Elementary
(a.) Having only one principle or constituent part |
Elementary
(a.) Pertaining to, or treating of, the elements, rudiments, or first principles of anything |
Elementary
(a.) Pertaining to one of the four elements, air, water, earth, fire. |
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 |
| spin | a distinctive interpretation (especially as used by politicians to sway public opinion), the campaign put a favorable spin on the story |
tailspin
spin | rapid descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral |
| spin | a short drive in a car, he took the new car for a spin |
spin
twirl
twist twisting whirl | the act of rotating rapidly, he gave the crank a spin, it broke off after much twisting |
| 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 |
| spin the bottle | a game in which a player spins a bottle and kisses the person that it points to when it stops spinning |
spin the plate
spin the platter | a game in which something round (as a plate) is spun on edge and the name of a player is called, the named player must catch the spinning object before it falls or pay a forfeit |
| half volley | a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces |
electron spin resonance
ESR
electron paramagnetic resonance | microwave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnet |
| 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 |
| elementary education | education in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade school |
jacksnipe half snipe
Limnocryptes minima | a small short-billed Old World snipe |
accelerator particle accelerator
atom smasher | a scientific instrument that increases the kinetic energy of charged particles |
buskin
combat boot
desert boot
half boot
top boot | a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
by-product
byproduct
spin-off | a product made during the manufacture of something else |
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 |
fiberboard
fibreboard
particle board | wallboard composed of wood chips or shavings bonded together with resin and compressed into rigid sheets |
| 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 |
| particle detector | a chamber in which particles can be made visible |
petticoat
half-slip
underskirt | undergarment worn under a skirt |
spin dryer
spin drier | a clothes dryer that uses centrifugal motion to dry the clothes that are put into it |
duality
wave-particle duality | (physics) the property of matter and electromagnetic radiation that is characterized by the fact that some properties can be explained best by wave theory and others by particle theory |
| half-intensity | half the maximum intensity |
half-moon
lunula
lunule | the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail |
elementary geometry
parabolic geometry
Euclidean geometry | (mathematics) geometry based on Euclid's axioms |
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 |
particle physics
high-energy physics
high energy physics | the branch of physics that studies subatomic particles and their interactions |
| 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 |
| particle | a function word that can be used in English to form phrasal verbs |
| 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 |
| spin | a swift whirling motion (usually of a missile) |
| 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 |
grade school
grammar school
elementary school
primary school | a school for young children, usually the first or grades |
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 |
| alpha particle | a positively charged particle that is the nucleus of the helium atom, emitted from natural or radioactive isotopes |
antitauon
tau-plus particle | an antilepton of very great mass |