extending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back)

a bottle containing half the usual amount

a promised or claimed share of loot or money

a lengthwise crack in wood

an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

an old Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea

a dessert of sliced fruit and ice cream covered with whipped cream and cherries and nuts

(tenpin bowling) a divided formation of pins left standing after the first bowl

an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

division of a group into opposing factions

separate into parts or portions

separate or cut with a tool, such as a sharp instrument

discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

go one's own way; move apart

come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

having been divided; having the unity destroyed

(especially of wood) cut or ripped longitudinally with the grain

a boxing decision in which the judges are not unanimous

a decrease in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

(football) an offensive end who lines up at a distance from the other linemen

an infinitive with an adverb between `to' and the verb (e.g., `to boldly go')

a relatively rare dissociative disorder in which the usual integrity of the personality breaks down and two or more independent personalities emerge

a rail that is split from a log

a print run of a newspaper during which some articles or advertisements are changed to produce a different edition

a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat)

a working shift divided into two periods of time with several hours in between

a ballot cast by a voter who votes for candidates from more than one party

an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a corporation without changing the shareholders' equity

get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage

separate into parts or portions

discontinue an association or relation; go different ways

become separated into pieces or fragments

brain surgery on animals in which the corpus callosum (and sometimes the optic chiasm) is severed so that communication between the cerebral hemispheres is interrupted

a correlation coefficient calculated between scores on two halves of a test; taken as an indication of the reliability of the test

dried hulled pea; used in soup

made of stock and split peas with onions carrots and celery

a handsaw for cutting with the grain of the wood

separation or breakup or divorce

a worker who splits fish and removes the backbone

a taxonomist who classifies organisms into many groups on the basis of relatively minor characteristics

a laborer who splits logs to build split-rail fences

resembling a sound of violent tearing as of something ripped apart or lightning splitting a tree

greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm