half blood

one of siblings who have only one parent in common ;

half boot

a boot reaching halfway up to the knee ;

half brother

a son of your stepparent by a former marriage ;

half cross stitch

a single cross stitch at a diagonal ;

half crown

an English coin worth half a crown ;

half dollar

a United States coin worth half of a dollar ;

half door

an exterior door divided in two horizontally; either half can be closed or open independently ;

half eagle

a former gold coin in United States worth 5 dollars ;

half gainer

a dive in which the diver throws the feet forward and up to complete a half backward somersault and enters the water facing the diving board ;

half hatchet

a hatchet with a broad blade on one end and a hammer head of the other ;

half hitch

a knot used to fasten a rope temporarily to an object; usually tied double ;

half life

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) ;

half mask

a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes ;

half mile

a unit of length equal to half of 1 mile ;

half nelson

a wrestling hold in which the holder puts an arm under the opponent's arm and exerts press on the back of the neck ;

half note

a musical note having the time value of half a whole note ;

half page

something that covers (the top or bottom) half of a page ;

half pound

8 ounces ;

half rest

a musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time ;

half sister

a sister who has only one parent in common with you ;

half snipe

a small short-billed Old World snipe ;

half sole

shoe sole extending from the shank to the toe ;

half step

the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument ;

half title

a first page of some books displaying only the title of the book ;

half track

a track that goes around only rear wheels ; a motor vehicle propelled by half tracks; frequently used by the military ;

half volley

a tennis return made by hitting the ball immediately after it bounces ;

halfback

the position of a back on a football team ; (football) the running back who plays the offensive halfback position ;

halfbeak

tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw ;

halfpenny

an English coin worth half a penny ;

halfpennyworth

the amount that can be bought for a halfpenny ;

halftime

an intermission between the first and second half of a game ;

halftone

an engraving used to reproduce an illustration ; a print obtained from photoengraving ;

halftone engraving

an engraving used to reproduce an illustration ;

haliaeetus

a genus of Accipitridae ;

haliaeetus leucocephalus

a large eagle of North America that has a white head and dark wings and body ;

haliaeetus leucorhyphus

of southeast Europe and central Asia ;

haliaeetus pelagicus

found on coasts of the northwestern Pacific ;

haliatus albicilla

bulky greyish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail; of Europe and Greenland ;

halibut

marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes ; lean flesh of very large flatfish of Atlantic or Pacific ;

halibut-liver oil

a fatty oil from halibut livers that is used as a source of vitamin A ;