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Definition of X
Pronunciation: ĕks | 1. | X, the twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, has three sounds; a compound nonvocal sound (that of ks), as in wax; a compound vocal sound (that of gz), as in example; and, at the beginning of a word, a simple vocal sound (that of z), as in xanthic. See Guide to Pronunciation, 217, 270, 271. |
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dark horse, enigma, frontier, frontiers of knowledge, matter of ignorance, mistake, mystery, n, puzzle, riddle, sealed book, terra incognita, the incalculable, the strange, the unfamiliar, the unknowable, the unknown, unexplored ground, unexplored territory, unknown quantity, z
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