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  • English Word Hexone Definition A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.
  • English Word Hexyl Definition A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds.
  • English Word Hexylene Definition A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of distillation of certain coals; also, any one several isomers of hexylene proper. Called also hexene.
  • English Word Hexylic Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol.
  • English Word Hey Definition High.
  • English Word Hey Definition An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement.
  • English Word Hey Definition A cry to set dogs on.
  • English Word Heyday Definition An expression of frolic and exultation, and sometimes of wonder.
  • English Word Heyday Definition The time of triumph and exultation; hence, joy, high spirits, frolicsomeness; wildness.
  • English Word Heydeguy Definition A kind of country-dance or round.
  • English Word Heygh Definition High.
  • English Word Heyh Definition Alt. of Heygh
  • English Word Heyne Definition A wretch; a rascal.
  • English Word Heyten Definition Hence.
  • English Word Hiation Definition Act of gaping.
  • English Word Hiatus Definition of Hiatus
  • English Word Hiatus Definition An opening; an aperture; a gap; a chasm; esp., a defect in a manuscript, where some part is lost or effaced; a space where something is wanting; a break.
  • English Word Hiatus Definition The concurrence of two vowels in two successive words or syllables.
  • English Word Hiatuses Definition of Hiatus
  • English Word Hibernacle Definition That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant.
  • English Word Hibernaculum Definition A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales.
  • English Word Hibernaculum Definition A little case in which certain insects pass the winter.
  • English Word Hibernaculum Definition Winter home or abiding place.
  • English Word Hibernal Definition Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish.
  • English Word Hibernate Definition To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects.
  • English Word Hibernated Definition of Hibernate
  • English Word Hibernating Definition of Hibernate
  • English Word Hibernation Definition The act or state of hibernating.
  • English Word Hibernian Definition Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish.
  • English Word Hibernian Definition A native or an inhabitant of Ireland.