half
Webster Dictionary
in an equal part or degree; in some pa/ appro/mating a half; partially; imperfectly; as, half-colored, half done, half-hearted, half persuaded, half conscious
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half
Webster Dictionary
consisting of a moiety, or half; as, a half bushel; a half hour; a half dollar; a half view
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half
Webster Dictionary
consisting of some indefinite portion resembling a half; approximately a half, whether more or less; partial; imperfect; as, a half dream; half knowledge
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half-length
(ˈhæfˈhɑr tɪd, ˈhɑf-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
something that is only half a full length or height, esp. a portrait of the upper half of the body, including the hands.
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immelmann
(ˈɪm əlˌmɑn, -mən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a maneuver in which an airplane makes a half loop followed by a half roll: used to gain altitude while reversing the direction of flight.
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mitrula elegans
(Mitrula elegans)
Princeton's WordNet
a discomycete that is 3-8 cm high with an orange to yellow fertile portion and white or pinkish stalks often half in and half out of the water
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centaur
(centaur)
Princeton's WordNet
(classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse
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half-and-half
(half-and-half)
Princeton's WordNet
half milk and half light cream; contains 10% to 18% butterfat
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lamia
(.)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(sometimes cap.) a monster or one of a group of monsters of Greek myth, sometimes represented as half woman and half serpent and reputed to devour or suck the blood of children.
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half
(æf, hɑf)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
being half or about half of anything in degree, amount, length, etc.:
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half-and-half dressing
(half-and-half dressing)
Princeton's WordNet
half mayonnaise and half vinaigrette seasoned with minced garlic and mashed anchovies and grated Parmesan cheese; especially good for combination salads
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semirecondite
Webster Dictionary
half hidden or half covered; said of the head of an insect when half covered by the shield of the thorax
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mermaid
(mermaid)
Princeton's WordNet
half woman and half fish; lives in the sea
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sixpence
(ˈsɪks pəns)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
(used with a sing. v.) a cupronickel coin of the United Kingdom, the half of a shilling, formerly equal to six pennies: equal to two and one-half new pence after decimalization in 1971.
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hemihedral
Webster Dictionary
having half of the similar parts of a crystals, instead of all; consisting of half the planes which full symmetry would require, as when a cube has planes only on half of its eight solid angles, or one plane out of a pair on each of its edges; or as in the case of a tetrahedron, which is hemihedral to an octahedron, it being contained under four of the planes of an octahedron
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half-life
(half life, half-life)
Princeton's WordNet
the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)
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half life
(half life, half-life)
Princeton's WordNet
the time required for something to fall to half its initial value (in particular, the time for half the atoms in a radioactive substance to disintegrate)
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merman
(merman)
Princeton's WordNet
half man and half fish; lives in the sea
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full-wave rectifier
(full-wave rectifier)
Princeton's WordNet
rectifier that converts the negative half wave of an alternating current into a positive half wave
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half-blood
(ˈhæfˌbæk, ˈhɑf-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a person who has only one parent in common with another person, as a half sister or half brother.
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semiquartile
Webster Dictionary
an aspect of the planets when distant from each other the half of a quadrant, or forty-five degrees, or one sign and a half
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faun
Webster Dictionary
a god of fields and shipherds, diddering little from the satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and half man
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hemitrope
Webster Dictionary
half turned round; half inverted; (Crystallog.) having a twinned structure
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griffon
Webster Dictionary
a fabulous monster, half lion and half eagle. It is often represented in Grecian and Roman works of art
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minotaur
Webster Dictionary
a fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete
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portague
Webster Dictionary
a Portuguese gold coin formerly current, and variously estimated to be worth from three and one half to four and one half pounds sterling
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hippogriff
Webster Dictionary
a fabulous winged animal, half horse and half griffin
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en
Webster Dictionary
half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em
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sagittary
Webster Dictionary
a centaur; a fabulous being, half man, half horse, armed with a bow and quiver
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dimidiate
Webster Dictionary
consisting of only one half of what the normal condition requires; having the appearance of lacking one half; as, a dimidiate leaf, which has only one side developed
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