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 blood
Webster Dictionary
a person whose father and mother are of different races; a half-breed
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ladino
Webster Dictionary
one of the half-breed descendants of whites and Indians; a mestizo; -- so called throughout Central America. They are usually of a yellowish orange tinge
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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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scrub
Webster Dictionary
one of the common live stock of a region of no particular breed or not of pure breed, esp. when inferior in size, etc
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subbreed
Webster Dictionary
a race or strain differing in certain characters from the parent breed; an incipient breed
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breed
Webster Dictionary
to engender; to cause; to occasion; to originate; to produce; as, to breed a storm; to breed disease
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shorthorn
Webster Dictionary
one of a breed of large, heavy domestic cattle having short horns. The breed was developed in England
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blood
Webster Dictionary
descent from parents of recognized breed; excellence or purity of breed
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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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outbreed
(ˌaʊtˈbrid)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to breed selected individuals outside the limits of the breed or variety.
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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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breeding ground
(ˈbri dɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a place where animals breed or to which they return to breed.
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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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species
(ˈspi ʃiz, -siz)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the major subdivision of a genus or subgenus, regarded as the basic category of biological classification, composed of related individuals that resemble one another, are able to breed among themselves, but are not able to breed with members of another species.
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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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