| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| fungus with a brown cap and white gills and a membranous ring halfway up the stalk |
Armillaria caligata
,
booted armillaria
|
| meet halfway |
bargain
,
compromise
,
deal
,
middle
,
settlement
|
| boot reaching halfway up to the knee |
buskin
,
combat boot
,
desert boot
,
half boot
,
top boot
|
| short vacation about halfway through a school term |
half-term
|
| chain of coral and volcanic islands in Micronesia (including Guam and the Northern Marianas) halfway between New Guinea and Japan; discovered by Magellan in 1521 |
Ladrone Islands
,
Mariana Islands
,
Marianas
|
| arises from the sacral plexus and passes about halfway down the thigh where it divides into the common peroneal and tibial nerves |
nervus ischiadicus
,
sciatic nerve
|
| level of the ocean's surface (especially that halfway between mean high and low tide); used as a standard in reckoning land elevation or sea depth |
sea level
|
