| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| half of an hour |
30 minutes
,
half-hour
|
| unit of length equal to half of 1 mile |
880 yards
,
half mile
|
| (elections) more than half of the votes |
absolute majority
,
majority
|
| musical time signature indicating two or four half notes to a measure |
alla breve
|
| sculptural relief in which forms extend out from the background to at least half their depth |
alto relievo
,
alto rilievo
,
high relief
|
| (geometry) the angle formed by the x-axis and a given line (measured counterclockwise from the positive half of the x-axis) |
angle of inclination
,
inclination
|
| half-moon |
arch
,
crescent
,
curve
,
semilunar
|
| (chemistry) the ratio of the atomic mass of an element to half the atomic mass of carbon |
atomic weight
,
relative atomic mass
|
| upper chamber of each half of the heart |
atrium cordis
,
atrium of the heart
|
| family of languages widely spoken in the southern half of the African continent |
Bantoid language
,
Bantu
|
| (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m. |
bell
,
ship's bell
|
| half-hardy Mexican herb cultivated for its drooping terminal umbels of showy red-and-white flowers |
Bessera elegans
,
coral drops
|
| epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe |
Black Death
,
Black Plague
|
| North American shrew with tail less than half its body length |
Blarina brevicauda
,
short-tailed shrew
|
| second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat |
bottom
,
bottom of the inning
|
| half-caste offspring of parents of different races (especially of white and American Indian parents) |
breed
,
half-breed
|
| small wild or half-domesticated Eurasian plum bearing small ovoid fruit in clusters |
bullace
,
Prunus insititia
|
| greek mythological creature that is half man and half horse |
centaur
|
| (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse |
centaur
|
| half-man, half-horse |
centaur
|
