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Definition: XY |
XYNoun1. (genetics) normal complement of sex hormones in a male. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
xy | English | Xylography | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: XY |
| Specialty definitions using "XY": charge injection device ♦ gage height, gauge height ♦ Testicular Feminization. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Aktenzeichen XY ungelöst (1967) (Paris: XY) (2001) Drôle de conception XY (1996) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | If the number of XY cells in the testes is great enough, the individual should be able to father children. (references) | |
Along with having cells with the XXY chromosome count, these males may also have cells with the normal XY chromosome count. (references) | ||
In fact, the only difference between the XY males and the XXY males was that the latter were less likely to have been married. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "XY" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "XY" is used about 36 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 66.67% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (singular) | 22.22% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Noun (proper) | 8.33% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Noun (common) | 2.78% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 36 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "XY": Xy-pic, xy-plane. | |
Containing "XY": xo-xy-xx-xyy-xxy-xxyy-xxxx. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
xy | 317 | cromosomas xy | 3 |
magazine xy | 150 | peep xy | 3 |
xx xy | 36 | falcon xy | 3 |
xy table | 29 | curtis jamie lee xy | 3 |
factor xy | 21 | falcon ford xy | 3 |
mag xy | 19 | teoria xy | 3 |
xy stage | 16 | project xy | 3 |
chromosome xy | 9 | gay magazine xy | 3 |
magazine picture xy | 8 | ford xy | 3 |
automation xy | 7 | ford gt xy | 2 |
chromosomes xy | 6 | iagent.allstate.com xy | 2 |
xy plotter | 6 | aktenzeichen xy | 2 |
bois xy | 6 | fairmont gs xy | 2 |
movie xx xy | 5 | movie script xx xy | 2 |
female xy | 5 | tv xy | 2 |
gay xy | 4 | xngcgr xy | 2 |
mesa tutorial xy | 3 | project table xy | 2 |
se woman xy | 3 | falcon ford gt xy | 2 |
stepper table xy | 3 | com xy | 2 |
machine xy | 3 | ford gs xy | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "XY": xylan, xylans, xylem, xylems, xylene, xylenes, xylidin, xylidine, xylidines, xylidins, xylitol, xylitols, xylocarp, xylocarps, xylograph, xylographer, xylographers, xylographic, xylographical, xylographies, xylographs, xylography, xyloid, xylol, xylols, xylophagous, xylophone, xylophones, xylophonist, xylophonists, xylose, xyloses, xylotomies, xylotomy, xylyl, xylyls, xyst, xyster, xysters, xysti, xystoi, xystos, xysts, xystus, xystuses. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "XY": alkoxy, anorexy, apoplexy, asphyxy, ataraxy, ataxy, boxy, braxy, cachexy, cataplexy, chronaxy, deoxy, desoxy, dexy, doxy, epitaxy, epoxy, ethoxy, eutaxy, flaxy, foxy, galaxy, heterodoxy, hydroxy, metagalaxy, methoxy, monohydroxy, neoorthodoxy, nixy, orthodoxy, oxy, peroxy, phenoxy, phyllotaxy, pixy, polyhydroxy, prexy, protogalaxy, proxy, sexy, trihydroxy, unorthodoxy, unsexy, waxy. (additional references) | |
Words containing "XY": acetoxyl, acetoxyls, amoxycillin, amoxycillins, carboxyl, carboxylase, carboxylases, carboxylate, carboxylated, carboxylates, carboxylating, carboxylation, carboxylations, carboxylic, carboxyls, carboxymethylcellulose, carboxymethylcelluloses, carboxypeptidase, carboxypeptidases, cocarboxylase, cocarboxylases, cyclohexylamine, cyclohexylamines, decarboxylase, decarboxylases, decarboxylate, decarboxylated, decarboxylates, decarboxylating, decarboxylation, decarboxylations, deoxygenate, deoxygenated, deoxygenates, deoxygenating, deoxygenation, deoxygenations, deoxyribonuclease, deoxyribonucleases, deoxyribonucleotide, deoxyribonucleotides, deoxyribose, deoxyriboses, dicarboxylic, dihydroxyacetone, dihydroxyacetones, doxycycline, doxycyclines, epoxyed, epoxying, ethoxyl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "x-y" | |
+1 letter: oxy, pyx. | |
+2 letters: boxy, dexy, doxy, foxy, lynx, nixy, onyx, oryx, pixy, sexy, waxy, xyst. | |
+3 letters: ataxy, braxy, calyx, cylix, deoxy, epoxy, flaxy, hexyl, hyrax, kylix, laxly, oxeye, prexy, proxy, pyxes, pyxie, pyxis, sixty, xylan, xylem, xylol, xylyl, xysti, xysts. | |
+4 letters: alkoxy, bombyx, coccyx, desoxy, ethoxy, eutaxy, exequy, expiry, fixity, foxily, galaxy, hexyls, larynx, laxity, luxury, lynxes, myxoid, myxoma, onyxes, oryxes, oxeyes, oxygen, peroxy, pyxies, saxony, sexily, skybox, styrax, syntax, syrinx, unsexy, waxily, xylans, xylems, xylene, xyloid, xylols, xylose, xylyls, xyster, xystoi, xystos, xystus. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)58 59 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-..- -.--. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01011000 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)X Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0058 0059 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5859 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Abbreviations 10. Acronyms 11. Derivations 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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