XYL MEANING IN URDU

xyl Synonyms & Definition

• Xyloidin

1. (n.) A substance resembling pyroxylin, obtained by the action of nitric acid on starch; -- called also nitramidin.

• Xylology

1. (n.) The branch of dendrology treating of the gross and minute structure of wood.

• Xyletic

1. (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, a complex acid related to mesitylenic acid, obtained as a white crystalline substance by the action of sodium and carbon dioxide on crude xylenol.

• Xylostein

1. (n.) A glucoside found in the poisonous berries of a species of honeysuckle (Lonicera xylosteum), and extracted as a bitter, white, crystalline substance.

• Xylan

1. (n.) A gummy substance of the pentosan class, present in woody tissue, and yielding xylose on hydrolysis; wood gum.

• Xylite

1. (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits.

• Xylophone

1. (n.) An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood.
2. (n.) An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.

• Xylenol

1. (n.) Any one of six metameric phenol derivatives of xylene, obtained as crystalline substances, (CH3)2.C6H3.OH.

• Xylograph

1. (n.) An engraving on wood, or the impression from such an engraving; a print by xylography.

• Xylotrya

1. (n.) A genus of marine bivalves closely allied to Teredo, and equally destructive to timber. One species (Xylotrya fimbriata) is very common on the Atlantic coast of the United States.