Coll
(v. t.) To embrace. |
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 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 |
| battle of wits | a contest in which intelligence rather than violence is used |
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 |
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 |
petticoat
half-slip
underskirt | undergarment worn under a skirt |
television receiver
television television set
tv
tv set
idiot box
boob tube
telly
goggle box | an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen, the British call a tv set a telly |
| half-intensity | half the maximum intensity |
half-moon
lunula
lunule | the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail |
wits
marbles | the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception, he used his wits to get ahead, I was scared out of my wits, he still had all his marbles and was in full possession of a lively mind |
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 |
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 |
| idiot light | a colored warning light on an instrument panel (as for low oil pressure) |
| 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 |
| airhead | a bridgehead seized by airborne troops |
Hell's Kitchen
Hell's Half Acre | a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice |
| airhead | a flighty scatterbrained simpleton, she's a total airhead, every airhead on a big salary rushed out to buy one |
dimwit
nitwit
half-wit
doofus | a stupid incompetent person |
| half blood | one of siblings who have only one parent in common |
| half-breed | an offensive term for an offspring of parents of different races (especially of Caucasian and American Indian ancestry) |
idiot
imbecile
cretin
moron
changeling half-wit retard | a person of subnormal intelligence |
| idiot savant | person who is mentally retarded in general but who displays remarkable aptitude in some limited field (usually involving memory) |
runt
shrimp
peewee
half-pint | disparaging terms for small people |
half sister
half-sister
stepsister | a sister who has only one parent in common with you |
spouse
partner married person
mate
better half | a person's partner in marriage |
stepbrother
half-brother
half brother | a brother who has only one parent in common with you |
| half-light | a greyish light (as at dawn or dusk or in dim interiors) |
Morchella semilibera
half-free morel
cow's head | a morel with the ridged and pitted fertile portion attached to the stipe for about half its length |
| half-pay | reduced wage paid to someone who is not working full time |
| time and a half | a rate of pay that is . times the regular rate, for overtime work |
| half crown | an English coin worth half a crown |
half dollar
fiftyent piece | a United States coin worth half of a dollar |