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“X” Words

Slang for a Xanax pill, a prescription drug used to treat anxiety.

An imagined place of exceptional beauty, luxury, and wonder.

A well-known brand name for the anti-anxiety drug alprazolam.

A masculine given name, a short form of Alexander, meaning "defender of the people."

A masculine given name of Basque origin, meaning "new house," popularized by Saint Francis Xavier.

Microsoft's line of home video game consoles.

An emoticon representing a face laughing hard, with the X as screwed-up eyes and the D as an open mouth, used to show that something is very funny.

Informally, a tough, confident, physically strong woman — from the TV warrior character Xena.

The ancient Greek custom and concept of showing generous hospitality to strangers and guests.

Of or pertaining to xenobiosis.

A colorless, odorless noble gas (chemical symbol Xe, atomic number 54) used in things like camera flashes and certain lamps.

An attraction to or love of foreign people, manners or culture.

Exhibiting xenophilia; fond of foreign people or customs.

Intense dislike, fear or hostility towards people from other countries, or towards anything perceived as foreign.

Showing fear, dislike or hostility towards people from other countries, or towards foreigners and their customs.

Informally, a photocopy, or the machine that makes one — from the brand name Xerox.

A xerox machine, or generically a term for a photocopier

The name of several ancient Persian kings, most famously Xerxes I, who led an invasion of Greece.

A letter of the Greek alphabet (Ξ, ξ), used in math and science to represent variables or particles.

A Chinese surname, and the name of the legendary first dynasty of ancient China.

An administrative division in China roughly similar to a county, sitting below the level of a city or prefecture.

A Chinese given name and surname, also the name of a major river and dialect group in China.

A city in Hubei province, China, historically significant as a strategic military stronghold.

A traditional Chinese end-blown bamboo flute.

A Chinese given name and the name of a city in Shanxi province, China.

A common Chinese surname.

A female given name from Spanish or Basque.

A Chinese given name and surname, often meaning "new" or "heart."

A Chinese surname and given name, also meaning "to travel" or "to prosper" depending on the character used.

A Chinese surname, from Mandarin Xióng (熊, "bear").

The standard file format for spreadsheets used by Microsoft Excel since 2007, based on the Office Open XML standard. It stores the cells, formulas, formatting, charts and multiple sheets of a workbook inside a single compressed package.

A text format for storing and sending structured data, in which you define your own labels and wrap each piece of information in matching opening and closing tags.

X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission

Hugs and kisses, written at the end of a message, card or letter as an affectionate sign-off, with X standing for a kiss and O for a hug.

Hugs and kisses, used to close a message, card or letter affectionately, with each X standing for a kiss and each O for a hug.

A former Vietnamese coin worth one hundredth of a dong.

A Chinese surname, from Mandarin xuē (薛).

A round, egg-shaped Chinese wind instrument made of clay or ceramic.

Marking content as explicit or hardcore pornographic material.

Tetrasomy X, a rare chromosomal disorder affecting females, caused by the presence of four X chromosomes instead of two present in the usual human karyotype.

A percussion instrument made of wooden bars of different lengths, played by striking them with small mallets.