| ajar1 |
partly opened. |
| alcove |
a partly enclosed area of a room. |
| basement |
the space in a building that is underground or partly underground. |
| bay1 |
a part of a sea or lake that cuts into a coastline and is partly surrounded by land. |
| boathouse |
a small building or shed built near or partly over the water's edge and used to store boats. |
| bronco |
a wild or partly tamed horse or pony of the western United States. |
| castanet |
one of a pair of wooden or ivory instruments that are partly hollowed out. They are held in the hand and clicked together to the rhythms of Spanish dance music. |
| cinder |
a small piece of partly burned wood or coal that can continue to burn but without a flame. |
| color-blind |
partly or completely unable to see color or a difference between colors. [1/2 definitions] |
| draw straws |
to choose one person from several by having each choose a partly covered straw, with the shortest straw indicating the chosen person. |
| gulf |
a large area of ocean partly surrounded by land. [1/3 definitions] |
| humus |
a material that is made up of partly decayed leaves and plants. Humus adds nutrients to soil and helps it hold water. |
| Lake Victoria |
a very large lake in Africa, located partly in Kenya and partly in Tanzania and Uganda. |
| part |
in part; partly. [1/13 definitions] |
| partially |
partly; not completely. |
| partly |
When the sun is partly hidden by a cloud, it means that some of the sun is hidden but not all of it. If you are partly to blame for something, you deserve some of the blame for it but not all of it. |
| Punjab |
a region of Asia that is located partly in Pakistan and partly in northwestern India (usu. preceded by "the"). |
| Punjabi |
a major language of the world originating in the Punjab, a region of Asia that is partly in Pakistan and partly in northern India. Punjabi is the main language spoken in Pakistan and one of the major languages spoken in India. [1/2 definitions] |
| sea |
a smaller body of salt water, completely or partly surrounded by land. [1/4 definitions] |
| slush |
snow that is partly melted. |
| snicker |
to laugh in a sly and partly restrained way. [1/2 definitions] |