Middle School Vocabulary
114,351 words and 1,048 expressions at the middle school level.
Abbreviation of Bath and North East Somerset, a unitary authority in South West England.
Abbreviation of Bangladesh.
simple past and past participle of b'f
present participle and gerund of b'f
Abbreviation of Birmingham.
plural of b'hoy
Pronunciation spelling of balloon.
Abbreviation of Bangalore.
Pronunciation spelling of below.
Abbreviation of Bengaluru.
Clipping of Broadway.
Abbreviation of Bollywood.
Censored spelling of bugger.
Censored spelling of bitch.
Censored spelling of bitch.
plural of B-29
plural of B-52
Alternative letter-case form of B-boy.
plural of B-boy
Alternative spelling of B cell (especially when used in attributive position)
Alternative form of bday.
plural of B-day
The default configuration of DNA in cells, right-hand twisting double helix with a significant size difference between major groove and minor groove, and approximately 10 base pairs per twist.
simple past and past participle of bf
present participle and gerund of bf
Alternative spelling of B-flat.
Alternative letter-case form of B-girl.
Clipping of bunny hop.
third-person singular simple present indicative of b-hop
Abbreviation of Brighton-le-Sands, the pre-1970 spelling of Brighton-Le-Sands. A suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, on the coast of Botany Bay.
An informal list of people in any of several categories (but especially in the entertainment industry) who are admired, desirable or bankable, but not as much as the people on the A-list.
brightness mode: a common kind of two-dimensional ultrasound image
Initialism of biological, nuclear / radiological, incendiary, chemical, and explosive agents, used to remember the types of hazmat emergencies.
A B-pillar.
The second piece of film or audio or video tape in a situation (as editing or broadcasting) where multiple inputs are used.
Alternative form of B roll.
An ultrasonographic diagnostic test used to produce a two-dimensional, cross-sectional view of the eye and the orbit.
The reverse side of a cassette tape or a phonograph record, especially a vinyl single, often containing songs not considered for airplay.
An indexed data structure suitable for storage of a large number of items in a balanced fashion, with very few disk accesses required for locating the correct record block.
A locomotive with an engine, generator, and traction motors, but without a control cab.
Any of various vulgar words beginning with the letter B, particularly bitch and bastard.
plural of B.A.
plural of B.A.
Alternative form of BAS.
Bachelor of Accounting (or of Accountancy).
Bachelor of Accountancy.
Bachelor of Business Administration.
Abbreviation of Board of Contract Appeals.
Alternative form of BCE.
Abbreviation of bass clarinet.
Abbreviation of bass drum.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering.
Alternative spelling of BEF.
Bachelor of Education.
Bachelor of Arts in English.
Initialism of Bachelor of Fine Arts.
Abbreviation of Board of Immigration Appeals.
Twice a day
Bachelor of information technology.
Bachelor of Library Science.
Bachelor of Library Science.
Initialism of Bachelor of Laws
Initialism of Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering.
Initialism of bachelor of mathematics.
plural of B.O.
Alternative form of BPh.
Abbreviation of Board of Tax Appeals.
Alternative form of BVM.
simple past and past participle of b/f
present participle and gerund of b/f
Initialism of business-to-business-to-consumer.
plural of b3tan
present participle and gerund of b8
Alternative spelling of Baʿal.
plural of Ba'al; alternative form of Baʿals
Alternative form of Baath.
Alternative form of Baath.
Alternative spelling of Baathi.
A barangay of Calbayog, Samar, Philippines.
Alternative spelling of baba (baby talk), especially in the sense of baby bottle
A Taiwanese snack food consisting of a circular translucent dough filled with a savory stuffing and served with a sweet and savory sauce.
Elongated form of bad.
A surname.
plural of Baack
A surname.
A surname from German.
A surname from German.
plural of Baade
simple past and past participle of baa
The bleating of a sheep.
Of or relating to the god Baal.
plural of Baal.
plural of baal
Acronym of British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons
A residential island of Haa Alifu, Maldives.
A municipality and town in Utrecht province, Netherlands.
plural of Baar
plural of baas
The Arab Socialist Baath Party, a secular Arab socialist political party present in several countries in the Middle East, most prominently Iraq and Syria.
Of or pertaining to the Baath party.
A kind of hard unleavened bread eaten in parts of India.
plural of baati
A surname from German.
A fruit tree, related to the papaya and native to mountainous areas of Ecuador, Vasconcellea × heilbornii
Alternative form of babassu.
A barangay of Dagohoy, Bohol, Philippines.
Any of several cultivated species of grass in the genus Pennisetum.
A surname.
plural of Babar
plural of baba
bush rum
A small town in Tanzania.
Any of four species of passerine birds within the genus Pterorhinus in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae.
simple past and past participle of bab
A baby.
Alternative spelling of babby.
Resembling babbles.
A surname.
A diminutive of the female given name Barbara.
A medicinal plant (Psoralea corylifolia) native to India and other parts of Asia, whose seeds contain bioactive compounds like bavachin and psoralen.
A Polish grandmother.
Archaic form of Bábí.
Alternative spelling of Babine.
plural of Babee
Pronunciation spelling of baby.
plural of babeh
The city and tower in the land of Shinar where the confusion of languages took place, according to the Bible.
plural of babel
A surname.
plural of Baber
Finery of a kind to please a child.
plural of babe
Synonym of Bhumihar.
A surname from Polish.
Obsolete form of baboon.
A surname.
A surname.
plural of Babic
simple past and past participle of baby
comparative form of baby: more baby
plural of baby
To encourage another to behave like a baby; to infantilize.
In a babyish manner; childishly.
A surname.
A sparkling alcoholic drink from Zaire, made from avocado leaves.
A surname.
plural of Babin
Archaic form of baboon.
Initialism of batting average on balls in play.
plural of BABIP
plural of Babi
Like a babe; childish; babyish.
Alternative form of Bábism.
Alternative form of Bábist.
Synonym of Bábí.
A Central and Eastern European coffee cake flavored with orange rind, rum, almonds, and raisins; or with some single flavoring, e.g. chocolate, lemon, etc.
plural of babka
The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
The Asturian language.
A surname from German.
The Boa people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
A Bantu language of the Republic of Congo.
Dated form of babu.
Alternative form of babul.
plural of baboo
A surname.
Alternative form of Baboa.
A tree native to South Asia, Vachellia nilotica subsp. indica, formerly Acacia nilotica subsp. indica.
A surname from Polish.
plural of babul
A tribe of the Central Congo.
plural of babu
A Formosan language of the Babuza and Taokas indigenous peoples of Taiwan, related to or perhaps descended from Favorlang.
Alternative form of Baboa.
A surname.
A surname.
Alternative form of babify.
plural of Baby
A commune of Oise department, Hauts-de-France, in northern France.
A surname.
A surname from Kapampangan
plural of Baca
A village in Navajo County, Arizona, United States.
A representation of the vocal sound made by a chicken at the end of a series of clucks. Usually used in conjunction with either buck or cluck.
A surname.
Tobacco.
A surname from Italian.
plural of Bacci
A mischievous little male spirit in Caribbean folklore.
plural of bacc
bacterial artificial chromosome DNA
plural of bace
A dancing boy in parts of Central Asia.
A leaf-cutter ant.
A barangay of the municipality of Leyte, province of Leyte, Philippines.
A surname.
plural of bacha
A surname.
simple past and past participle of bach
A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
A surname.
plural of bach
Bachok (a district of Kelantan, Malaysia).
third-person singular simple present indicative of bach
Synonym of Maralbexi: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
A yeshiva student
A surname.
Alternative form of Bakis.
A commune of Cluj County, Romania.
Back in its adverbial senses.
Of or involving a person's back (rather than the front or side).
A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
A strenuous and exhausting task, typically involving physical effort.
Cheeky or impertinent responses, especially to criticism.
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible.
A courtyard behind a housing block or tenement building.
A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage.
A surname.
simple past and past participle of back
A shallow wooden trough for carrying ashes, coals, etc.
Synonym of outfield.
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object is to move all of one's pieces around, and bear them off the board.
A briefing or document typically provided prior to a meeting or other event that gives basic details on subjects that are likely to be mentioned.
With the back of the hand.
A suddenly reversed or backward motion, such as of a rope or elastic band when it snaps under tension.
Having no back, especially where one would be expected, as with a chair or a dress.
Alternative spelling of bacne.
To pedal backwards on a bicycle.
A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
Alternative form of buckra.
Especially, one that is only accessible to a privileged few and can be used as an inconspicuous meeting place, where secrecy, anonymity, and even crooked dealings may occur.
plural of back
One who makes a show of liking another person with profuse or excessive displays of camaraderie, such as vigorous hand clasping, back-slapping, hearty words of greeting, etc.
simple past and past participle of backslide
Spin applied to a ball in order to slow it, change its flight, or stop it when it lands.
To attack someone (especially verbally) unfairly in a deceitful, underhand, or treacherous manner, especially when they're not present in the place or situation that it happens.
A traitor or hypocrite, such as a co-worker or friend assumed trustworthy but who figuratively attacks when one's back is turned.
A staircase at the rear of a building or one normally only used by servants and tradesmen.
To serve as backstop for.
Associated with neighborhoods on back streets, often in older neighborhoods, with poorer residents.
Synonym of back straight (“straight part of a racetrack, running track, etc., opposite the finishing line”).
The preparatory stroke preceding that which produces contact with the target. Normally associated with sports using an implement such as a bat, club, racket or stick.
Alternative spelling of backsie (taking back a statement).
The act of backtracking.
A reserve or substitute.
A surname from Middle English.
A backward flow of water, as from oars, a propeller, breaking waves, etc.
Partly or wholly uncleared forest, especially in North America.
Alternative spelling of baccy.
A fish corral
A barangay of Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
A shuttle vector that can be propagated in both E. coli and insect cells.
A barangay of San Carlos, Pangasinan, Philippines.
Alternative spelling of Bacavi (Hopi village in Arizona)
A municipality of Negros Occidental, Philippines.
plural of bacon
Resembling bacon, especially in flavor
Alternative form of baccoo.
A city in Cavite, Philippines.
plural of bacoo
Any of the genus Bacopa of aquatic plants, the water hyssops.
A surname from French.
A surname from French.
plural of Bacot
Alternative form of bacRNA.
A barangay of Bangui, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Abbreviation of bacteria.
Initialism of British Amusement Catering Trade Association.
plural of bacterium
Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
A type of siderophore produced by certain bacteria, such as those in the genus Rhodococcus.
A small village and civil parish (served by Abbeydore and Bacton Group Parish Council) in south-west Herefordshire (OS grid ref SO3732).
A municipality of Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
plural of baculum
Alternative form of bascule.
plural of baculus
A town in Rossendale borough, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD8623).
A surname from Cebuano.
The capital and largest city of Bacău County, Romania.
A Dravidian language spoken primarily in the Nilgri Hills of southern India.
A rhinoceros.
plural of badak
A surname.
plural of Badal
An almond.
A city in North Karnataka
plural of badam
A person given to idle observation of everything, with wonder or astonishment; a credulous or gossipy idler.
A surname from Arabic.
Alternative spelling of bad boy.
A village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire, England, previously in Daventry district (OS grid ref SP5658).
The acknowledgement of a departure involving such negative emotions.
A surname.
simple past and past participle of bad
To become or make bad (all senses).
A surname from French.
A former margravate, electorate, grand duchy, and republic, originally centered in the above town (later in Karlsruhe).
A surname.
second-person singular simple past indicative of bid
Wearing a badge
plural of badge
A windcatcher.
A surname.
Alternative form of badchen.
A surname.
Star anise.
plural of Badia
A surname.
plural of Badie
A short, decorated switch or rod, carried by the fashionable in the 18th and 19th centuries.
A dialect of Ladin spoken in Val Badia and in Mareo
The Cape Verdean Crioulo language spoken on Santiago Island of Cape Verde. It belongs to the Sotavento branch of Crioulo.
A locality in the Snowy Monaro council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Alternative spelling of Bajau.
Archaic form of baju.
Archaic form of baju.
Dated form of baju.
plural of badju
Alternative form of badchen.
An indigenous carryforward system used on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
plural of badla
Misspelling of badly.
In a bad manner.
A violence-prone man who has had run-ins with the law; especially one from the Old West days of U.S. history.
plural of badman
A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
A bad or wicked person.
A municipality of Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
A surname.
A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.
plural of Badon
A surname.
A village and civil parish (served by Badsey and Aldington Parish Council) in Wychavon district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SP0743).
A surname.
plural of Badua
A draw poker game in which the goal is to make the lowest possible four-card hand, with no pairs and cards of all four different suits.
An ancient Chinese board game, today also popular in Japan and Korea, played with 181 black stones and 180 white ones, typically on a board of 19 × 19 squares.
plural of badun
A surname.
plural of Bady
A surname.
plural of Baehr
present participle and gerund of bae
Alternative form of Paektu.
An ancient kingdom in modern Korea, one of the Three Kingdoms, existing from 18 BCE to 660 CE; at its maximum covering most of modern western South Korea.
plural of Baek
A surname.
plural of Baele
plural of bael
A surname.
plural of Baena
Any of the extinct turtles in the family Baenidae.
A surname from Spanish.
A barangay of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
Describing a region of southern Spain, the mountain range that dominates it, and the language spoken there
Any member of the family Baetidae of mayflies.
A meteorite or similar-looking rough stone thought to be of divine origin and worshipped as sacred.
A surname.
plural of Baeza
plural of Baez
Either species of Polyprion, the wreckfishes.
plural of BAFC
simple past and past participle of baff
Alternative form of baffy.
An English surname.
To confuse or perplex (someone) completely; to bewilder, to confound, to puzzle.
present participle and gerund of baffle
Obsolete form of baffle
third-person singular simple present indicative of baff
Obsolete form of baffle
An obsolete wooden golf club with high loft.
A Bantu language spoken in Cameroon.
A river that runs through Guinea and Mali.
A kind of Indian baked doughball, often served with dal.
A mask sculpture, similar in purpose to an Oscar, awarded for excellence in film, television, etc.
Alternative form of bafta (“type of fabric”).
Alternative form of bafta (“fabric”).
plural of BAFTA
plural of baft
The Eastern Grassfields language spoken in Cameroon.
A municipality of Bataan, Philippines.
A Breton band composed of bagpipes, bombards, and drums.
plural of bagad
A town in the Mandalay Region, Myanmar, formerly known as Pagan
The class of warrior-leaders of various Lumad ethnic groups of the island of Mindanao, Philippines.
Alternative form of bagasse.
A barangay of Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.
A man or boy employed to put clients' purchases (e.g. groceries) into bags at the checkout line of a store.
A village and civil parish in Hambleton district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4680).
plural of Bagby
Dated spelling of Baghdad: the capital city of Iraq.
Obsolete form of Baghdad.
A particular Bhil tribe of India.
plural of bagel
Synonym of Baghchi: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
A comarca in central Catalonia, Spain.
A municipality of Cagayan, Philippines.
simple past and past participle of bag
One who bags.
A salmon that has just spawned.
Alternative spelling of bags (“lay dibs”).
A village in Kotkhai tehsil, Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Alternative form of Vaghela (“member of a certain Rajput clan”).
Alternative form of baggala.
plural of bagh
A turnip.
plural of bagie
plural of bagi
The practice of wearing a bag over one's body so as to conceal one's physical attributes and force listeners to focus on one's message instead.
A member of a Bantu tribe inhabiting Elgon
A large village in Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7592).
Synonym of bagle hound.
plural of bagle
The nipple.
A surname.
A surname from Italian.
A two-masted trading boat.
plural of baglo
plural of bagman
A surname.
Crispy pork belly.
A brothel.
A locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A hamlet in Speen parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU4569).
One of the largest subgroups of the Manobo peoples.
A barangay of Sablan, Benguet, Philippines.
A goat of a British breed having a white body with black head and neck.
plural of Bagot
singular of bagpipes
The plant Sesbania vesicaria.
A town, the capital of the district of Bagram, Parwan Province, Afghanistan; the former capital of the Kushan Empire and the Kingdom of Kapisa.
Any of various types of catfish, located along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas.
plural of bagre
An Indo-Aryan language spoken in Rajasthan and Punjab in India and Pakistan.
Any in the family Bagridae of naked catfishes.
A barangay of Paranas, Samar, Philippines.
A surname.
simple past and past participle of bags
third-person singular simple present indicative of bags
The eight trigrams used in Daoist cosmology.
An annular moulding or group of mouldings dividing a long shaft or clustered column into two or more parts.
plural of bague
Alternative form of baguette.
An independent city within Benguet in Cordillera Administrative Region, Philippines.
A barangay of Dingras, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
Alternative form of bag wig.
An imaginary heraldic animal, like an antelope but with the tail of a horse and two curved horns.
Alternative form of Baháʼ, clipping of Baháʼu'lláh.
Alternative form of Baháʼí.
Alternative form of bajada.
Alternative form of Baháʼí.
plural of Bahai
A surname, especially common among Louisiana Creoles.
Of or relating to the Bahamas.
plural of Baham
A surname.
A barangay of Libmanan, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
A weight used in the 18th and 19th century in the Middle East and the East Indies, of no single standard but rather of varying sizes sometimes termed little bahars and great bahars.
plural of bahar
A town in Jempol district, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
A barangay of Libmanan, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
A transliteration of the Belarusian male given name Багда́н (Bahdán).
Synonym of Hema (“ethnic group of Nilotic origin”).
A surname.
A large deciduous tree of species Terminalia bellirica.
plural of Bahe
A state of the Northeast Region, Brazil. Capital: Salvador.
Of or relating to Bahia (state of Brazil).
A barangay of the city of Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines.
Synonym of Hema (“ethnic group of Nilotic origin”).
A classification of sea inlet; a depression in the land flooded by the sea during the Holocene transgression and connected to the sea by a narrow passage.
A surname from German.
The Gamilaraay/Yuwaalaraay personification of the Moon.
plural of Bahl
A river in Iași County, Romania.
The eleventh solar month of the Persian calendar.
plural of Bahm
A village in Pârgărești, Bacău County, Romania.
A people in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
A commune of Mureș County, Romania.
A surname from German.
A barangay of La Trinidad, Benguet, Philippines.
Alternative form of bahu.
plural of bahoo
A surname.
Abbreviation of Bahrain.
Alternative form of Bahrām.
A surname from Arabic.
plural of Bahri
Verethragna; The Zoroastrian concept of “victory over resistance” and, as the hypostasis of victory, one of the principal figures in the Zoroastrian pantheon of yazatas.
plural of baht
Alternative form of bochur.
plural of bahu
A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portmanteau.
plural of bahut
Synonym of Hutu (“African ethnic group”).
Alternative form of Baháʼ, clipping of Baháʼu'lláh.
Alternative form of Baháʼí.