X - GK NXT Dictionary

Last Updated: February 12, 2025

X (volume 24)

X, x (noun)	1 the twenty-fourth letter of the alphabet. 2 (algebra) the first unknown quantity. 3 (math) the first coordinate.
Xanthophobia	fear of the color yellow (see list of phobias)
Xenoglossophobia	fear of foreign languages (see list of phobias)
Xenophobia	fear of strangers or foreigners (see list of phobias)
xenophobia (noun)	hatred of foreigners and their ways.
Xerophobia	fear of dryness (see list of phobias)
Xerox™ (verb)	to make photograph copies by machine (xeroxing the documents for each of the committee).
Xmas	short for Christmas.
X-rays (noun, plural)	electric rays that are able to pass through solid substances and so can be used in photographing broken bones, or other objects hidden behind a solid surface. n X-ray an X-ray photograph. vb X-ray to make an X-ray photograph of.
Xylology	study of wood (see list of branches of science)
Xylophobia	fear of wooden objects or fear of forests (see list of phobias)
xylophone (noun)	a musical instrument of hanging wooden bars that give notes when struck with a wooden hammer.
Xyrophobia	fear of razors (see list of phobias)