hendeca-, hendec-

(Greek: eleven)


hendecacolic
hendecagon
A plane figure having eleven sides and eleven angles.
hendecagonal
hendecagram
A star polygon that has eleven points.
hendecagynous
hendecahedral
A reference to a solid figure having eleven faces.
hendecahedron
A solid figure with, or having, eleven faces.
hendecandrous
In botany, having eleven stamens.
hendecaphyllous
In botany (of a leaf) consisting of eleven leaflets.
hendecarchy
Government by eleven people.
hendecasemic
Containing, or equivalent to, eleven signs or symbols.
hendecasyllabic
hendecasyllable
hendiadys
A figure of speech in which two words connected by a conjunction are used to express a single notion that would normally be expressed by an adjective and a noun [or expressed by two nouns or two adjectives joined, rather than by an adjective-noun combination] such as "grace and favor" instead of "gracious favor"; or as Virgil wrote: "We drink from cups and gold" (instead of "golden cups").
henodecasyllable
A verse or a line of eleven syllables.

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