| BOXHAULED | • boxhauled v. Simple past tense and past participle of boxhaul. • BOXHAUL v. to put (a vessel) on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel. |
| BOXWALLAH | • boxwallah n. (India, historical) An Indian pedlar who sold goods from a box or trunk. • BOXWALLAH n. (Hindi) a pedlar; a businessman. |
| HEXAFOILS | • hexafoils n. Plural of hexafoil. • HEXAFOIL n. a pattern with six leaflike lobes. |
| HEXAGLOTS | • HEXAGLOT n. a book written in six languages. |
| HEXAGONAL | • hexagonal adj. (Geometry) Having six edges, or having a cross-section in the form of a hexagon. • hexagonal adj. (Crystallography) Having three equal axes which cross at 60° angles, and an unequal axis which crosses… • HEXAGONAL adj. having six sides and six angles. |
| HEXAPLOID | • hexaploid adj. Having six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell. • hexaploid n. A cell or organism that has six complete sets of chromosomes. • HEXAPLOID n. a cell having six times the ordinary number of chromosomes. |
| HEXAPODAL | • hexapodal adj. Having six legs. • HEXAPODAL adj. relating to Hexapoda, insects. |
| HEXATHLON | • hexathlon n. (Athletics) An athletic contest comprising six events. • HEXATHLON n. an athletic contest comprising six events. |
| SEXAHOLIC | • sexaholic n. One who is addicted to sex. • SEXAHOLIC n. someone addicted to sex. |
| WAXCLOTHS | • waxcloths n. Plural of waxcloth. • WAXCLOTH n. oilcloth, linoleum. |
| XANTHOXYL | • XANTHOXYL n. a plant of a genus of the rue family found in Brazil, in particular the prickly-ash or Hercules club, also ZANTHOXYL, ZANTHOXYLUM. |
| XIPHOIDAL | • xiphoidal adj. Xiphoid; sword-shaped. • XIPHOIDAL adj. swordlike, also XIPHOID. |
| XYLOGRAPH | • xylograph n. An engraving in wood or woodcut, especially one used in printing predating the Western tradition (14th c.). • xylograph n. A print taken from such an engraving. • xylograph v. (Transitive) To make a print from an engraving in wood. |
| XYLOPHAGE | • xylophage n. (Biology) Any living organism that feeds on wood. • XYLOPHAGE n. an insect larva, mollusc etc. that eats or bores into wood. |
| ZANTHOXYL | • ZANTHOXYL n. a plant of a genus of the rue family found in Brazil, in particular the prickly-ash or Hercules club, also XANTHOXYL, ZANTHOXYLUM. |