Frequency region and "uncoupled oscillators" in vibrational spectroscopy
$\ce{H}$ is just hydrogen and $\ce{X}$, $\ce{Y}$, and $\ce{Z}$ are just other elements, in this case likely carbon, nitrogen, or oxygen. They give an example in the table of $\ce{-X=Y}$ where $\ce{-C=N}$ matches this template of two (generally) different elements double bonded together.
They use coupled here in a slightly different way than most literature. I would may switch to delocalized/localized rather than coupled/uncoupled. The modes they mention are mostly localized to a single bond (e.g. an $\ce{-X-H}$ stretch) whereas in general vibrational modes are delocalized/coupled over the whole molecule (e.g. an aromatic $\ce{CH}$ stretch where all the $\ce{C-H}$ bonds of an aromatic ring move in unison).