Half
(a.) Consisting of a moiety, or half |
Half
(a.) Consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half |
Half
(adv.) In an equal part or degree |
Half
(a.) Part |
Half
(a.) One of two equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided |
Half
(v. t.) To halve. [Obs.] See Halve. |
Half-and-half
(n.) A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts. |
Half blood
() The relation between persons born of the same father or of the same mother, but not of both |
Half blood
(n.) A person so related to another. |
Half blood
(n.) A person whose father and mother are of different races |
Half-blooded
(a.) Proceeding from a male and female of different breeds or races |
Half-blooded
(a.) Degenerate |
Half-boot
(n.) A boot with a short top covering only the ankle. See Cocker, and Congress boot, under Congress. |
Half-bound
(n.) Having only the back and corners in leather, as a book. |
Half-bred
(a.) Half-blooded. |
Half-bred
(a.) Imperfectly acquainted with the rules of good-breeding |
Half-breed
(a.) Half-blooded. |
Half-breed
(n.) A person who is blooded |
Half-brother
(n.) A brother by one parent, but not by both. |
Half-caste
(n.) One born of a European parent on the one side, and of a Hindoo or Mohammedan on the other. Also adjective |
Half-clammed
(a.) Half-filled. |
Half-cracked
(a.) Half-demented |
Half-deck
(n.) A shell of the genus Crepidula |
Half-deck
(n.) See Half deck, under Deck. |
Half-decked
(a.) Partially decked. |
Half-faced
(a.) Showing only part of the face |
Half-fish
(n.) A salmon in its fifth year of growth. |
Half-hatched
(a.) Imperfectly hatched |
Half-heard
(a.) Imperfectly or partly heard to the end. |
Half-hearted
(a.) Wanting in heart or spirit |
Half-hearted
(a.) Lacking zeal or courage |
Half-hourly
(a.) Done or happening at intervals of half an hour. |
Half-learned
(a.) Imperfectly learned. |
Half-length
(a.) Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture. |
Half-mast
(n.) A point some distance below the top of a mast or staff |
Half-moon
(n.) The moon at the quarters, when half its disk appears illuminated. |
Half-moon
(n.) The shape of a half-moon |
Half-moon
(n.) An outwork composed of two faces, forming a salient angle whose gorge resembles a half-moon |
Half-moon
(n.) A marine, sparoid, food fish of California (Caesiosoma Californiense). The body is ovate, blackish above, blue or gray below. Called also medialuna. |
Half-pike
(n.) A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships |
Half-port
(n.) One half of a shutter made in two parts for closing a porthole. |
Half-ray
(n.) A straight line considered as drawn from a center to an indefinite distance in one direction, the complete ray being the whole line drawn to an indefinite distance in both directions. |
Half-read
(a.) Informed by insufficient reading |
Half seas over
() Half drunk. |
Half-sighted
(a.) Seeing imperfectly |
Half-sister
(n.) A sister by one parent only. |
Half-strained
(a.) Half-bred |
Half-sword
(n.) Half the length of a sword |
Half-timbered
(a.) Constructed of a timber frame, having the spaces filled in with masonry |
Half-tounue
(n.) A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens. |
| half gainer | a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving board |
| half volley | a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces |
| half nelson | a wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts pressure on the back of the neck |
jacksnipe half snipe
Limnocryptes minima | a small short-billed Old World snipe |
bill
peak
eyeshade
visor
vizor | a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes, he pulled down the bill of his cap and trudged ahead |
buskin
combat boot
desert boot
half boot
top boot | a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
domino half mask
eye mask | a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes |
Dutch door
half door | an exterior door divided in two horizontally, either half can be closed or open independently |
| half binding | book binding in which the spine and part of the sides are bound in one material and the rest in another |
| half cross stitch | a single cross stitch at a diagonal |
| half hatchet | a hatchet with a broad blade on one end and a hammer head of the other |
| half hitch | a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object, usually tied double |
| half-length | a portrait showing the body from only the waist up |
| half sole | shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe |
| half track | a track that goes around only rear wheels |
| half track | a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks, frequently used by the military |
kicksorter
pulse height analyzer | scientific instrument consisting of an electronic circuit that permits only voltage pulses of predetermined height to pass |
petticoat
half-slip
underskirt | undergarment worn under a skirt |
| roof peak | the highest point of a roof |
| stature height | (of a standing person) the distance from head to foot |
| half-intensity | half the maximum intensity |
altitude
height | elevation especially above sea level or above the earth's surface, the altitude gave her a headache |
width
breadth | the extent of something from side to side |
height
tallness | the vertical dimension of extension, distance from the base of something to the top |
| widow's peak | a V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead |
half-moon
lunula
lunule | the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail |
split-half correlation
chance-half correlation | a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test, taken as an indication of the reliability of the test |
| half page | something that covers (the top or bottom) half of a page |
half title
bastard title | a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book |
| half-truth | a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead |
typewriter font
constant-width font
fixed-width font
monospaced font | a typeface is which each character is given the same width (as by a typewriter) |
semitone
half step | the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument |
half note
minim | a musical note having the time value of half a whole note |
| half rest | a musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time |
| half-and-half dressing | half mayonnaise and half vinaigrette seasoned with minced garlic and mashed anchovies and grated Parmesan cheese, especially good for combination salads |
| half-and-half | half milk and half light cream, contains % to % butterfat |
half-mast
half-staff | a position some distance below the top of a mast to which a flag is lowered in mourning or to signal distress |
peak
crown
crest top tip summit | the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill), the view from the peak was magnificent, they clambered to the tip of Monadnock, the region is a few molecules wide at the summit |
vertex
peak apex
acme | the highest point (of something), at the peak of the pyramid |
Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Half Acre | a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice |
Adam's Peak
Samanala | a mountain peak in south central Sri Lanka (, feet high) |
Communism Peak
Mount Communism
Stalin Peak
Mount Garmo | the highest mountain peak in the Pamir Mountains, near the Chinese border in northeastern Tajikistan (, feet high) |
| Handies Peak | a mountain peak in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado (, feet high) |
| mountain peak | the summit of a mountain |
| North Peak | , feet high |
| Pike's Peak | a mountain peak in the Rockies in central Colorado (, feet high) |
Pobeda Peak
Pobedy Peak | a mountain peak in the Tien Shan mountains in northern India (, feet high) |
| Uncompahgre Peak | the highest peak in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado (, feet high) |
| Wheeler Peak | a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains |
dimwit
nitwit
half-wit
doofus | a stupid incompetent person |