual yellow-flowered herb; southwestern United States to Mexico [syn: {cowpen daisy}, {golden crownbeard}, {golden crown beard}, {butter daisy}, {Verbesina encelioides}]

1: an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people [syn: {Sink...

1: an autonomous province in far northwestern China on the border with Mongolia and Kazakhstan; the largest province in the People's Republic of China and the homeland of the Uighur people [syn: {Xinj...

1: type genus of the Xiphiidae [syn: {genus Xiphias}]