Hyksos
adjective
Hyk·sos ˈhik-ˌsäs 
-ˌsōs
: of or relating to a Semite dynasty that ruled Egypt from about the 18th to the 16th century b.c.
Word History
Etymology
Greek Hyksōs, dynasty ruling Egypt, perhaps from Egyptian ḥqʾ̹ ruler + h̬ʾ̹št foreign land
First Known Use
1602, in the meaning defined above
- center strap
- center tester
- center three-quarter
- center wheel
- center-fire
- center-of-mass system
- center-sawed
- center-second
- centerboard
- centerboards
- centered
- centered (on)
- centered on
- centeredness
- centerednesses
- centerer
- centerest
- centerfieldes
- centerfields
- centerfold
- centerfolds
- centering
- centering (on)
- centering machine
- centering on