| better half |
(informal) one's spouse, usu. the wife. |
| half blood |
kinship through only one of the parents. [2 definitions] |
| half boot |
a boot that reaches to the middle of the lower leg. |
| half brother |
a male who is a brother through one parent only. |
| half cock |
the partly raised position of the hammer of a firearm, at which point the trigger locks and cannot be pulled. |
| half dollar |
a coin of the United States and Canada worth fifty cents. |
| half gainer |
a dive in which the diver, facing forward, executes half of a backward somersault, thus entering the water headfirst and facing the diving board. |
| half hitch |
a knot made by making a loop in a rope and passing the end of the rope through the loop. |
| half nelson |
a hold in which a wrestler passes one arm under the opponent's arm from behind and pushes the back of the opponent's neck. |
| half note |
a musical note sustained for half the duration of a whole note. |
| half pint |
in the US, a unit of capacity equal to one fourth of a quart, 8 fluid ounces, or 236.6 milliliters; a cup. [3 definitions] |
| half shell |
either of the two shells of a bivalve mollusk such as an oyster or clam, often used as a serving container for raw or cooked seafood. |
| half sister |
a female who is a sister through one parent only. |
| half size |
any size in women's dresses, coats, and other garments that is suitable for short, full-figured women. |
| half slip |
a skirtlike woman's undergarment. |
| half sole |
a sole for a shoe or boot that extends from the instep to the toe. |
| half step |
an interval in music that is halfway between two notes. |
| half tide |
the condition or point in time of a tide halfway between its peak ebb and flow. |
| half time |
the rest period between the two halves of football and basketball games and certain other sports events. |
| half volley |
a racket stroke, as in tennis, that hits the ball just as it bounces up after striking the ground. |