Phrase Hound found 6 phrases and 44 compound words that contain xy. The most common are listed below. Open xy in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 6
- XY problemA communication problem where a person seeking help (for example, from a computing helpdesk) provides misleadingly incomplete information about the source of the problem and thus receives inaccurate or unhelpful suggestions about how to …
- XY systemThe system that determines the sex of humans, most other mammals, some insects (Drosophila), and some plants (Ginkgo), in which females have two of the same kind of sex cell (XX) and males have two distinct sex cells (XY).
- XY problemsplural of XY problem: A communication problem where a person seeking help (for example, from a computing helpdesk) provides misleadingly incomplete information about the source of the problem and thus receives inaccurate or unhelpful …
- XY recorderAlternative form of X-Y recorder: A device that plots a two-dimensional graph of the relationship between variables.
- XY recordersplural of XY recorder: A device that plots a two-dimensional graph of the relationship between variables.
- XX-XY systemSynonym of XY system: The system that determines the sex of humans, most other mammals, some insects (Drosophila), and some plants (Ginkgo), in which females have two of the same kind of sex cell (XX) and males have two distinct sex cells …
Compound words 44
- proxyUsed as a proxy or acting as a proxy.
- galaxyThe Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.
- epoxyDerived from an epoxide.
- hydroxyBeing, or containing a hydroxyl radical.
- xylemA vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of water and minerals taken up by the roots; also the primary component of wood.
- xyloseOne of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.
- deoxy-Formally derived from another compound by the replacement of a hydroxy group by a hydrogen atom
- carboxyThe carboxyl group.
- xylanA polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants.
- dihydroxyContaining two hydroxy functional groups.