Xx

Definition: Xx

Xx

Adjective

1. Denoting a quantity consisting of 20 items or units.

Noun

1. The cardinal number that is the sum of nineteen and one.

2. (genetics) normal complement of sex chromosomes in a female.

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Date "xx" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

Synonym: Xx

Crosswords: Xx

Gladiadores del siglo XX (1969)

XX jubileuszowy (1967)

Faust XX (1966)

Kino za XX let (1940)

Héroi do Século XX (1926)

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Books

• Crónicas del siglo XX (reference)

• Demosthenes: I Olynthiacs, Philippics Minor Publicorations I-XVII and XX (Loeb Classical Library) (reference)

• Hispano-Americana: Introduccion a LA Literatura De LA Conquista Al Siglo XX (reference)

• Les XX and Belgian Avant-Gardism, 1868-1894 (reference)

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Music

• XX (reference)

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High Tech

• Software Jigsaw Puzzles Dual Pack XX (reference)

• IBM 18GB EIDE 2.5 F/ 2645 2644 Xx Note Xx (reference)

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Anguilla chrysypa rafinesque. Common eel; Anguilla. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 1. Credit: Fisheries.

Lycodontis jordani Evermann & Marsh. Type. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 2. Credit: Fisheries.

Labrisomus nuchipinnis (Quoy & Gaimard). In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 46. Credit: Fisheries.

Auchenopterus fajardo Evermann & Marsh. Type. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 47. Credit: Fisheries.

Antennarius nuttengii Garman. Murcielago. In: "The Fishes of Porto Rico", by Barton Warren Evermann and Millard Caleb Marsh. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Vol. XX for 1900. First Part. P. 350, Plate 49. Credit: Fisheries.

Ranchu goldfish, Plate XX in: "Goldfish and Their Culture in Japan", by Shinnosuke Matsubara. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, Vol. XXVIII 1908, Part I. P. 397. Credit: Fisheries.

Ucides cordates, female. Goniopsis cruentata, male. In: "The Brachyura and Macrura of Porto Rico", by Mary J. Rathbun. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. XX. P. 3, Plate I. Credit: Fisheries.

Parapenaeus americanus, female. Calappa flammea, male. In: "The Brachyura and Macrura of Porto Rico", by Mary J. Rathbun. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. XX. P. 3, Plate II. Credit: Fisheries.

Text accompanying Plate XX. In: "Report on the Florida Reefs", 1880, by Louis Agassiz. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Vol. VII, No. 1. Plate XX. NOAA Central Library Call No. QE565.A263 1880 These plates help document the oldest studies of the Florida Reefs. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

Figures 1-6, Millepora alcicornis Lamarck. In: "Report on the Florida Reefs", 1880, by Louis Agassiz. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, Vol. VII, No. 1. Plate XX. These plates help document the oldest studies of the Florida Reefs. Credit: The Coral Kingdom.

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Health

A fertilized egg that will develop into a female contains chromosome pairs 1 through 22, and the XX pair. A fertilized egg that will develop into a male contains chromosome pairs 1 through 22, and the XY pair. When the fertilized egg contains extra material from chromosome number 21, this results in Down syndrome. (references)

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Beginning with "xx": xx-xxi.

Ending with "xx": xviii-xx.

Italian

venti (twenty). (various references)

Pig Latin

xxay

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

+3 letters: xerox.

+4 letters: maxixe, paxwax.

+5 letters: maxixes, xeroxed, xeroxes.