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

hexastyle /heksˈə-stīl/ adjective

(Gr hexastȳlos, from stȳlos a pillar) having six columns

A building or portico having six columns in front

Hexateuch /heksˈə-tūk/ noun

(Gr teuchos tool, afterwards book) the first six books of the Old Testament

hexateuchˈal adjective

hexavāˈlent adjective

Having a valency of six

hexˈose noun

A sugar (of various kinds) with six carbon atoms to the molecule

hexyl /hekˈsil/ noun

A radical derived from hexane

hexylene /heksˈi-lēn/ or hexˈene noun

(Gr hȳlē matter) an unsaturated hydrocarbon (C₆H₁₂) of the ethylene series