What Exciting words that begin with the letter x?

Answer 1

Although I'm not quite sure HOW exciting you want, here are a few possibilities: xebec |ˈzēˌbek| (also zebec) noun historical a small three-masted Mediterranean sailing ship with lateen and sometimes square sails. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: alteration (influenced by Spanish xabeque) of French chebec, via Italian from Arabic šabbāk. xenophile |ˈzenəˌfīl; ˈzē-| noun an individual who is attracted to foreign peoples, manners, or cultures. Xenopus |ˈzenəpəs| noun the African clawed toad, much used in embryological research and formerly in pregnancy testing, as it produces eggs in response to substances in the urine of a pregnant woman. • Xenopus laevis, family Pipidae. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: modern Latin, from xeno- [strange] + Greek pous ‘foot.’ xerophthalmia |ˌzi(ə)räfˈθalmēə; ˌzi(ə)räp-| noun Medicine abnormal dryness of the conjunctiva and cornea of the eye, with inflammation and ridge formation, typically associated with vitamin A deficiency. Xhosa |ˈkōsə; ˈkô-; ˈ kh ō-; ˈ kh ô-| noun ( pl. same or -sas) 1 a member of a South African people traditionally living in the Eastern Cape Province. They form the second largest ethnic group in South Africa after the Zulus. 2 the Nguni language of this people. adjective of or relating to this people or their language. ORIGIN from the stem of Xhosa umXhosa (plural amaXhosa). xu |soō| noun ( pl. same) a monetary unit of Vietnam, equal to one hundredth of a dong. ORIGIN Vietnamese, from French sou. xylophone |ˈzīləˌfōn| noun a musical instrument played by striking a row of wooden bars of graduated length with one or more small wooden or plastic mallets. xylophone DERIVATIVES xylophonic |ˌzīləˈfänik| |ˈzaɪləˈfɑnɪk| |-ˈfɒnɪk| adjective xylophonist |ˈzīləˌfōnist| |ˈzaɪləˈfoʊnəst| |zʌɪˈlɒfənɪst| noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from xylo- [of wood] + -phone .