| halation |
a blurred halo of light spreading around a bright area or object on a photograph or televised image. |
| halazone |
a white crystalline chlorine powder, usu. in tablet form, used to purify small amounts of drinking water. |
| halberd |
a shafted weapon of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries with an axlike blade and a steel spear at the top. |
| halcyon |
a mythical bird identified with the kingfisher and believed to have the power to calm the sea during the winter solstice. [4 definitions] |
| hale1 |
in good health. |
| hale2 |
to force to go, as by pulling or dragging; haul. |
| haler |
the smaller monetary unit of the Czech and Slovak Republics; heller. (Cf. koruna.) |
| half |
one of two equal parts of a whole. [7 definitions] |
| half-and-half |
of two things in equal portions; half one thing and half another. [3 definitions] |
| half-assed |
(vulgar slang) unplanned or poorly planned; haphazard. [3 definitions] |
| halfback |
in football, one of two offensive players lined up on either side of the fullback behind the line of scrimmage. [2 definitions] |
| half-baked |
not well thought out; ill-conceived, ill-planned, or unrealistic. [3 definitions] |
| half blood |
kinship through only one of the parents. [2 definitions] |
| half-blood |
a person related to another person through one parent only. [3 definitions] |
| half boot |
a boot that reaches to the middle of the lower leg. |
| half-breed |
(offensive) one whose parents are of different racial extraction, esp. Caucasian and Native American. [2 definitions] |
| half brother |
a male offspring related to siblings through one parent only. |
| half-caste |
(offensive) one whose parents are of different origins, esp. European and Hindu or European and Muslim. [2 definitions] |
| half-circle |
one half of a circle; semicircle. |
| half cock |
the partly raised position of the hammer of a firearm, at which point the trigger locks and cannot be pulled. |
| half-cocked |
of a firearm, with the hammer raised halfway and locked to prevent firing. [2 definitions] |