| xylonic acid | A mild oxidation product of xylose. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| xylophaga | <zoology> A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas. Origin: NL. See Xylophagous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| xylophagan | <zoology> One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood. Any species of Xylophaga. Any one of the Xylophagides. See: Xylophagous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| xylophagides | <zoology> A tribe or family of dipterous flies whose larvae live in decayed wood. Some of the tropical species are very large. See: Xylophagous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| xylophagous | <zoology> Eating, boring in, or destroying, wood; said especially of certain insect larvae, crustaceans, and mollusks. Of or pertaining to the genus Xylophaga. Origin: Gr. Eating wood; xylon wood + to eat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| xylophilan | <zoology> One of a tribe of beetles (Xylophili) whose larvae live on decayed wood. See: Xylophilous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| xylophilous | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the xylophilans. Origin: Xylo- + Gr. Filei^n to love. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| xylophone | 1. An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle. 2. An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood. Origin: Xylo- + Gr. Fwnh sound. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| xyloplastic | Formed of wood pulp by molds; relating to casts made of wood pulp in molds. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| xylopyranose | Xylose in pyranose form. (05 Mar 2000) |
| xylopyrography | The art or practice of burning pictures on wood with a hot iron; called also poker painting. See Poker picture, under Poker. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| xyloquinone | <chemistry> Any one of a group of quinone compounds obtained respectively by the oxidation of certain xylidine compounds. In general they are yellow crystalline substances. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| xylorcin | <chemistry> A derivative of xylene obtained as a white crystalline substance which on exposure in the air becomes red. Synonym: betaorcin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| xylose | <biochemistry> Monosaccharide pentose that is found in xylans, very abundant components of hemicelluloses. (18 Nov 1997) |
| xylose isomerase | <enzyme> Note that xyla has been used to refer to both xylose isomerase and xylanase a Registry number: EC 5.3.1.5 Synonym: glucose isomerase, d-acidic-ketolysoisomerase (26 Jun 1999) |