Vocabulary : Xeres to Xerophthalmy

Xeres : Sherry. See Sherry.
Xerif : A shereef.
Xeriff : A gold coin formerly current in Egypt and Turkey, of the value of about 9s. 6d., or about $2.30; -- also, in Morocco, a ducat.
Xeroderma : Ichthyosis. ;; A skin disease characterized by the presence of numerous small pigmented spots resembling freckles, with which are subsequently mingled spots of atrophied skin.
Xeronate : A salt of xeronic acid.

Xeronic : Pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4, related to fumaric acid, and obtained from citraconic acid as an oily substance having a bittersweet taste; -- so called from its tendency to form its anhydride.
Xerophagy : Among the primitive Christians, the living on a diet of dry food in Lent and on other fasts.
Xerophilous : Drought-loving; able withstand the absence or lack of moisture.
Xerophthalmia : An abnormal dryness of the eyeball produced usually by long-continued inflammation and subsequent atrophy of the conjunctiva.
Xerophthalmy : Xerophthalmia.

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