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Paramere :: Paramere (n.) One of the symmetrical halves of any one of the radii, or spheromeres, of a radiate animal, as a starfish..

Desmidian :: Desmidian (n.) A microscopic plant of the family Desmidiae, a group of unicellular algae in which the species have a greenish color, and the cells generally appear as if they consisted of two coalescing halves..

Frame :: Frame (v. t.) To construct by fitting and uniting the several parts of the skeleton of any structure; specifically, in woodwork, to put together by cutting parts of one member to fit parts of another. See Dovetail, Halve, v. t., Miter, Tenon, Tooth, Tusk, Scarf, and Splice..

Metayage :: Metayage (n.) A system of farming on halves.

Compote :: Compote (n.) A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears..

Saurognathous :: Saurognathous (a.) Having the bones of the palate arranged as in saurians, the vomer consisting of two lateral halves, as in the woodpeckers (Pici)..

Halve :: Halve (v. t.) To divide into two equal parts; as, to halve an apple; to be or form half of..

Halved :: Halved (imp. & p. p.) of Halv.

Tops-and-bottoms :: Tops-and-bottoms (n. pl.) Small rolls of dough, baked, cut in halves, and then browned in an oven, -- used as food for infants..

Halves :: Halves (pl. ) of Hal.

Side :: Side (n.) One of the halves of the body, of an animals or man, on either side of the mesial plane; or that which pertains to such a half; as, a side of beef; a side of sole leather..

Meson :: Meson (n.) The mesial plane dividing the body of an animal into similar right and left halves. The line in which it meets the dorsal surface has been called the dorsimeson, and the corresponding ventral edge the ventrimeson..

Eudipleura :: Eudipleura (n. pl.) The fundamental forms of organic life, that are composed of two equal and symmetrical halves..

Median :: Median (a.) Situated in the middle; lying in a plane dividing a bilateral animal into right and left halves; -- said of unpaired organs and parts; as, median coverts..

Nettles :: Nettles (n. pl.) The halves of yarns in the unlaid end of a rope twisted for pointing or grafting.

Half :: Half (v. t.) To halve. [Obs.] See Halve.

Halved :: Halved (a.) Appearing as if one side, or one half, were cut away; dimidiate..

Halve :: Halve (n.) A half.

Halves :: Halves (n.) pl. of Half.

Inch :: Inch (n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, commonly subdivided into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc., as among mechanics. It was also formerly divided into twelve parts, called lines, and originally into three parts, called barleycorns, its length supposed to have been determined from three grains of barley placed end to end lengthwise. It is also sometimes called a prime ('), composed of twelve seconds (''), as in the duodecimal system of arithmetic..

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