xylo-, xyl- (Greek: wood; the first element of various scientific and technical words that refer to wood).aeroxyl:
Woody plants with a single trunk rising from the ground.
chiroxylography, chiroxylographic:
Manuscript which is added to a block book in which the illustrations are printed from woodcuts.
chromoxylography:
Printing in colors from wooden blocks.
chromoxylograph:
A picture in colors from wooden blocks.
epixylous:
Growing on wood.
geoxyl:
A plant having woody stems arising from an underground woody rhizone.
lithoxyloidical:
Resembling pyritized wood.
microxyl:
Dwarf woody plants having one main axis rising from the soil.
microgeoxyl:
Those low-lying woody plants that send up numerous stems.
monoxylon:
A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber (wood).
monoxylous:
Formed or made out of a single piece of wood; also, using one piece of wood to make a boat or coffin, etc.
photo-xylography: A process of employing photography in the preparation of wood blocks for printing.
pyroxylophilous, pyroxylophile, pyroxylophily:
Thriving on, or having a fondness, for burnt wood.
protoxylen:
In botany, the tissue from which the xylem is developed; the primitive xylem of a fibro-vascular bundle.
saproxylobios, saproxylobiotic:
Those organisms living in or on rotting wood.
xylanthrax:
Charcoal, a black or dark gray form of carbon, produced by heating wood or another organic substance in an enclosed space without air and is used as a fuel, as an absorbent, in smelting, in explosives, and by artists for drawing.
xylem:
Woody tissue or cells.
xylivorous:
Eating wood as is done by some insects.
xylobalsamum:
The fragrant wood of the tree Balsamodendron gileadense, which yields the resin called opobalsamum or Balm of Gilead.
xylocarp, xylocarpous:
A hard woody fruit.
xylochlore:
An altered form of apophyllite, found in olive-green crystals in a fossil tree-stem in a volcanic rock in Iceland.
xylochrome:
A coloring matter produced by chemical alteration of decayed wood.
xylocopid:
Belonging to or related to the genus Xylocopa, comprising the carpenter-bees.
xylogen:
In botany, wood or xylem in an early or formative state.
xylogenous:
Adapted to or living in or on wood.
xylograph:
A wood-engraving (i.e. either an engraving on wood, or an impression from one), especially one of an early period.
xylographer:
A wood-engraver, especially of an early period.
xylographic:
1. Of, pertaining to, or executed by wood-engraving.
2. Block books in which the illustrations are printed from woodcuts and the text added in manuscript (chiroxylographic). xylographical, xylographically:
By the method of wood-engraving.
xylography:
Wood-engraving, especially of an early period or of a primitive kind; also, more widely, printing from wood blocks as distinct from type.
xyloid:
Relating to or resembling wood; of or relating to wood or like wood.
xylology:
The science of woods and forests.
xyloma:
A woody tumor on a tree or plant.
xylomancy:
Fortunetelling with pieces of wood.
xylophage:
A wood-eating insect.
xylophagan:
Names in different classifications for various groups of insects whose larvae devour wood; an insect belonging to one of these groups.
xylophagous:
Feeding on wood, as an insect larva, or boring into and destroying wood, as a mollusc or crustacean.
xylophagy:
The eating of wood as is done by insects.
xylophilan:
Belonging to the group Xylophili of beetles, that live in decayed wood; a beetle of this group.
xylophile:
Insects or fungi that live, thrive, or grow in or on wood.
xylophily, xylophilous:
Living, thriving, or growing in or on wood, as an insect or a fungus.
xylophobia:
An excessive fear of wooden objects or a fear of forests.
xylophone:
1. A musical instrument consisting of a row of wooden bars of different lengths that are laid out like a keyboard and produce a tone when struck with a mallet.
2. A musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of flat wooden bars, played by striking with a small hammer or by rubbing with rosined gloves. xylophonist:
One who plays a xylophone.
xylophyte:
1. A woody plant.
2. A plant living in or on wood. xylopolist:
1. One who sells timber; a timber-merchant.
2. A dealer in wooden objects or one who sells various kinds of wood or wooden objects. xylopoly:
The selling of wood or timber.
xylotherapy:
1. The use of certain kinds of wood in the cure of disease.
2. Medical treatment by the application of certain woods to the body. xylotomist:
That which cuts or pierces wood; such as, an insect.
xylotomous, xylotomy:
1. A reference to organisms that are able to cut or bore into wood.
2. That which cuts or pierces wood, as an insect. |