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81halfies — /haf eez, hah feez, hav eez, hah veez/, n.pl. Informal. halves. [HALF + IE + S3] * * * …
82half-inch — /haf inch , hahf /, n. a half of an inch, equal to 1/24 of a foot (1.27 centimeters). [1810 20] * * * …
83half-lap joint — /haf lap , hahf / a joint between two timbers halved together so that a flush surface results. * * * …
84half-length — /haf lengkth , length , lenth , hahf /, n. 1. something that is only half a full length or height, esp. a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands. adj. 2. of half the complete length or height. [1690 1700] * * * …
85half-life — /haf luyf , hahf /, n., pl. half lives / luyvz /. 1. Physics. the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate. 2. Pharm. the time required for the activity of a substance taken into the body… …
86half-light — /haf luyt , hahf /, n. light that is about half its customary brightness, or that is partially dimmed or obscured: the half light of early dawn; a room in half light. [1615 25] * * * …
87half-line — /haf luyn , hahf /, n. Math. ray (def. 7b). [1910 15] * * * …
88half-liter — /haf lee teuhr, hahf /, n. a unit of capacity equal to 500 cubic centimeters. [1920 25] * * * …
89half-long — /haf lawng , long , hahf /, adj. Phonet. (of a speech sound) of intermediate length; neither short nor fully long. * * * …
90half-mast — /haf mast , hahf mahst /, n. 1. a position approximately halfway between the top of a mast, staff, etc., and its base. v.t. 2. to place (a flag) at half mast, as a mark of respect for the dead or as a signal of distress. [1620 30] * * * …
