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

hexˈaplar adjective

hexaplārˈian adjective

hexaplarˈic adjective

hexˈaploid adjective

Of or having six times the ordinary number of chromosomes

A hexaploid cell, individual, species, etc

hexˈapod noun

1. (Gr pous, podos a foot) an animal with six feet
2. An insect

Hexapˈoda plural noun

Insects

hexapˈodal adjective

hexapˈody noun

A line or verse of six feet

hexarch /heksˈärk/ adjective (Gr archē beginning; botany)

Having six vascular strands

hexastich /heksˈə-stik/ noun

(Gr hexastichos, adj, from stichos a line) a poem or stanza of six lines

hexastichal /-asˈtik-l/ adjective

Having six lines or rows

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