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- English Word Hewe Definition A domestic servant; a retainer.
- English Word Hewed Definition of Hew
- English Word Hewed Definition of Hew
- English Word Hewer Definition One who hews.
- English Word Hewhole Definition The European green woodpecker. See Yaffle.
- English Word Hewing Definition of Hew
- English Word Hewn Definition of Hew
- English Word Hewn Definition Felled, cut, or shaped as with an ax; roughly squared; as, a house built of hewn logs.
- English Word Hewn Definition Roughly dressed as with a hammer; as, hewn stone.
- English Word Hex- Definition Alt. of Hexa
- English Word Hex-androus Definition Having six stamens.
- English Word Hexa Definition A prefix or combining form, used to denote six, sixth, etc.; as, hexatomic, hexabasic.
- English Word Hexabasic Definition Having six hydrogen atoms or six radicals capable of being replaced or saturated by bases; -- said of acids; as, mellitic acid is hexabasic.
- English Word Hexacapsular Definition Having six capsules or seed vessels.
- English Word Hexachord Definition A series of six notes, with a semitone between the third and fourth, the other intervals being whole tones.
- English Word Hexacid Definition Having six atoms or radicals capable of being replaced by acids; hexatomic; hexavalent; -- said of bases; as, mannite is a hexacid base.
- English Word Hexactinellid Definition Having six-rayed spicules; belonging to the Hexactinellinae.
- English Word Hexactinelline Definition Belonging to the Hexactinellinae, a group of sponges, having six-rayed siliceous spicules.
- English Word Hexactinia Definition The Anthozoa.
- English Word Hexad Definition An atom whose valence is six, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, six monad atoms or radicals; as, sulphur is a hexad in sulphuric acid. Also used as an adjective.