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accidental in music, a symbol that indicates that a note should be played or sung one or two semitones higher or lower than is otherwise indicated. In most cases, the pitch is to be raised or lowered by one half step, as from F natural to F sharp. [1/5 definitions]
backcourt in basketball, the half of the court that a team is defending. (Cf. forecourt.) [1/3 definitions]
baryon in physics, a heavy subatomic particle of half-integral spin, such as a proton, neutron, or hyperon.
bikini a very brief, two-piece bathing suit for women, or underpants cut like the bottom half of this bathing suit.
broadloom of or pertaining to carpets or rugs woven on a loom wider than four and a half feet. [2 definitions]
business envelope an envelope that will enclose a sheet of paper eight and a half inches wide that has been folded twice lengthwise.
café curtains short unpleated curtains, esp. for covering the lower half of a window.
Caliban a grotesque, brutish, half-human creature in the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare.
caracole a horse rider's maneuver of a half turn to either side.
carbon 14 a radioactive isotope of carbon that has a half-life of about 5,700 years and whose presence in rock, fossils, and other archaeological specimens enables them to be dated.
catty2 a unit of weight used in Southeast Asia, equal to 680 grams, or about one and one half pounds, but in China equal to five hundred grams.
chromatic in music, having to do with the chromatic scale, which ascends and descends by half steps, as C to C sharp and C sharp to D. [1/2 definitions]
chromatic scale a musical scale consisting of all half steps.
chuckle to laugh softly or in a half-suppressed manner. [2/3 definitions]
chukker in polo, a period of play lasting seven and one-half minutes.
clams casino a dish in which clams, combined with a dressing flavored with garlic and bacon, are broiled on the half shell.
coattail the loose back part of a coat below the waist, esp. either half of this part when divided by a vent, as in a cutaway.
covalent bond the chemical bond between two atoms, each of which supplies one half of each pair of shared electrons; covalence.
demi- half. [1/2 definitions]
diminished of a musical interval or chord, lower by a semitone or half step.
dot a point after a musical note or rest, specifying that the time value should be increased by one half, or a point under or over a note to direct one to play staccato. [1/10 definitions]