10-letter words containing xe
- xenografts — Plural form of xenograft.
- xenography — The process of surgically transplanting organs or tissue between different species.
- xenolithic — Being or pertaining to a xenolith.
- xenomorphs — Plural form of xenomorph.
- xenophanes — c570–c480 b.c, Greek philosopher and poet.
- xenophiles — Plural form of xenophile.
- xenophilia — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xenophilic — an attraction to foreign peoples, cultures, or customs.
- xenophobes — Plural form of xenophobe.
- xenophobia — fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers: Xenophobia and nationalism can be seen as a reaction to the rise of globalization.
- xenophobic — relating to or exhibiting fear or hatred of foreigners, people from different cultures, or strangers.
- xenotropic — (of a virus) able to replicate only in a different animal species from the host
- xerodermic — pertaining to xeroderma
- xerography — an electrostatic printing process for copying text or graphics whereby areas on a sheet of paper corresponding to the image areas of the original are sensitized with a charge of static electricity so that, when powdered with a toner carrying an opposite charge, only the charged areas retain the toner, which is then fused to the paper to make it permanent.
- xerophagia — The eating of dry food.
- xerophilic — Capable of growing and reproducing in conditions with a low availability of water.
- xerophobia — A fear of dryness.
- xerophytes — Plural form of xerophyte.
- xerophytic — (botany) Of, pertaining to, or being a xerophyte.
- xerostomia — dryness of the mouth caused by diminished function of the salivary glands due to aging, disease, drug reaction, etc.
- xerox parc — /zee'roks park'/ Xerox Corporation's Palo Alto Research Center. For more than a decade, from the early 1970s into the mid-1980s, PARC yielded an astonishing volume of ground-breaking hardware and software innovations. The modern mice, windows, and icons (WIMP) style of software interface was invented there. So was the laser printer and the local-area network; Smalltalk; and PARC's series of D machines anticipated the powerful personal computers of the 1980s by a decade. Sadly, the prophets at PARC were without honour in their own company, so much so that it became a standard joke to describe PARC as a place that specialised in developing brilliant ideas for everyone else. The stunning shortsightedness and obtusity of XEROX's top-level suits has been well described in the reference below.