Word Finder - halves

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One of two usually roughly equal parts into which anything may be divided, or considered as divided.

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I ate the slightly smaller half of the apple.

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Half of a standard measure; frequently used for half a pint of beer or cider.

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(preceded by “a” or a number) The fraction obtained by dividing 1 by 2.

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Three-quarters minus a quarter is a half.

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Part; side; behalf.

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Any of the three terms at Eton College, for Michaelmas, Lent, and summer.

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A half sibling.

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A child ticket.

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To reduce to half the original amount.

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To divide into two halves.

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To make up half of.

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To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.

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In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.

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to halve a hole or a match

The mouth is very narrow, and the halves of the under-jaw are not distensible.

Its two halves have each a negative and a positive scene.

Each valve is formed by the halves of contiguous carpels.

Make the umbrella shape by cutting a round cake in half and stacking the two halves on top of each other.

The pulley is in halves to facilitate fixing, and when in place the sections C are joined by plates E, bolted or riveted to the rim.

Just like last week's game, missed free throws proved costly in both halves of the match.

Usually these have a heart that is divided into halves.

In the primitive Phyllopoda the ventral chain retains the ladder-like arrangement found in some Annelids and lower worms, the two halves being widely separated and the pairs of ganglia connected together across the middle line by double transverse commissures.

The skull has a remarkably narrow and pointed muzzle and much inflated auditory bullae; while the two halves of the lower jaw are firmly welded together at their junction, thus effectually preventing the scissor-like action of the lower incisors distinctive of Macropus and its immediate allies.

In the higher groups the two halves of the chain are more or less closely approximated and coalesced, and, in addition, a concentration of the ganglia in a longitudinal direction takes place, leading ultimately, in many cases, to the formation of an unsegmented ganglionic mass representing the whole of the ventral chain.

Wooden pulleys are generally made in two halves, bolted together at the rim and nave, and are provided with wooden spokes dovetailed into the rim and secured by keys.

The series of halves 2 in the one case, and of thirds in the I O I other, are entirely different series of 2 fractional numbers, but we can corn ‚ 0 0 pare them by putting each in its proper position in relation to the series of sixths.

The old national levy of the fyrd was made somewhat more serviceable by an ordinance which divided it into two halves, one of which must take the field when the other was dismissed.

The now waning group of Perissodactyla would appear to have originally been a northern one, as all the three existing families, rhinoceroses (Rhinocerotidae), tapirs (Tapiridae), and horses (Equidae), are well represented in the Tertiaries of both halves of the northern hemisphere.

There was no native coinage, the French 5-franc piece or dollar being the standard, and all sums under that amount were obtained by cutting up those coins into all shapes and sizes, which were weighed with small weights and scales into halves, quarters, eighths, twelfths and twenty-fourths of a dollar, and even reckoned down to the seven hundred and twentieth fraction of the same amount.

Sandwich the two hazelnut meringue halves together with this and place on a serving plate dust with icing sugar.

Two halves of an arched girder roadway support, bolted together with fishplates.

Each pot is sectioned into two halves; the top flips open to reveal a cream eye color, while the bottom contains shimmery loose powder.

The halves are in constant motion as they flow and meld into one another.

The field is divided into two parts that for most positions of the analyser have different intensities, and the setting is effected by turning the analyser until both halves are equally dark.

The eye must be focussed on the edge of the plate, and the two halves of the field will only be equally dark when the principal plane of the plate is parallel to the primitive plane of polarization.

The sensitiveness of the instrument depends upon the exactness of the sensitive tint, when the colour of the two halves of the field are the same, and this is liable to be upset by absorption in the substance under investigation.

If one cuts out by a diaphragm in the back focal plane of the objective all diffraction spectra except the principal maximum, one sees in the image a field divided into two halves, which show with different clearness, but no banding.

It has been suggested that the incoordination of nervous action under the influence of Indian hemp may be due to independent and non-concerted action on the part of the two halves of the cerebrum.

Mesohippus and Miohippus are connected with the earliest and most primitive mammal which it is possible to include in the family Equidae by means of Epihippus of the Uinta or Upper Eocene of North America, and Pachynolophus, or Orohippus, of the Middle and Lower Eocene of both halves of the northern hemisphere.

The hackneyed old football cliché "a game of two halves," was proved correct yet again.

In this way, when the two halves are reunited a perfectly cylindrical form is guaranteed.

Rather like a good dame of football, this album is a tale of two halves.

With other center halves injured or young, Lennie Lawrence opted to give a league debut to Fan Zhiyi.

Put 5 tbsp vinegar in a shallow dish just wide enough to fit 4 breast halves.

Place the chicken on a wooden board and serve it at the table, with the sweetcorn guacamole and roasted lemon halves.

His proposal for an auction house consists of a building in two halves, separated by the river Thames.

The kits are suitable for a typical return landing and include newels, newel bases and newel caps also supplied as halves.

As the repair panels for the inner sill come in two halves I decided to do the front half first.

The bar frame of the wind chest was made in two halves, with a vertical slider between the two halves of the chest.

Turn the halves by sliding a spatula under the pear, from the stem side.

Most Referees like to keep their Assistant Referees patrolling the same touchline in both halves of the game.

The evil tycoon Koga Shuko is obsessed with finding both halves of the Double Dragon a talisman which will give him awesome mystical powers.

By dividing a line into two halves the working speed will be dependent upon the KR of the longest half, and as both K and R are directly proportional to the length of the line, the KR product for the half of a circuit is but one quarter that of the whole length of the circuit, and the retardation is correspondingly small.

This surface is divided into two parallel halves by a short insulating space on which the arm normally rests, so that two separate conducting surfaces are provided, with either one of which the arm will make contact in its excursions in one direction or the other from the central position, the direction and duration of contact being governed by the motion of the suspended coil.

The tergites, or chitinized dorsal halves of the body rings, are fused to form a " prosomatic carapace," or carapace of the prosoma, in both Limulus and Scorpio (see figs, 7 and 8).

For he applied himself to manufacture wares having a close affinity with the shocking monstrosities used for sepulchral purposes in ancient Apulia, where fragments of dissected satyrs, busts of nymphs or halves of horses were considered graceful excrescences for the adornment of an amphora or a pithos.

Those I send you I value in quires at 6 shillings, to take my money as they are sold, or at 5sh' for ready, or else at some short time; for I am satisfied there is no dealing in books without interesting the booksellers; and I am contented to let them go halves with me, rather than have your excellent work smothered by their combinations.

The catechetic course, which formerly preceded the complete rite, now intervenes between its two halves; and the sponsors who formerly attested the worthiness of the candidate and received him up as anadochi out of the font, have become god-parents, who take the baptismal vows vicariously for infants who cannot answer for themselves.

A lot of the originals have their bottom halves missing when they are found, but this is rectified when they are recast.

Use two 9 X 13 cakes for the base, and then create a headboard on one side by cutting a round cake in half and 'gluing' these two halves on one end of the 9 X 13 cakes with frosting.

A wedding gift should be something that both halves of the couple can use and that both will appreciate.

The tang should run the full length of the handle and should be visible as a metal line between the two handle halves.

You may only toast two pieces of bread or two halves of a bagel at once.

If you find that the colors that are complementary to your eye color are not so great with your skin tone, you can look at the wheel in two halves.