Vocabulary : Half-tone to Halidom

Half-tone : An intermediate or middle tone in a painting, engraving, photograph, etc.; a middle tint, neither very dark nor very light. ;; A half-tone photo-engraving. ;; A half step. ;; Having, consisting of, or pertaining to, half tones; ;; pertaining to or designating plates, processes, or the pictures made by them, in which gradation of tone in the photograph is reproduced by a graduated system of dotted and checkered spots, usually nearly invisible to the unaided eye, produced by the interposition between the camera and the object of a screen. The name alludes to the fact that this process was the first that was practically successful in reproducing the half tones of the photograph.
Half-tounue : A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
Halfway : In the middle; at half the distance; imperfectly; partially; as, he halfway yielded. ;; Equally distant from the extremes; situated at an intermediate point; midway.
Half-wit : A foolish; a dolt; a blockhead; a dunce.
Half-witted : Weak in intellect; silly.

Half-yearly : Two in a year; semiannual. -- adv. Twice in a year; semiannually.
Halibut : 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.
Halichondriae : An order of sponges, having simple siliceous spicules and keratose fibers; -- called also Keratosilicoidea.
Halicore : Same as Dugong.
Halidom : Holiness; sanctity; sacred oath; sacred things; sanctuary; -- used chiefly in oaths. ;; Holy doom; the Last Day.

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