xenoencyclopedia
An encyclopedia of science fiction.

xenoencyclopedias
plural of xenoencyclopedia

xenoglossia
Synonym of xenoglossy (“knowledge of a language one has never learned”).

xenoglossies
plural of xenoglossy

xenoglossy
Knowledge of a language one has never learned.
Glossolalia.

xenolect
A language variety that bears a superficial resemblance to another larger language, but which differs at a fundamental structural level.

xenolects
plural of xenolect

xenolinguistics
Study of a language originating from alien species.

xerafim
Alternative form of xeraphim.

xerafims
plural of xerafim

xerafin
Alternative form of xeraphim.

xerafine
Alternative form of xeraphim.

xerafines
plural of xerafine

xerafins
plural of xerafin

xerapheen
Alternative form of xeraphim.

xerapheens
plural of xerapheen

xeraphim
An old monetary unit of Portuguese India from the 16th to 19th centuries, equal to 300 reis.

xeraphims
plural of xeraphim

xeraphin
Alternative form of xeraphim.

xeraphins
plural of xeraphin

xerogram
Xeroradiograph.

xeromammogram
An image produced by means of xeromammography.

xeromammograms
plural of xeromammogram

xeroradiogram
An image produced by means of xeroradiography.

xeroradiograms
plural of xeroradiogram

xeroradiograph
An image produced by means of xeroradiography.

xeroradiographs
plural of xeroradiograph

xiangqi
Chinese chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in China.

xingshu
Semicursive or running script used in Chinese calligraphy.

xuc
A danceable traditional music style from El Salvador developed in the 1940s; a dance related to said style.

xvid
Synonym of xvideo.

xvideo
A pornographic video or film; a porno.
Alternative form of XVideo (“a pornographic video uploaded to XVideos”).

xvideos
plural of xvideo

xvids
plural of xvid

xylomancy
Divination by means of examining or burning pieces of wood.

xylotheque
A collection of samples of various types of wood.

xylotheques
plural of xylotheque

xylotypography
Printing using the medium of wooden blocks.

yaasa
a regional dialect or accent of Telugu.

yamboo
Obsolete form of yuanbao

yamboos
plural of yamboo

yambu
Obsolete form of yuanbao

yambus
plural of yambu

yardwork
Work done in maintaining a lawn, and related landscaping activities

yatiri
A community healer and herbalist among the Aymara of Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

yatiris
plural of yatiri

yatzy
A dice game.

yayue
A form of Chinese ritual music performed at imperial courts since the Zhou Dynasty, and usually associated with Confucianism.

ydromancy
Obsolete spelling of hydromancy.

yeartext
A Bible verse especially chosen to serve as an annual theme for congregation meetings, particularly by Jehovah's Witnesses.

yeartexts
plural of yeartext

yellowback
A cheap sensational novel.

yellowbacks
plural of yellowback

yellowware
A type of earthenware made from yellow clay.

yellowwares
plural of yellowware

yennies
plural of yenny

yenny
One yen (unit of Japanese currency); a coin worth one yen.

yery
A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: ы (y), now usually simply called "ы"

yewei
game

yirmilik
An old Turkish gold coin.

yirmiliks
plural of yirmilik

yitong
Manchu chess; a board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Manchuria.

yobai
An ancient Japanese custom in which a young unmarried man would go out at night and silently enter the house of a young unmarried woman for sexual intercourse, sometimes as a prelude to marriage.

yoi
A preparatory position in karate, with the arms slightly forward, elbows slightly bent, and fists closed.
A bass sound found in dubstep music.

yoni
The vulva or vagina, or a symbol of them, especially as an object of veneration within certain types of Hinduism, Buddhism, and other cultures.

yonis
plural of yoni

yonkoma
A comic strip of Japanese origin, having four panels usually in a vertical orientation.

yonkomas
plural of yonkoma

yottakatals
plural of yottakatal

ypsilon
Alternative form of upsilon.

ypsilons
plural of ypsilon

ythede
Alternative form of athede.

ythedes
plural of ythede

ytheed
Alternative form of atheed.

ytheeds
plural of ytheed

yuanbao
Synonym of sycee (“Chinese ingot used as currency”).

yuanyang
A pair of mandarin ducks, one male and one female, as a symbol of faithful union.
Synonym of yuenyeung.

yuanyangs
plural of yuanyang

yubitsume
The Japanese ritual of amputating portions of one's own little finger to atone for offense, chiefly among the yakuza.

yukar
A traditional Ainu epic.

yukigassen
A Japanese game, played on a court by two teams of seven players, in which players are eliminated when hit with snowballs.

zaa
The letter ظ in the Arabic script.

zaas
plural of zaa

zad
Obsolete form of zed (“letter Z”).

zads
plural of zad

zaire
The unit of currency of Zaire from 1967 to 1998.

zaires
plural of zaire

zaitech
Application of financial engineering techniques in Japanese financial markets since their deregulation in 1984.
Speculative financial investments, using simple financial leverage as well as financial engineering, in Japanese financial markets since their deregulation in 1984.

zajal
A traditional Arabic form of oral strophic poetry declaimed in a colloquial dialect.

zalat
An old coin of Yemen, worth one 160th of a rial.

zamacueca
An ancient colonial dance and music that originated in the Viceroyalty of Peru, taking its roots from African, Spanish, and Andean rhythms.

zamacuecas
plural of zamacueca

zambra
A flamenco dance associated with Andalusia.

zambras
plural of zambra

zandunga
Alternative form of sandunga.

zandungas
plural of zandunga

zapateo
A competitive stamping dance with percussive footwork, historically popular among the gauchos of South America.

zapateos
plural of zapateo

zarbi
A rhythmic realization of a gushe.

zarzuela
A form of Spanish opera having spoken dialogue and usually a comic subject.
A Catalan fish soup or stew.

zarzuelas
plural of zarzuela

zecchine
Alternative form of zecchino (gold coin)

zecchines
plural of zecchine

zecchini
plural of zecchino

zecchino
An old gold coin of Italy; a sequin.

zecchinos
plural of zecchino

zehner
An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers.

zehners
plural of zehner

zeibekiko
A kind of Greek folk dance.

zeibekikos
plural of zeibekiko

zejel
Alternative form of zajal (“Arabic poetic form”).

zeugmatogram
A zeugmatographic image

zeugmatograms
plural of zeugmatogram

zeuhl
A subgenre of progressive rock, typically incorporating asemic lyrics, massed unison vocals (often with both male and female vocalists), and jazz-influenced rhythmic accompaniment.

zhe
The letter Ж, ж.

zhee
The letter for the zh sound /ʒ/ in Pitman shorthand.

zhees
plural of zhee

zhes
plural of zhe

zigamorph
The text character with hexadecimal value 0xff, when used as a string separator or terminator.

zigamorphs
plural of zigamorph

zilde
In the APL programming language, the symbol ⍬ (a zero crossed by a tilde), representing an empty numeric vector.

zildes
plural of zilde

zimbalom
Alternative form of cimbalom.

zimbalon
Alternative form of cimbalom.

zimbalons
plural of zimbalon

zimbaloon
Alternative form of cimbalom.

zimbaloons
plural of zimbaloon

zimbi
A cowrie shell, once used as a form of currency in parts of Africa.

zinefic
Fan fiction published in a print zine.

zion
zayin, Hebrew letter ז.

zions
plural of zion

zitcom
A sitcom aimed at a teen audience or revolving around teen characters.

zitcoms
plural of zitcom

zlote
plural of zloty

zloties
plural of zloty

zloty
The currency unit of Poland, divided into 100 groszy.

zlotych
plural of zloty

zlotys
plural of zloty

zoccoli
plural of zoccolo

zoccolo
A plinth.
A kind of ancient clog, consisting of a thick wooden sole and leather strap.

zonation
An arrangement or distribution of things into zones.
The formation of a hollow sphere by the nucleus in metaphase, with a film of granulated protoplasm that marks the boundary of the compound oosphere in Cystopus bliti.