Centre (v. i.) To be placed in a center |
Centre (v. i.) To be collected to a point |
Centre (v. t.) To place or fix in the center or on a central point. |
Centre (v. t.) To collect to a point |
Centre (v. t.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. |
Centre (n. & v.) See Center. |
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 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 |
bullpen detention cell detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
buskin combat boot desert boot half boot top boot | a boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
call center call centre | a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
center centre | a building dedicated to a particular activity, they were raising money to build a new center for research |
center bit centre bit | a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters |
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 |
plaza mall center shopping mall shopping center shopping centre | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers, usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area, a modern version of the traditional marketplace, a good plaza should have a movie house, they spent their weekends at the local malls |
plug stopper stopple | blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly |
stopper | (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit, if my partner has a spade stopper I can bid no trump |
stopper knot | a knot that prevents a rope from passing through a hole |
show-stopper showstopper | something that is strikingly attractive or has great popular appeal, she has a show-stopper of a smile, the brilliant orange flowers against the green foliage were a showstopper |
dead center dead centre | the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque |
half-intensity | half the maximum intensity |
center of curvature centre of curvature | the center of the circle of curvature |
center centre nerve center nerve centre | a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process, in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere |
half-moon lunula lunule | the crescent-shaped area at the base of the human fingernail |
center centre center of attention centre of attention | the object upon which interest and attention focuses, his stories made him the center of the party |
kernel substance core center centre essence gist heart heart and soul inwardness marrow meat nub pith sum nitty-gritty f a e a c | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience, the gist of the prosecutor's argument, the heart and soul of the Republican Party, the nub of the story |
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 |
center spread centre spread | the spread at the center of a magazine |
half-truth | a partially true statement intended to deceive or mislead |
conversation stopper stopper | a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply |
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 |
show-stopper showstopper stopper | an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down |
center centre | the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering |
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 |
United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Centre for International Crime Prevention | the United Nations office responsible for crime prevention and criminal justice and law reform |
center centre | a place where some particular activity is concentrated, they received messages from several centers |
nerve center nerve centre | a center that provides information and control, the nerve center of the diamond industry is in Amsterdam |
center centre midpoint | a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure |
center of buoyancy centre of buoyancy center of immersion centre of immersion | (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object |