English words: middle leg to midneck

300 English words, part 87 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 15 have a page of their own.

English words middle leg to midneck

middle leg noun /ˈmɪdəl ˈlɛɡ/: one of a leg in an arthropod that has three pairs thereof (e.g. butterflies, bees)
Middle Low Franconian noun: A language, successor to Old Low Franconian and ancestor to the modern Dutch language, spoken from about 1150 to about 1500.
Middle Low Saxon noun: A language or collection of dialects that descended from Old Saxon and is the ancestor of modern Low Saxon, spoken from about 1100 to 1600.
middle man noun: Alternative spelling of middleman.
middle management noun: In a large organization, the group of managers or administrators who occupy positions in the company hierarchy which, generally, are above the level of...
middle manager noun: In a large organization, a manager or administrator who occupies a position in the organizational hierarchy which is above the level of a front-line...
middle marker noun: A type of marker beacon placed to indicate the missed approach point of a Category I ILS or IGS approach (typically the point at which the glideslope...
middle-market adjective: Catering to readers who seek entertainment as well as news coverage.
middle meningeal artery noun: A branch of the first portion of the maxillary artery that is the largest artery supplying the dura mater, enters the cranium through the foramen spinosum,...
middle mile noun: The segment of a telecommunications network linking an operator's core network to the local network plant.
middle name noun: A name between the first given name and the family name or surname; a second or subsequent given name.
middle-nameless adjective: Without a middle name.
middle note noun: The characteristic parts of a perfume that emerge only after a waiting period.
middle of nowhere noun: A very remote or secluded area; a nondescript place lacking population, interesting things, or defining characteristics.
middle of the market noun: The market for airliners whose specification falls between narrowbody and widebody.
middle of the road adjective, noun: Having a centrist attitude or philosophy; not extreme, especially politically.
middle-of-the-roader noun: Alternative spelling of middleoftheroader.
middle-of-the-roadism noun: The practice of adopting a centrist attitude.
middle-of-the-roadness noun: The quality of being middle-of-the-road.
middle office noun: A team of employees working in a financial services institution.
middle order noun: The batsmen who bat in positions 5 to 7; often the poorer batsmen, the wicket-keeper and the bowlers who can bat best.
middle pair noun: A pair consisting of one hole card and a community card that is neither the highest-ranking (top pair) or the lowest-ranking (bottom pair).
middle part noun: Synonym of center part.
middle passage noun: A middle way, especially between two extremes; an intermediate path in space or time.
middle path noun: Synonym of middle way.
middle phalange noun: Any of the phalanx bones in the middle of the fingers or toes; intermediate phalange
middle phalanx noun: Any of the phalanx bones in the middle of the fingers or toes; intermediate phalanx
middle pharyngeal constrictor noun: A fan-shaped muscle of the pharynx that arises from the ceratohyal and thyrohyal of the hyoid bone and from the stylohyoid ligament, inserts into the median...
middle point noun: The Ancient Greek punctuation mark ⸳, sitting between the height of the period and the height of the high point, used for a short pause.
middle position noun: The position of players between the early and the late position positions, such as: MP1, MP2, MP3.
middle power noun: A sovereign state that is not a great power nor a superpower, but still has moderate influence and international recognition.
middle-range adjective: Synonym of mid-range
middle reaches noun: The middle portion of something.
middle rib noun: A cut of beef between the chuck rib and fore ribs.
middle-road adjective: middle of the road
middle-roader noun: Synonym of middleoftheroader.
middle scalene muscle noun: A muscle arising from the transverse processes of the lower six cervical vertebrae, inserting on the upper surface of the first rib, and functioning to bend...
middle school noun: A school which crosses the traditional divide between primary school and secondary school.
middle schooler noun: A student in a middle school.
middle-sized adjective: Of a medium size
middle splitter noun: Synonym of middlebuster.
middle spotted woodpecker noun: Any member of the species Dendrocoptes medius of a medium-sized woodpecker.
middle stump noun: the stump in the middle of the batsman's wicket
middle temporal artery noun: A branch of the superficial temporal artery that arises just above the zygomatic arch, sends branches to the temporalis muscle, and anastomoses with a deep...
middle term noun: The term of a syllogism that appears in both the major premise and the minor premise, but not in the conclusion.
middle tilde noun: A tilde that runs through a character halfway up instead of being placed above it.
middle toe noun: The third digit of the foot.
middle verb noun: A verb which expresses an action when used transitively and a state when used intransitively.
middle voice noun: A voice that is neither active nor passive, because the subject of the verb cannot be unambiguously categorized as either agent or patient, having elements...
middle watch noun: Aboard a ship, a watch from midnight to 4 a.m.
middle watcher noun: One who is engaged in a middle watch.
middle way noun: The middle of three paths.
Middle White noun: A domestic pig of a British breed originating in Yorkshire, and derived from the Large White and the now-extinct Small White.
middle youth noun: A period in life where one can no longer be described as young, but does not (wish to) consider oneself middle-aged.
middleage adjective: Alternative form of middle-age.
middleaged adjective: Alternative spelling of middle-aged.
middleagism noun /mɪdl̩ˈeɪd͡ʒɪzm/: Synonym of medievalism (“medieval styles of art”).
middleborn adjective, noun: Born as the middle child to a parent or family.
Middleboro proper noun: A community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Middleborough proper noun: A town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
middlebox noun: A device in the Internet that provides transport policy enforcement, such as a firewall.
middlebrain noun: Synonym of midbrain
middlebreaker noun: Synonym of middlebuster.
Middlebrook proper noun: A surname.
middlebrow adjective, noun: Neither highbrow or lowbrow, but somewhere in between.
middlebrowed adjective: Synonym of middlebrow.
middlebrowism noun: Middlebrow attitudes generally; the quality of being middlebrow.
Middleburg proper noun: A census-designated place in Clay County, Florida, United States.
middleburster noun: Alternative form of middlebuster.
Middlebury proper noun: A town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
middlebuster noun: A type of plough with two mouldboards, which throws earth out to either side.
middleclass adjective, noun: Alternative form of middle class.
middleclick verb: Alternative form of middle-click.
middled adjective, verb: Having a specified kind of middle.
Middlefield proper noun: A community in the Regional Municipality of Queens, Nova Scotia.
middlegame noun: The period in a game between the opening and endgame.
Middleham proper noun: A small town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Richmondshire district (OS grid ref SE1287).
middleless adjective: Lacking a middle.
middleman noun, verb [ˈmɪdɫ̩ˌmæn]: An intermediary, agent between two (or more) parties.
middlemanism noun: The practice of using a middleman or intermediary.
middlemanship noun: The role or status of a middleman.
Middlemarch proper noun /ˈmɪdəlˌmɑːt͡ʃ/: A small town in Otago, New Zealand.
Middlemas proper noun: A surname of Scottish origin.
middlemast noun: The mast between the mainmast and mizzenmast on a ship having five or more masts.
Middlemiss proper noun: A surname.
middleness noun: The quality of being middle, or in the middle.
middleoftheroader noun: A person with middle-of-the-road attitudes or tastes
middleperson noun: An intermediate dealer of any gender; a middleman or middlewoman.
Middleport proper noun: A village mostly in the town of Royalton, Niagara County, New York.
middler noun: One of a middle or intermediate class in some schools and seminaries.
Middlesbrough proper noun /ˈmɪdəlzbɹə/: A town, unitary authority, and borough in North Yorkshire, England, situated on the River Tees.
middlescence noun: The period or condition of middle age, especially as a time of transition comparable to adolescence.
middlescent noun: A middle-aged person who acts more like an adolescent.
middleschool noun: Alternative form of middle school.
middleschooler noun: Alternative form of middle schooler.
Middlesex proper noun /ˈmɪdl̩.sɛks/: A former inland county of England, partly absorbed into the erstwhile County of London in 1889; finally abolished in 1965 and absorbed mainly into Greater...
middlesole noun: Synonym of midsole.
middlesome adjective, adverb: Characterised or marked by moderation; tending toward the middle; intermediate; middling; average
middlespace noun /ˈmɪd.l̩speɪs/: The state of mind entered by one age regressing to an adolescent age.
middlestream adjective: Neither upstream nor downstream, but between them; in midstream.
Middleton proper noun /ˈmɪ.dəl.tən/: A rural locality and civil parish (without a council) in Westmorland and Furness district, Cumbria, previously in South Lakeland district, the locality also...
middletone noun: Synonym of midtone.
Middletonian adjective /ˌmɪdəlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/: Of or relating to Thomas Middleton (1580–1627), English Jacobean playwright and poet.
Middletown proper noun: A census-designated place in Lake County, California.
middleward adverb: Toward the middle.
middlewards adverb: Towards the middle.
middleware noun: Software that functions at an intermediate layer between applications and operating system or database management system, or between client and server.
middleway adverb, noun: Alternative form of middle way (“course or policy between extremes”).
middleweight noun: A weight class in professional boxing between light middleweight or welterweight and super middleweight or cruiserweight; a similar division in wrestling...
middleweight spaceship noun: A particular orthogonal spaceship in Conway's Game of Life, and the second smallest such example.
Middlewich proper noun /ˈmɪdəlwɪt͡ʃ/: A town and civil parish with a town council in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England. (OS grid ref SJ7066).
middlewise adverb: In or towards the middle.
middlewoman noun: The female equivalent of a middleman; a female intermediary.
Middlewood proper noun: A small village in North Hill parish, Cornwall (OS grid ref SX2775).
middling adjective, adverb, noun /ˈmɪdlɪŋ/: Of intermediate or average size, position, or quality; mediocre.
middling sort noun: The middle class, especially in 18th-century Britain.
middlingish adjective: Somewhat middling.
middlingly adverb: In a middling manner; averagely, moderately.
middlingness noun: Quality of being middling.
middlings noun /ˈmɪdlɪŋz/: Commodities that are of intermediate price, quality, or size.
middlish adjective: Somewhat in the middle.
middorsal adjective: In the middle of a dorsal region
middorsally adverb: In a middorsal manner or direction
middorsum noun: The middle of the dorsum.
middot noun: Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
Middx proper noun: Abbreviation of Middlesex.
middy noun: A midshipman.
middy blouse noun: A blouse with a sailor collar, as worn by women and children.
Midean adjective, noun: A person from the ancient city of Midea.
midear noun /mɪˈdɪə/: A familiar term of address.
Mideast proper noun /mɪdˈiːst/: Synonym of Middle East.
Mideastern adjective: Middle Eastern
Mideasterner noun: A Middle Easterner.
midecamycin noun: A macrolide antibiotic.
mideighties noun: The middle years of the 1980s.
midembryogenesis noun: The middle stage of embryonic development.
midengine adjective: Of a design in which the engine of an automobile is placed between the rear and front axles
midengined adjective: Having the engine between the rear and front axles (in a motor vehicle).
midepidemic adjective: In the middle of an epidemic
midepigastric adjective: Of, relating to, or located in the middle of the epigastric region of the abdomen.
midesophageal adjective: In the middle of the esophagus
midevening noun: The middle of the evening.
midexpiratory adjective: midway during expiration
midexponential adjective: In the middle of an exponential growth phase
midface noun: The middle portion of the face.
midfacial adjective: in the middle of the face
midfall noun: Alternative form of mid-fall.
midfeather noun: A vertical water space in a firebox or combustion chamber within a steam boiler.
midfemoral adjective: Located at the middle of the femur
midfiction noun: A style of postmodern fiction lying between realism and metafiction.
midfictional adjective: Relating to midfiction.
midfield noun /ˈmɪd.fiːld/: The portion of a team which typically plays centrally, between the attack (or forwards) and the defence (or backs).
midfield anchor noun: Synonym of defensive midfielder.
midfielder noun: A player who operates behind the attackers and in front of the defence.
midfielding noun: The act of playing as a midfielder.
midflame adjective: At half the height of a flame.
midflank noun: The middle region of a flank.
midflight adjective, adverb, noun: Occurring in the middle portion of a flight.
midfloor adjective, adverb: In the middle of a floor.
midflow noun: A point in time during flow or fluency.
midfollicular adjective: In the middle of a follicle.
midfoot adjective: In the middle of one's foot; between the heel and the toes
midforceps noun: An obstetrical method for delivery of a baby using a forceps when the head is already engaged and the station is above +2 cm (or, formerly, when the head is...
Midford proper noun: A village in Bath and North East Somerset district, Somerset, and partly in Wiltshire, England, and split between the civil parishes of Southstoke, Hinton...
midforehead adjective: In the middle of the forehead.
midforenoon noun: midmorning
midframe adjective, noun: The central part of a frame.
midfrequency adjective, noun: At, or having, a frequency that is not particularly high or low.
midfront noun: The middle of the front of something.
midfrontal adjective: In the middle of a frontal area
midfrontally adverb: In a midfrontal manner or direction
midgait noun: The middle part of a person's gait.
midgame adjective, adverb, noun: The middle part of a game, between the opening and the endgame.
midgap noun: The middle of a gap.
Midgard proper noun /ˈmɪd.ɡɑɹd/: The Earth of traditional Germanic cosmology, conceived as a middle realm between heaven (Asgard) and hell (Helheim); the abode of human beings, between...
Midgardian adjective, noun /mɪdˈɡɑɹ.dɪ.ən/: an inhabitant of Midgard
midgastrulation noun: The middle phase of gastrulation
midgate noun: A panel or door, forming the rear of the cab of a truck, separating it from the truckbed, that can be removed or folded away to expand the length of the...
midge noun /mɪd͡ʒ/: Any of various small two-winged flies, for example, from the family Chironomidae or non-biting midges, the family Chaoboridae or phantom midges, and the...
midge grass noun: Holcus lanatus; velvetgrass
midge net noun: A net worn around the head and face to keep off insects.
midgeling noun: A small or immature midge.
midgen noun /ˈmɪ.dʒɪn/: The fat surrounding the entrails of an animal; suet.
midgeproof adjective: Resistant to midges.
midgestation noun: The middle period of gestation
midgestational adjective: During gestation.
midgestationally adverb: In a midgestational manner
midgesture noun: The middle of a gesture.
midget noun /ˈmɪd͡ʒɪt/: A very small thing; especially one which is conspicuously smaller than expected or by comparison.
midget car noun: A race car in a particular class, below sprint car, of open-wheel closed-cockpit racing. One of the lowest levels of national competition.
midget cell noun: A kind of retinal ganglion cell that originates in the ganglion cell layer of the retina, and projects to the parvocellular layers of the lateral geniculate...
midget-esque adjective: Resembling a midget.
midget golf noun: Miniature golf.
midget-porn noun: Pornography featuring dwarves and/or other participants of very short statures.
midget submarine noun: Synonym of submersible (“a very small baby submarine designed for specific localized missions, usually while tethered to a submarine or ship for life...
midget tossing noun: Synonym of dwarf tossing.
midgetism noun: The state of being a midget.
midgetlike adjective: Like a midget; dwarfish.
midgetly adjective: Midgetlike.
midgetness noun: The quality or state of being a midget.
Midgette proper noun: A surname.
midgety adjective: Having the characteristics of a midget; (by extension) small or insignificant.
midgey adjective, noun /ˈmɪd͡ʒi/: Swarming with midges.
midgie noun /ˈmɪd͡ʒi/: Synonym of midge (“small biting fly”).
Midgley proper noun /ˈmɪd͡ʒli/: A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0326).
midglide noun: A point in time during a glide.
midgrade adjective: Of a medium grade; not premium or low-grade
midgrass noun: Grass that is neither particularly short or tall.
midground noun: The point between foreground and background in an image
midgut noun: The central loop of the alimentary canal of an embryo between the foregut and the hindgut, in humans and some other animals.
midgy noun /ˈmɪd͡ʒi/: Synonym of midge (“small biting fly”).
midharvest noun: A point in time during the harvest.
midhead adjective, noun: The middle part of the head.
midheaven noun: The intersection of the ecliptic and meridian above the horizon
midheel noun: The middle of the heel.
midheight adjective: Of medium height; neither high nor low
midhinge noun: A measure of location of a batch or sample equal to the average of the first and third quartiles. Equivalently, it is the 25% trimmed mid-range.
midholiday adjective: Pertaining to, or taking place during, the middle part of a holiday or festive period.
midhour noun: The middle part of the day or night.
Midhurst proper noun: A market town and civil parish with a town council in Chichester district, West Sussex, England (OS grid ref SU8821).
midhusband noun: masculine equivalent of midwife: A male midwife.
midi adjective, noun /ˈmɪdi/: A computerized music file in the MIDI format.
Midian proper noun: A biblical location in northwest Arabia.
Midianite noun: A member of an ancient northern Arabian people.
Midianitish adjective: Of the Midianites.
midibus noun: A single-decker bus, generally smaller than a traditional bus but larger than a minibus.
mididress noun: A dress whose skirt reaches to just below the knee
midinette noun /ˌmɪdɪˈnɛt/: A female salesperson, a shopgirl, especially in Paris.
midinfrared adjective: Within the infrared portion of the spectrum.
midinterval noun: The midpoint of an interval
midinterview noun: A point in time during an interview.
midiprep noun: midipreparation
Midir proper noun: The son of the Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann who fell in love with Étaín, receiving Aengus's help to make her his new bride.
midiron noun: Alternative form of mid-iron.
midiskirt noun /ˈmɪdiskəːt/: A skirt with a hemline at mid-calf.
midjejunum noun: The middle of the jejunum
midjourney adverb: During a journey.
midjugular adjective: In the middle of the jugulum.
midjump noun: The midpoint of a jump.
midkey adjective: Alternative form of mid-key.
Midkiff proper noun /ˈmɪdkɪf/: A surname.
midkiln noun: Alternative form of mid-kiln.
midkine noun: A basic heparin-binding growth factor of low molecular weight
midknee noun: A height (for skirts etc.) around the middle of the knee.
midlactation noun: The middle period of lactation (typically of a cow)
midland adjective, noun: The region of a country not near the borders; the interior.
Midlander noun: A native or inhabitant of the English Midlands.
midlateral adjective: In the middle of a lateral area
midlaterally adverb: In a midlateral manner or direction
midlatitude adjective, noun: Any latitude roughly half way between the equator and a pole.
midlayer noun: A middle layer.
midleap adverb, noun: During a leap.
midleg adjective, noun: In the middle of the leg.
midlength adjective: Neither (too) short nor (too) long.
Midlenting noun: The tradition of visiting one's mother on Mid-Lent Sunday.
MIDlet noun: An application that uses the Mobile Information Device Profile of the Connected Limited Device Configuration for the embedded Java environment.
Midleton proper noun /ˈmɪdl̩tən/: A town in County Cork, Ireland (Irish grid ref W 8773).
midlevel adjective: Alternative form of mid-level.
midlick noun: The midpoint of the action of licking.
midlife adjective, noun /ˈmɪdlaɪf/: Occurring in the middle point of one's life, usually considered about 45.
midlife crisis noun: Alternative form of mid-life crisis.
midlifer noun: One whose age is midlife.
midlight noun, verb: A moment or aspect neither favorable or unfavorable; a neutral happening or incident.
midline adjective, noun: The medial line (or plane) of the body, which divides the body into halves that are mirror-images of each other.
midlingual adjective: In the middle of the tongue
midlist adjective: Unlikely to be more than modestly successful.
midlittoral adjective: In the middle part of a seashore.
midlobe noun: The middle part of a lobe
midlogarithmic adjective: Describing the middle of the logarithmic growth phase of bacteria etc
midlong adjective /mɪdˈlɒŋ/: Moderately long.
Midlothian proper noun /mɪdˈloðiən/: A former county of Scotland, which became a district in Lothian Region in 1975.
midlumbar adjective: In the middle of the lower back
midlung noun: The nexus of an individual lung
midluteal adjective: In the middle of the corpus luteum
midmain noun: The middle part of the sea.
midmajor noun: A college not affiliated with a conference that is one of the primary partners in the College Football Playoff
midman noun: A male midwife.
midmanagement noun: middle management
midmandibular adjective: In the middle of the mandible.
midmarket adjective, adverb, noun: Alternative form of mid-market.
midmarriage adjective: During a period of marriage.
midmatch adjective, adverb: During a match.
midmeal adjective, noun: Occurring in the middle of a meal
midmeeting noun: The middle of (or any time during) a meeting.
midmembraneous adjective: Relating to the middle of a membrane
midmetacarpal adjective: In the middle of the metacarpus
midmodiolar adjective: In the middle of a modiolus
midmonth adjective, noun /ˈmɪdmʌnθ/: Occurring in the middle of a month, neither at the beginning nor the end
midmonthly adjective: Occurring midmonth.
midmorn noun: Synonym of midmorning.
midmorning noun: The middle of the morning.
midmotion noun: A point in time during motion.
midmountain adjective: Amid mountains; in a mountainous region.
midmovement noun: A point in time during a movement.
midmovie adjective, adverb: During a movie or a showing of a movie.
midmyocardial adjective: Relating to the midmyocardium
midmyocardium noun: The middle of the myocardium
Midn. noun: Abbreviation of midshipman.
Midnapore proper noun: A large city and municipality of West Bengal, India; the headquarters of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal, India.
midneck adjective, noun: The middle part of the neck.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under M: 47,683 words, in 159 parts.