Benting time () The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. |
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 |
time | the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past |
sexual conquest score | a seduction culminating in sexual intercourse, calling his seduction of the girl a `score' was a typical example of male slang |
score | the act of scoring in a game or sport, the winning score came with less than a minute left to play |
bowling score | the score in a bowling match |
football score | the score in a football game |
baseball score | the score of a baseball game |
basketball score | the score in a basketball game |
avocation by-line hobby pursuit sideline spare-time activity | an auxiliary activity |
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 |
time and motion study time-and-motion study time-motion study motion study time study work study | an analysis of a specific job in an effort to find the most efficient method in terms of time and effort |
waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
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 |
time exposure | exposure of a film for a relatively long time (more than half a second) |
harvest harvest time | the season for gathering crops |
haying haying time | the season for cutting and drying and storing grass as fodder |
respite recess break time out | a pause from doing something (as work), we took a -minute break, he took time out to recuperate |
free time spare time | time that is free from duties or responsibilities |
jacksnipe half snipe Limnocryptes minima | a small short-billed Old World snipe |
buskin combat boot desert boot half boot top boot | a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
character printer character-at-a-time printer serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
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 |
line printer line-at-a-time printer | printer that serves as an output device on a computer, prints a whole line of characters at a time |
page printer page-at-a-time printer | a printer that prints one page at a time |
petticoat half-slip underskirt | undergarment worn under a skirt |
time-ball | a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time, especially at an observatory |
time bomb infernal machine | a bomb that has a detonating mechanism that can be set to go off at a particular time |
time capsule | container for preserving historical records to be discovered at some future time |
time clock | clock used to record the hours that people work |
time-delay measuring instrument time-delay measuring system | chronoscope for measuring the time difference between two events |
time exposure | a photograph produced with a relatively long exposure time |
time-fuse | a fuse made to burn for a given time (especially to explode a bomb) |
time machine | a science fiction machine that is supposed to transport people or objects into the past or the future |
time-switch | a switch set to operate at a desired time |
vintage time of origin | the oldness of wines |
meter metre time | rhythm as given by division into parts of equal duration |
half-intensity | half the maximum intensity |
light time | distance measured in terms of the speed of light (or radio waves), the light time from Jupiter to the sun is approximately minutes |
half-moon lunula lunule | the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail |
mark grade score | a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance), she made good marks in algebra, grade A milk, what was your score on your homework? |
Apgar score | an assessment of the physical condition of a newborn infant, involves heart rate and muscle tone and respiratory effort and color and reflex responsiveness |