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  • English Word Hex-androus Definition Having six stamens.
  • English Word Hexa Definition A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic.
  • English Word Hexabasic Definition Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.
  • English Word Hexacapsular Definition Having six capsules or seed vessels.
  • English Word Hexachord Definition A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
  • English Word Hexacid Definition Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base.
  • English Word Hexactinellid Definition Having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the Hexactinellinae.
  • English Word Hexactinelline Definition Belonging to the Hexactinellinae, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules.
  • English Word Hexactinia Definition The Anthozoa.
  • English Word Hexad Definition An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as an adjective.
  • English Word Hexadactylous Definition Having six fingers or toes.
  • English Word Hexade Definition A series of six numbers.
  • English Word Hexadecane Definition See Hecdecane.
  • English Word Hexagon Definition A plane figure of six angles.
  • English Word Hexagonal Definition Having six sides and six angles; six-sided.
  • English Word Hexagonally Definition In an hexagonal manner.
  • English Word Hexagony Definition A hexagon.
  • English Word Hexagynia Definition A Linnaean order of plants having six pistils.
  • English Word Hexagynian Definition Alt. of Hexagynous
  • English Word Hexagynous Definition Having six pistils.
  • English Word Hexahedra Definition of Hexahedron
  • English Word Hexahedral Definition In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces.
  • English Word Hexahedron Definition A solid body of six sides or faces.
  • English Word Hexahedrons Definition of Hexahedron
  • English Word Hexahemeron Definition A term of six days.
  • English Word Hexahemeron Definition The history of the six day's work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis.
  • English Word Hexamerous Definition In six parts; in sixes.
  • English Word Hexameter Definition A verse of six feet, the first four of which may be either dactyls or spondees, the fifth must regularly be a dactyl, and the sixth always a spondee. In this species of verse are composed the Iliad of Homer and the Aeneid of Virgil. In English hexameters accent takes the place of quantity.
  • English Word Hexameter Definition Having six metrical feet, especially dactyls and spondees.
  • English Word Hexametric Definition Alt. of Hexametrical