| acathexia | (noun) an inability to retain bodily secretions | - |
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| acathexis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual | - |
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| aldohexose | (noun) a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehyde group | - |
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| cachexia | (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexy, wasting |
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| cachexy | (noun) any general reduction in vitality and strength of body and mind resulting from a debilitating chronic disease | Synonyms: cachexia, wasting |
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| cathexis | (noun) (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object | Synonyms: charge |
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| chlorhexidine | (noun) a long-lasting liquid antiseptic; used by surgeons to wash their hands before performing surgery | - |
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| cyclohexanol | (noun) a colorless oily alcohol that smells like camphor | - |
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| hex | (adjective) of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base | Synonyms: hexadecimal |
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| (noun) an evil spell | Synonyms: curse, jinx, whammy |
| (verb) cast a spell over someone or something; put a hex on someone or something | Synonyms: bewitch, enchant, glamour, jinx, witch |
| hexachlorophene | (noun) antibacterial substance that is a water-soluble powder used in antiseptic soaps and toothpaste | - |
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| hexad | (noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one | Synonyms: 6, Captain Hicks, half a dozen, sestet, sextet, sextuplet, sise, six, sixer, VI |
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| hexadecimal | (adjective) of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base | Synonyms: hex |
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| hexagon | (noun) a six-sided polygon | - |
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| hexagonal | (adjective) having six sides or divided into hexagons | Synonyms: hexangular |
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| hexagram | (noun) a regular polygon formed by extending each of the sides of a regular hexagon to form two equilateral triangles | - |
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| hexahedron | (noun) any polyhedron having six plane faces | - |
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| hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia | (noun) fear of magic properties of the number 666 | - |
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| hexameter | (noun) a verse line having six metrical feet | - |
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| hexane | (noun) a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent | - |
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| hexangular | (adjective) having six sides or divided into hexagons | Synonyms: hexagonal |
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| hexapod | (noun) an animal having six feet | - |
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| hexed | (adjective) (usually used colloquially) causing or accompanied by misfortune | Synonyms: jinxed |
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| hexenbesen | (noun) an abnormal tufted growth of small branches on a tree or shrub caused by fungi or insects or other physiological disturbance | Synonyms: staghead, witch broom, witches' broom |
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| hexestrol | (noun) estrogen compound used to treat menstrual irregularities and menopausal symptoms and to prevent pregnancy | - |
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| hexine | (noun) a hydrocarbon, C6H10, of the acetylene series. | - |
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| hexose | (noun) a monosaccharide that contains six carbon atoms per molecule | - |
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| ketohexose | (noun) a monosaccharide having six carbon atoms and a ketone group | - |
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| narthex | (noun) a vestibule leading to the nave of a church | - |
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| (noun) portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church | - |
| ununhexium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic element, with atomic number 116 | Synonyms: atomic number 116, element 116, Uuh |
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