hex- /heks-/ or hexa- /heks-ə- or heks-a-/

Denoting six

hexachlōˈrophene or hexachlōˈrophane (or /-örˈ/) noun

A bactericide, CH₂(C₆HCl₃OH)₂ used in antiseptic soaps, deodorants, etc

hexˈachord /-körd/ noun

A diatonic series of six notes having a semitone between the third and fourth

hexˈact /-akt/ adjective

(Gr aktīs, -īnos ray) six-rayed

A six-rayed sponge spicule

hexactīˈnal (or /-akˈti-nl/) adjective

Six-rayed

hexactinellˈid noun and adjective

Hexactinellˈida plural noun

A class of sponges whose spicules have three axes and therefore (unless some are suppressed) six rays

hexad /heksˈad/ noun

1. (Gr hexas, -ados) a series of six numbers
2. A set of six things
3. An atom, element, or radical with a combining power of six units (chem)

hexadactylˈic or hexadactˈylous adjective

1. (Gr daktylos finger, toe) six-fingered
2. Six-toed

hexadecˈimal noun and adjective

(of) a number system using the base 16 with the ten digits from 0 to 9 and the letters from A to F (also hexadecimal notation)

hexadˈic adjective

Relating to a hexad

hexaëmeron /heks-ə-ēˈmer-on/ noun

1. (Gr hēmerā day) a period of six days, esp that of the creation, according to Genesis
2. A history of the six days of creation

hexˈafoil noun

A pattern with six leaf-like lobes or sections (also adjective)

hexˈagon noun

(Gr hexagōnon, from gōniā an angle) a figure with six sides and six angles

hexagonal /-agˈən-l/ adjective

1. Of the form of a hexagon
2. Of the hexagonal system, a crystal system with three axes at 60º to each other and a fourth perpendicular to their plane (crystallography) (hexagonal chess a kind of chess played on hexagonal boards)

hexagˈonally adverb

hexˈagram noun

1. (Gr gramma figure) a figure of six lines, esp a stellate hexagon
2. Any of 64 possible combinations of six lines in the I Ching

Hexagynia /-jinˈi-ə/ plural noun

(Gr gynē woman) a Linnaean order of plants (in various classes) having six styles

hexagynˈian or hexagynous /-ajˈi-nəs/ adjective

hexahēˈdral adjective

hexahēˈdron noun (pl hexahēˈdrons or hexahēˈdra)

(Gr hedrā a base) a solid with six sides or faces, esp a cube

hexamˈerous adjective

(Gr meros part) having six parts, or parts in sixes

hexamˈeter noun

1. (Gr metron measure) a line of verse of six measures or feet
2. (in Greek and Latin verse) such a line where the fifth is almost always a dactyl and the sixth a spondee or trochee, the others dactyls or spondees

Having six metrical feet

hexametˈric or hexametˈrical adjective

hexamˈetrist noun

A writer of hexameters

hexamˈetrize or hexamˈetrise intransitive verb

To write hexameters

Hexanˈdria plural noun (Gr anēr, andros a man, male; botany)

A Linnaean class of plants having six stamens

hexanˈdrian adjective

hexanˈdrous adjective

Having six stamens

hexane /heksˈān/ noun

A hydrocarbon (C₆H₁₄) with five isomers, sixth member of the alkane series

hexˈapla noun

(Gr hexaplā, contracted pl neuter of hexaploos sixfold) an edition (esp of the Bible) in six versions

• hereupon
• here we are
• here we go again
• herewith
• here you are
• heried
• heries
• her indoors
• heriot
• heriotable
• heriots
• herisson
• herissons
• heritabilities
• heritability
• heritable
• heritable property
• heritable security
• heritably
• heritage
• heritage centre
• heritage centres
• heritages
• heritor
• heritors