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- English Word Halfbeak Definition Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.
- English Word Halfcock Definition To set the cock of (a firearm) at the first notch.
- English Word Halfcocked Definition of Halfcock
- English Word Halfcocking Definition of Halfcock
- English Word Halfen Definition Wanting half its due qualities.
- English Word Halfendeal Definition Half; by the part.
- English Word Halfendeal Definition A half part.
- English Word Halfer Definition One who possesses or gives half only; one who shares.
- English Word Halfer Definition A male fallow deer gelded.
- English Word Halfness Definition The quality of being half; incompleteness.
- English Word Halfpace Definition A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight. See Quarterpace.
- English Word Halfway Definition In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded.
- English Word Halfway Definition Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.
- English Word Halibut Definition A large, northern, marine flatfish (Hippoglossus vulgaris), of the family Pleuronectidae. It often grows very large, weighing more than three hundred pounds. It is an important food fish.
- English Word Halichondriae Definition An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.
- English Word Halicore Definition Same as Dugong.
- English Word Halidom Definition Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths.
- English Word Halidom Definition Holy doom; the Last Day.
- English Word Halieutics Definition A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.
- English Word Haling Definition of Hale
- English Word Haliographer Definition One who writes about or describes the sea.
- English Word Haliography Definition Description of the sea; the science that treats of the sea.
- English Word Haliotis Definition A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.
- English Word Haliotoid Definition Like or pertaining to the genus Haliotis; ear-shaped.
- English Word Halisauria Definition The Enaliosauria.
- English Word Halite Definition Native salt; sodium chloride.
- English Word Halituous Definition Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.
- English Word Halk Definition A nook; a corner.
- English Word Hall Definition A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.
- English Word Hall Definition The chief room in a castle or manor house, and in early times the only public room, serving as the place of gathering for the lord's family with the retainers and servants, also for cooking and eating. It was often contrasted with the bower, which was the private or sleeping apartment.