8-letter words starting with hal
- halachah — Halakhah.
- halachic — Of or pertaining to halacha (Jewish law).
- halafian — of or belonging to the Neolithic culture chiefly of northern Syria, dating to the fifth millennium b.c. and characterized by adobe dwellings and polychrome pottery decorated with animal designs and geometric patterns.
- halakhah — (often lowercase) the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions.
- halakhic — (often lowercase) the entire body of Jewish law and tradition comprising the laws of the Bible, the oral law as transcribed in the legal portion of the Talmud, and subsequent legal codes amending or modifying traditional precepts to conform to contemporary conditions.
- halakoth — Halakhah.
- halation — a blurred effect around the edges of highlight areas in a photographic image caused by reflection and scattering of light through the emulsion from the back surface of the film support or plate.
- halazone — a white crystalline powder, C 7 H 5 Cl 2 NO 4 S, having a strong chlorinelike odor, used to disinfect water.
- halberds — Plural form of halberd.
- halcyone — a third-magnitude star in the constellation Taurus: brightest star in the Pleiades.
- halcyons — Plural form of halcyon.
- haleness — free from disease or infirmity; robust; vigorous: hale and hearty men in the prime of life.
- half cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half one — 30 minutes after one o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock, etc
- half pay — half one's regular pay.
- half-cup — half of a cup, equal to 4 fluid ounces (0.1 liter) or 8 tablespoons.
- half-cut — to penetrate with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument or object: He cut his finger.
- half-day — the interval of light between two successive nights; the time between sunrise and sunset: Since there was no artificial illumination, all activities had to be carried on during the day.
- half-lie — something that a person says or writes that they know to be partly untrue
- half-mad — mentally disturbed; deranged; insane; demented.
- half-pie — poorly planned or conceived
- half-raw — (of meat) only partially cooked
- half-rod — a unit of length equal to 2.75 yards or 8.25 feet (2.52 meters).
- half-wit — a person who is feeble-minded.
- halfback — Football. one of two backs who typically line up on each side of the fullback. the position played by such a back.
- halfbeak — any of several marine fishes of the family Hemiramphidae, having a greatly elongated lower jaw.
- halfcock — The position when the cock of a gun as at the first notch.
- halflife — Alternative spelling of half-life.
- halfling — (in fiction and fantasy) a member of a race of small people.
- halfmoon — the moon when, at either quadrature, half its disk is illuminated.
- halfness — The quality of being half; incompleteness.
- halfpace — (archaic, architecture) A platform of a staircase where the stair turns back in exactly the reverse direction of the lower flight.
- halfpipe — Alternative form of half-pipe.
- halftime — the period indicating completion of half the time allowed for an activity, as for a football or basketball game or an examination.
- halftone — Also called middle-tone. (in painting, drawing, graphics, photography, etc.) a value intermediate between light and dark.
- halfwits — Plural form of halfwit.
- halfword — (computing) An area of storage one half the size of the word in a particular system; usually two bytes.
- halibuts — Plural form of halibut.
- halidome — a holy place, as a church or sanctuary.
- halitous — relating to a mist or emission
- halliard — any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use.
- halligan — A tool, used mostly by firemen, to pry open buildings, manholes, wrecked cars, etc.
- hallmark — an official mark or stamp indicating a standard of purity, used in marking gold and silver articles assayed by the Goldsmiths' Company of London; plate mark.
- hallooed — Simple past tense and past participle of halloo.
- halloumi — a salty cheese originating in Cyprus and made from sheep’s or goat’s milk: often grilled or fried because it melts very slowly.
- hallowed — regarded as holy; venerated; sacred: Hallowed be Thy name; the hallowed saints; our hallowed political institutions.
- hallucal — of or relating to the hallux.
- halluces — the first or innermost digit of the foot of humans and other primates or of the hind foot of other mammals; great toe; big toe.
- hallways — Plural form of hallway.
- halmstad — a seaport in SW Sweden.
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