Webster's Dictionary 1913

2053

Hexangular

Hex‐an″gu‐lar (?), a. [Hex- + angular. Cf. Sexangular.] Having six angles or corners.

2054

Hexapetalous

Hex′a‐pet″al‐ous (?), a. [Hexa- + petal: cf. F. hexapétale.] (Bot.) Having six petals.

2055

Hexaphyllous

Hex‐aph″yl‐lous (?), a. [Hexa- + Gr. � a leaf: cf. F. hexaphylle.] (Bot.) Having six leaves or leaflets.

2056

Hexapla

‖Hex″a‐pla (?), n. Etym. pl., but syntactically sing. A collection of the Holy Scriptures in six languages or six versions in parallel columns; particularly, the edition of the ...

2057

Hexapod

Hex″a‐pod (?), a. [Gr. �, �, sixfooted; ἕξ six + �, �, foot: cf. F. hexapode.] Having six feet. — n.(Zoöl.) An animal having six feet; one of the Hexapoda.

2058

Hexapoda

‖Hex‐ap″o‐da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ἕξ six + -poda.] (Zoöl.) The true, or six-legged, insects; insects other than myriapods and arachnids.☞ The Hexapoda have the head, thorax...

2059

Hexapodous

Hex‐ap″o‐dous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having six feet; belonging to the Hexapoda.

2060

Hexapterous

Hex‐ap″ter‐ous (?), a. [Hexa- + Gr. � wing.] (Bot.) Having six processes. Gray.

2061

Hexastich

{ Hex″a‐stich (?), ‖Hex‐as″ti‐chon (?), } n. [L. hexastichus of six rows, lines, or verses, Gr. �; ἕξ six + στίχοσ row, line, verse.] A poem consisting of six verses or lines.

2062

Hexastyle

Hex″a‐style (?), a. [Gr. � with six columns; ἕξ six + column: cf. F. hexastyle.] (Arch.) Having six columns in front; — said of a portico or temple. — n. A hexastyle portico or ...

2063

Hexateuch

Hex″a‐teuch′ (?), n. [Hexa- + � a tool, a book.] The first six books of the Old Testament.

2064

Hexatomic

Hex′a‐tom″ic (?), a. [Hex- + atomic.] (Chem.) (a) Having six atoms in the molecule. (b) Having six replaceable radicals.

2065

Hexavalent

Hex‐av″a‐lent (?), a. [Hexa- + L. valens, -entis, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) Having a valence of six; — said of hexads.

2066

Hexdecyl

Hex″de‐cyl (?), n. [Hex- + decyl.] (Chem.) The essential radical, C16H33, of hecdecane.

2067

Hexdecylic

Hex′de‐cyl″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexdecyl or hecdecane; as, hexdecylic alcohol.

2068

Hexeikosane

Hex‐ei″ko‐sane (?), n. [Hex- + eikosane.] (chem.) A hydrocarbon, C26H54, resembling paraffine; — so called because each molecule has twenty-six atoms of carbon. [Written also he...

2069

Hexene

Hex″ene (?), n. [Gr. ἕξ six.] (Chem.) Same as Hexylene.

2070

Hexicology

Hex′i‐col″ogy (?), n. [Gr. � state or habit + -logy.] The science which treats of the complex relations of living creatures to other organisms, and to their surrounding conditio...

2071

Hexine

Hex″ine (?), n. [Gr. ἕξ six.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series, obtained artificially as a colorless, volatile, pungent liquid; — called also hexoylene.

2072

Hexoctahedron

Hex‐oc′ta‐he″dron (?), n. [Hex- + octahedron.] (Geom.) A solid having forty-eight equal triangular faces.

2073

Hexoic

Hex‐o″ic (?), a.(Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexane; as, hexoic acid.

2074

Hexone

Hex″one (?), n. [Hex- + -one.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C6H8, of the valylene series, obtained from distillation products of certain fats and gums.

2075

Hexose

Hex″ose (?), n. [Hexa- + -ose.] (Chem.) Any member of a group of sugars containing six carbon atoms in the molecule. Some are widely distributed in nature, esp. in ripe fruits.

2076

Hexyl

Hex″yl (?), n. [Hex- + -yl.] (chem.) A compound radical, C6H13, regarded as the essential residue of hexane, and a related series of compounds.

2077

Hexylene

Hex″yl‐ene (?), n. [Hex- + -yl + ethlene.] (Chem.) A colorless, liquid hydrocarbon, C6H12, of the ethylene series, produced artificially, and found as a natural product of disti...

2078

Hexylic

Hex‐yl″ic (?), a.(chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hexyl or hexane; as, hexylic alcohol.

2079

Hey

Hey (?), a. [See High.] High. Chaucer.