benzene hexachloride (5) | (noun) - benzene + six + green + ide = chlorine by-products C6H6Cl6 of cyclohexane where the chlorine atoms are attached to different carbon atoms. |
cyclohexane (5) | (noun) - circle + six + ane = a hydrocarbon C6H12 found in petroleum or made synthetically and used as a solvent and in organic synthesis. |
cyclohexanone (5) | (noun) - circle + six + anone = a liquid ketone C6H10O used as a solvent and in organic synthesis. |
hexachloroethane or hexachlorethane (5) | (noun) - six + green + ethane = a poisonous crystalline compound C2Cl6 used in controlling of liver flukes in hoofed mammals and in making smoke bombs. |
hexachlorophene (4) | (noun) - six + green- + phenol = a powdered phenolic bacteria-inhibiting agent C13Cl6H6O2. |
hexachord (4) | (noun) - six + agreement = a series of six tones based on the eight tone scale having a half-tone between the third and fourth tones. |
hexadecimal (2) | (adj.) - six + ten = relating to, or the number system with a base of 16. Its numbers are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E, F, 10. Hexadecimal is also the noun form. |
hexagon (3) | (noun) - six + angle = a polygon with six angles and six sides. |
hexagram (3) | (noun) - six + letter = a 6-pointed star, with two intersecting similar equilateral triangles having the center point parallel sides. |
hexahedron (3) | (noun) - six + face = a polyhedron of six faces such as a cube. Plural forms can be hexahedrons or hexahedra. |
hexahydrate (5) | (noun) - six + water = a chemical compound with six molecules of water. |
hexameter (3) | (noun) - six + measures = a line of verse with six metrical feet. |
hexamethonium (5) | (noun) - six + meth- + -onium = one of two compounds C12H30Br2N2 or C12H30C12N2 used as a ganglionic blocking agent in treating hypertension. |
hexamethylenetetramine (5) | (noun) - hexa- + methylene + tetra- + amine = a crystalline compound
C6H12N4 used to speed up the vulcanizing of rubber and as a urinary antiseptic. |
hexane (5) | (noun) - six + ane = one of several isomeric volatile liquid alkanes C6H14, found in petroleum. |
hexanoic acid (5) | (noun) - hexane + -oic = caproic acid, C6H12O2, found as a glycerol ester in fats and oils or made synthetically and used in drugs and flavorings. |
hexapod (5) | (noun, adj.) - six + feet = insects or related to insects; having six feet. |
uranium hexafluoride (5) | (noun) - Uranus + six + flux + ide = a quickly evaporating compound of uranium and fluorine, UF6, that is used in a major process of enriching uranium 235. |