9-letter words starting with ha
- half-boot — a boot reaching about halfway to the knee.
- half-butt — a snooker cue longer than an ordinary cue, usually used with a long rest
- half-cell — a single electrode, generally a metal, immersed in a container filled with an electrolyte, and having a specific electrical potential for a given combination of electrode and electrolyte.
- half-clad — partially dressed
- half-cock — to set the hammer of (a firearm) at half cock.
- half-dead — no longer living; deprived of life: dead people; dead flowers; dead animals.
- half-deaf — partially or wholly lacking or deprived of the sense of hearing; unable to hear.
- half-deck — a deck on an old ship of war that is situated below the upper deck and extends aft from the mainmast
- half-done — past participle of do1 .
- half-fill — to fill (a vessel, place, etc) so that it holds or contains half its capacity
- half-full — (of a vessel, place, etc) holding or containing half its capacity
- half-hose — socks
- half-hour — a period of 30 minutes.
- half-inch — a half of an inch, equal to 1/24 of a foot (1.27 centimeters).
- half-jack — a flat pocket-sized bottle of alcohol
- half-life — Physics. the time required for one half the atoms of a given amount of a radioactive substance to disintegrate.
- half-line — ray1 (def 7b).
- half-long — (of a speech sound) of intermediate length; neither short nor fully long.
- half-mast — a position approximately halfway between the top of a mast, staff, etc., and its base.
- half-mile — a half of a mile (0.8 kilometer).
- half-moon — the ship in which Henry Hudson made his voyage to explore America in 1609.
- half-note — a note equivalent in time value to one half of a whole note; minim.
- half-open — (of a file) having a pawn or pawns of only one colour on it
- half-oval — having the general form, shape, or outline of an egg; egg-shaped.
- half-pace — a small stage on which something stands
- half-peck — a unit of dry measure equal to 4 quarts (4.4 liters).
- half-pike — spontoon.
- half-pint — half of a pint, equal to 8 fluid ounces (1 cup) or 16 tablespoons (0.2 liter).
- half-pipe — a half-moon-shaped chute or ramp used by snowboarders and skateboarders to provide a takeoff for a jump.
- half-shut — partially closed
- half-size — any size in women's garments designated by a fractional number from 12½ through 24½, designed for a short-waisted, full figure.
- half-slip — a woman's skirtlike undergarment, usually of a straight or slightly flared shape and having a narrow elasticized waistband.
- half-sole — to repair or renew (a shoe) by putting on a new half sole.
- half-step — Music. semitone.
- half-term — Half-term is a short holiday in the middle of a school term.
- half-tide — the state or time of the tide when halfway between high water and low water.
- half-time — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- half-turn — a 180-degree turn; a direct reversal of direction or orientation, as from front to back or left to right.
- half-used — previously used or owned; secondhand: a used car.
- half-year — a period of 6 months
- halfbacks — Plural form of halfback.
- halfbeaks — Plural form of halfbeak.
- halfpence — Plural form of halfpenny.
- halfpenny — a bronze coin of the United Kingdom, equal to half a penny: use phased out in 1984.
- halfpipes — Plural form of halfpipe.
- halftimes — Plural form of halftime.
- halftones — Plural form of halftone.
- halftrack — an army truck, armored vehicle, etc. with tractor treads in the rear, but with a pair of wheels in front
- halieutic — Of or pertaining to fishing.
- halitosis — a condition of having offensive-smelling breath; bad breath.