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cardinalnounDescribing a “natural” number used to indicate quantity (e.g., zero, one, two, three), as opposed to an ordinal number indicating relative position.
sestetnoun(poetry) The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.
sextetnounAny group of six people or things.
sextupletnounA group of six objects.
hexadnounA group of six.
sisenoun(obsolete, dice games) six
half dozennounA set of six.
8verb(text messaging, Internet slang) Abbreviation of ate.
3nounReplaces the letter E/e in leetspeak.
vinounVI (“U.S. Virgin Islands”)
10nounEllipsis of perfect 10 (“perfect ten”).
30(thirty) the natural number following 29 and preceding 31.
half a dozennounthe cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
26noun(Canada, informal) A 26-ounce bottle of alcoholic drink.
28(twenty-eight) the natural number following 27 and preceding 29.
1noun(sports, skateboarding, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 180 (“180° spin”). [(sports) An instance of spinning 180 degrees, so that one is facing in the opposite direction.]
4(four) a number, numeral and digit.
9noun(sports, snowboarding, skiing) Clipping of 900 (“900° spin”). [(sports) The act of spinning 900 degrees in the air, doing two and a half complete turns.]
7noun(sports, snowboarding, skiing, skateboarding) Clipping of 720 (“720° spin”). [(sports) The act of spinning 720 degrees in the air, doing two complete turns.]
captain hicksnounthe cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
sixnounThe digit or figure 6.
sixernoun(cricket, colloquial) A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.

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half-dozennounAlternative spelling of half dozen. [A set of six.]
half dozennounA set of six.
vinounVI (“U.S. Virgin Islands”)
sixernoun(cricket, colloquial) A shot in which the ball passes over the boundary without touching the ground, for which the batting team is awarded six runs.
sextetnounAny group of six people or things.
sestetnoun(poetry) The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.
sextupletnounA group of six objects.
sextuplenouna sixfold amount
senarynoun(arithmetic) Of, pertaining to, or based on six.
hexadnounA group of six.
hextetnoun(computing) A group of 16 bits, or four nibbles.
sexenaryProceeding by sixes or in a base of six; sextuple.
sexennialnounPertaining to a period of six years; taking place once every six years.
sexpartiteIn six parts.
hexangular(archaic) hexagonal
hexagonnoun(geometry) A polygon with six sides and six angles.
hexamerous(botany, zoology) In six parts; occurring in sixes.
hexavalent(chemistry) Having an atomic valence of 6.
hexaploidnounHaving six complete sets of chromosomes in a single cell
private eyenoun(idiomatic) A private personal detective, employed to gather information about someone.

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