| half sister |
a female offspring related to siblings 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 |
to repair (shoes or boots) by putting on new half soles. |
| half sole |
a sole for a shoe or boot that extends from the instep to the toe. |
| half-staff |
a point midway up a mast or staff; half-mast. |
| half step |
in music, a semitone. [2 definitions] |
| half tide |
the condition or point in time of a tide halfway between its peak ebb and flow. |
| half-timbered |
of a house or other building, having an exposed framework of vertical, horizontal, or diagonal timbers, with the spaces in between filled with plaster or brick. |
| half time |
the intermission between the two halves of certain sports events, such as football or basketball games. |
| halftone |
in art, an intermediate tone, shade, or value between light and dark. [4 definitions] |
| half-track |
a motor vehicle, esp. an armored military one, with an endless-chain track on the rear drive wheels, or the track itself. |
| half-truth |
a partially true or correct statement, esp. one that intentionally omits facts essential for full truthfulness or accuracy, or includes some untruths. |
| half volley |
a racket stroke, as in tennis, that hits the ball just as it bounces up after striking the ground. |
| halfway |
to or at the midpoint between two ends or conditions. [4 definitions] |
| halfway house |
a special residence where people who have been released from institutions, such as mental patients, prisoners, and drug addicts, are helped to adjust to ordinary life. |
| half-wit |
one who is mentally retarded or deficient. [2 definitions] |
| halibut |
any of several large, edible flatfishes found in the northern Atlantic or Pacific. |
| halide |
a chemical compound consisting of a halogen and one other element or group. |
| halite |
a mineral composed of sodium chloride; rock salt. |
| halitosis |
foul-smelling breath. |