English Words: H

23,837 words · Page 26 of 477

half-dollarnoun

A coin worth one half of a dollar, typically 50 cents.

half-doneadj

Semicompleted.

half-doornoun

Synonym of Dutch door, a stable door, especially when the top half is open.

half-eaglenoun

Alternative form of half eagle.

half-elfnoun

A person who is half elven and half human by birth.

half-elvenadj

Of half or partial elf heritage or descent

half-embracenoun

A partial hug.

half-expectverb

Almost to expect; to think that something may happen, without being entirely sure.

half-facedadj

Showing only part of the face; wretched-looking.

half-filledadj

Holding or containing only half of its capacity.

half-finishedadj

Only partially completed, being more or less at the halfway stage.

half-forgottenadj

Not completely forgotten.

half-freeadj

Halfway or partially free.

half-fuckadj

Half-assed; done without care or seriousness.

half-grownadj

Not fully grown or matured; roughly halfway through its growth cycle.

half-haltnoun

A specific riding aid given by an equestrian to their horse, in which the driving aids and restraining aids are applied in quick succession, used as a warning signal or to rebalance the horse.

half-hardyadj

Of a plant: requiring protection against frost.

half-heartednessnoun

Alternative form of halfheartedness.

half-holidaynoun

Half of a working or school day set aside for recreation on a special occasion.

half-hournoun

A period of time equal to thirty minutes, half an hour.

half-hourlongadj

which lasts half an hour, or approximately so.

half-hourlyadj

Once every half-hour, every 30 minutes.

half-humannoun

Any hybrid of a human and some other creature.

half-hunternoun

A pocket watch of the hunter style, but with a glass panel or hole in the centre of the lid, giving a view of the hands even when the watch is closed.

half-identicaladj

Synonym of semi-identical.

half-inchverb

To pinch, to steal.

half-integraladj

Having a value that is half of an odd integer

half-islandnoun

A piece of land which is "halfway" an island; a byland; peninsula.

half-jacketnoun

A short coat or jacket.

half-jokinglyadv

With an element of jest, but fundamentally in earnest.

half-lengthnoun

Half the length of a horse.

half-lifenoun

The time required for half the nuclei in a sample of an isotope to undergo radioactive decay.

half-lightnoun

The soft, greyish light characteristic of dawn or dusk.

half-longadj

Between a short vowel and a long vowel in length.

half-marathonnoun

Alternative form of half marathon.

half-marathonernoun

Someone who runs a half marathon.

half-marrownoun

Either of a pair of young boys employed as putters, pushing wagons in the mine, and dividing their earnings.

half-mastnoun

The lowered position, half the height of a mast, at which a flag is flown when mourning, especially expressing respect for the deceased.

half-measurenoun

An inadequate or incomplete solution to a problem.

half-metallicadj

Made half of a metal and half of some other material.

half-milenoun

Half of a statute mile, a measurement of 880 yards, or 2,640 feet, or 804.672 metres.

half-monthlyadv

Occurring twice per month.

half-moonnoun

The moon in its first or last quarter when only half the visible face is illuminated; a quarter moon.

half-nakedadv

With very few clothes on; revealing lots of one's body.

half-night standnoun

A single sexual encounter between two individuals, lasting for less than an entire night, where at least one of the partners has no immediate intention or expectation of establishing a longer-term sexual or romantic relationship.

half-opnoun

An IRC channel operator with limited privileges, unable for example to promote other users to operator status.

half-openadj

partially open; ajar

half-pantnoun

Shorts.

half-past-sixadj

Careless; shoddy.

half-pikenoun

A short pike, sometimes carried by officers of infantry, sometimes used in boarding ships; a spontoon

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The English alphabetical index for the letter H contains 23,837 headwords drawn from our Wiktionary-derived dictionary table. At 50 entries per page the browse splits into 477 pages, and you are currently viewing page 26. Every row above is a dictionary-backed entry with a canonical slug, and each links through to a full definition page with pronunciation, senses, etymology, and related-word data where available.

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