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 |
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 |
half-intensity | half the maximum intensity |
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 |
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 |
Hell's Kitchen Hell's Half Acre | a district in Manhattan formerly noted for its slums and vice |
seven seas | an informal expression for all of the oceans of the world, the old salt had sailed the seven seas |
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 |
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 |
half eagle | a former gold coin in United States worth dollars |
half mile yards | a unit of length equal to half of mile |
half pound | ounces avoirdupois |
one-half half | one of two equal parts of a divisible whole, half a loaf, half an hour, a century and one half |
b six VI sixer sise Captain Hicks half a dozen sextet sestet sextuplet hexad | the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one |
freedom of the seas | the right of merchant ships to travel freely in international waters |