Middle School Vocabulary
114,351 words and 1,048 expressions at the middle school level.
Abbreviation of Chandigarh.
Alternative form of c'mon.
Deltistes luxatus, the Lost River sucker
plural of c**t; censored spelling of cunts
plural of c*ck
plural of c*nt
Alternative form of C++er.
One who uses the C++ programming language.
plural of C++er
plural of C-17
plural of C-47
Acronym of cytoplasmic anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody.
Alternative letter-case form of C-bomb.
a sign that indicates where middle C is on the staff with the center of the sign being middle C.
A circlip.
One of the many possible double helical conformations of DNA, induced to take this form in particular conditions such as relatively low humidity and the presence of certain ions.
A tone one semitone lower than a C, denoted C♭.
A sound hole, shaped like a lower-case c, through the top surface of a string instrument.
Abbreviation of commander in chief.
An informal list of people in any of several categories, but especially in the entertainment industry, with lesser fame than the B-list, sometimes interpreted as an "easy-to-remember" but "hard-to-name" character actor.
Alternative form of cee-lo.
plural of C-man
Chinese pop music influenced by western genres.
A C-pillar.
Initialism of complex post-traumatic stress disorder.
plural of C-rat
A census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States.
plural of C-sec
Initialism of Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network.
The cervix, especially as an erogenous zone during penetration.
Initialism of counter unmanned air system.
The word cunt, regarded as vulgar and a swear word.
Alternative form of CBD.
Alternative form of CBN.
Abbreviation of contrabassoon.
plural of C.D.
Alternative spelling of CEF.
Alternative form of CFR.
plural of c.g.
Alternative form of CIA; Central Intelligence Agency.
Initialism of companion of the Order of the Indian Empire
Abbreviation of Court of Military Appeals.
Abbreviation of Court of Military Review.
Alternative form of COD.
Initialism of center of gravity.
Alternative form of CSI.
Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance
An object-oriented programming language, resembling Java in some respects, developed by Microsoft Corporation as part of their .NET Framework initiative.
Obsolete spelling of can't.
Initialism of carbohydrate antigen 19-9, a tumor marker for colon and pancreatic cancer also found in non-malignant conditions.
Alternative spelling of Kaaba.
Initialism of Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association.
Alternative spelling of Canaan.
A hallucinogen, obtained from the South American vine, Banisteriopsis caapi, used medicinally by the indigenous peoples of the Amazon.
Initialism of Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.
A surname.
plural of cabal
A grain measure equal to 3.47 cubic feet, used in the Philippine Islands.
The tripod, pylon, or struts usually at the centre-section of a biplane or high-winged monoplane.
plural of caban
A flat workbasket, reticule, or handbag, usually used by women.
A percussion instrument constructed with loops of steel ball chain wrapped around a wooden cylinder, fixed to a long handle, and producing a metallic rattling sound when shaken or twisted.
A long Muslim cotton over-gown.
simple past and past participle of cab
A horse that draws a cab.
Obsolete spelling of cabin.
A fictional hybrid of a cat and a rabbit.
Alternative form of cabbie (“taxi driver”).
A surname.
plural of caber
plural of Cabe
A surname from Spanish.
Abbreviation of Carlsberg A/S.
Obsolete spelling of capybara.
A municipality of Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
plural of cabin
Alternative form of Cabeiri.
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
Containing cabled
Someone who cables, who puts together or fixes cables.
plural of cable
A slender or small cable.
plural of cabman
Obsolete form of kebab.
plural of cabob
A Scottish cream cheese rolled in toasted pinhead oatmeal, dating from the fifteenth century.
A barangay of Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines.
Laterite.
Obsolete form of Kabul.
Alternative form of kibosh Only used in put the cabosh on.
A surname from French.
Alternative spelling of cabré.
Archaic form of cabri (“pronghorn”).
plural of cabre
A pronghorn.
Obsolete form of cabri (“pronghorn”).
plural of cabri
Dated form of cabrée (“pronghorn antelope”).
A surname.
Rearing; forcené.
The pronghorn antelope.
A place where taxis wait for passengers; a taxi rank.
Obsolete form of Kabul.
Mount Caburn.
A barangay of Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines.
A surname from Italian.
Alternative form of Chachana
A tree, Theobroma cacao, whose seed is used to make chocolate.
plural of cacao
plural of caca
plural of cace
A commune in Val-de-Marne department, Île-de-France, France.
A district of Assam, India.
simple past and past participle of cache
A surname.
One who caches.
plural of cache
One of the main rivers of Guinea-Bissau
A surname.
plural of Cacho
A sweet eaten to sweeten the breath.
A Latin-American baroque dance form found mainly in Peru.
A commune of Suceava County, Romania.
A Turkish dish made from yoghurt, salt, olive oil, crushed garlic, chopped cucumber, and mint.
plural of cacik
simple past and past participle of cack
A surname.
Resembling or characterised by cackling.
third-person singular simple present indicative of cack
Misspelling of khaki.
bad, defective
A bean-like seed of a tropical vine (Entada rheedei), used as a hallucinogen and in traditional medicine, and made into jewelry.
plural of cactus
Relating to cactus/cacti.
The extinct language of the Calchaquí people.
Acronym of computer-augmented design and manufacturing.
plural of Cada
Alternative spelling of CAD/CAM.
A surname.
A suburban area in Bishopbriggs, East Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS6172).
Any arachnid in the family Caddidae.
Synonym of cadet (“a gentleman (often a younger son from a noble family) who joined the military without a commission as a career”).
The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
A member of a confederacy of several southeastern Native American tribes, who inhabited much of what is now East Texas, western Louisiana and portions of southern Arkansas and Oklahoma in the 16th century.
A ghost town in Bent County, Colorado, United States.
plural of Caddo
A jackdaw.
Car of the cdr of the cdr in Lisp. The third element in a list.
plural of caddr
A small box or tin (can) with a lid for holding dried tea leaves used to brew tea.
Coddled; petted; treated with indulgence and attention.
Obsolete form of qadi.
plural of cadee
An ornate capital letter used in calligraphy, consisting of interlaced pen strokes. See :Commons:Cadel letters.
plural of cadel
A male given name originating as a coinage.
A surname.
A type of low-quality carpet imported from the Levant.
Falling.
Alternative form of cadre.
plural of cader
plural of cade
A surname from French.
plural of cadet
A caddis.
plural of cadew
simple past and past participle of cadge
A locality in the Eurobodalla council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A hawker or peddler.
plural of cadge
present participle of cadge
cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking
A locality in the Cabonne council area, central New South Wales, Australia.
Alternative spelling of caddie (“a gentleman who joined the military without a commission as a career; a young man; a person engaged to run errands such as carrying goods and messages; specifically, a member of an organized group of such persons working in large Scottish towns in the early 18th century”).
plural of cadie
present participle and gerund of cade
plural of cadi
Alternative form of caddism (“caddish behaviour”).
A village and commune of Tarn department, Occitania, France.
A barangay of Umingan, Pangasinan, Philippines.
A form of parchment made from leaves of the coconut palm, formerly used in Asia.
Obsolete form of qadi.
A function that is right continuous and has a left limit.
A surname.
plural of Cadle
A surname.
The citadel of ancient Thebes, Greece.
Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide.
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing cadmium.
plural of CADM
A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.
A village in Copythorne parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU2913).
Acronym of Canadian disruption pattern, the copyrighted digital pixelated squared camouflage pattern used by the Canadian Armed Forces first introduced early in the 21st-century, inspired by dual-tex and inspiring U.S. MARPAT that inspired U.S. UCP.
plural of cadre
plural of cadr
A male given name, borne (in various spellings, including Cadrut and Cadruz) by a Knight of the Round Table in some editions of the Arthurian mythos.
caducous.
perishable; frail; transitory
plural of Cady
Alternative form of caeco-.
plural of caecum
Of or pertaining to the caecum.
Any gastropod in the family Caecidae.
caecum.
A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon.
Alternative form of Caden.
plural of caek
plural of Cael
A summer constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a chisel.
The personification of the sky and heavens. Either the brother-husband or son-and-husband of Terra, with whom he fathered the Titans and the Cyclops. He is the Roman counterpart of Uranus.
Any mayfly in the family Caenidae.
An aecium of some rust fungi that has no peridium or outer membrane.
A village in Maesteg community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8594).
Abbreviation of Caernarvonshire or Caernarfonshire, used in postal addresses; the county is now mostly in Gwynedd.
plural of caer
An ancient Roman family name, notably that of Julius Caesar.
plural of caestus
A short Spanish shield.
Acronym of coercively assigned female at birth.
Depression; melancholy.
A surname.
plural of cafe
Alternative form of caffoy.
Alternative spelling of caffè (“Italian café”).
A surname.
An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.
Obsolete spelling of kaffir.
A surname.
To wrangle, to argue, to quarrel.
A velvet material popularly used in upholstery.
Obsolete form of kaffir.
plural of caff
A surname.
An Italian café.
plural of caffè
Alternative form of caffè.
plural of caffé
Acronym of Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit.
A caravan of travellers or supplies.
Alternative form of qafiz (particularly in Italian contexts)
Alternative form of qafiz, particularly in Tunisian contexts
plural of CAFO
Alternative form of caffoy.
Acronym of Central American Free Trade Agreement.
A surname.
plural of café
A barangay of Roxas, Capiz, Philippines.
A barangay of Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, Philippines.
Of or relating to John Milton Cage Jr. (1912–1992), American composer, music theorist, writer, and artist, known as a pioneer of indeterminacy in music, and for the non-standard use of musical instruments.
simple past and past participle of cage
plural of cager
plural of cage
simple past and past participle of cag
comparative form of cagey: more cagey
In a cagy manner.
present participle and gerund of cage
A surname from German.
plural of Cagle
A surname from German.
A tough old goose.
A surname from Irish.
Alternative form of Cagot.
plural of cagot
Alternative form of kagu (“type of bird”).
Alternative form of cagoule.
plural of cagou
plural of CAGR
A city and municipality of Puerto Rico, United States.
Archaic form of Kaaba (“Islamic holy site”).
A surname.
A roll of sheets of paper put loosely together, especially one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.
A surname from Irish.
A town in County Tipperary, Ireland.
A member of an Indian people from central Mexico.
A traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 665.8 L.
plural of Cahn
A surname from Irish.
A company or partnership.
A town, the capital of Lot department, Occitania, France.
Alternative form of cohune.
An endangered nocturnal burrowing bird (Pterodroma cahow), from Bermuda.
plural of cahow
A surname.
plural of Cahue
A city and municipality of Moldova.
Obsolete form of cahiz (“traditional Spanish unit of dry measure”).
A student or alumnus of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.
plural of Caian
Alternative spelling of caique.
Ellipsis of Caicos Islands, the bigger archipelago of the Turks and Caicos Islands, lying to the northwest.
A male given name of modern usage
A male given name.
plural of caid
A member of the Cedi tribe.
Alternative form of Kaifeng, a city on the Yellow River in central China, a former national capital.
Any of species Cyclanthera pedata of South American vines cultivated for its fruit.
An endangered Sino-Tibetan language spoken in an area centred on Bijie, in the west of the Chinese province of Guizhou.
plural of Cail
A barangay of Libmanan, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
Archaic form of kaymak.
Alternative form of kaimal.
Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.
Alternative form of cahinca.
A surname.
plural of Caine
plural of cain
A municipality of Rizal, Philippines.
A surname from Italian [in turn from Sicilian].
A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
A travelling tinker or a tramp.
plural of caird
Obsolete form of coir (“coconut husk fibre”).
A surname from Portuguese.
plural of cairn
Of a landscape, having many cairns or rocky outcrops.
The capital city of Egypt.
third-person singular simple present indicative of cair
A municipality of Bahia, Brazil.
A surname from French.
A surname from French.
A surname.
plural of Caito
Alternative letter-case form of Caitvi.
A diminutive of the female given name Caitlin and similar.
choy sum
Alternative form of cadjan.
plural of cajan
Alternative form of kajawah.
A barangay of Diffun, Quirino, Philippines.
A surname from Spanish.
plural of caji
Obsolete form of cajole.
A large valley surrounded by mountains of considerable height (especially in Latin America), through which a river runs.
plural of cajon
A female given name from Swedish.
A member of the ethnic group descending from Acadia, primarily French-speaking Catholic and living in Southern Louisiana and Maine.
plural of Cajun
A box-shaped percussion instrument played by slapping the front or rear faces (generally thin plywood) with the hands, fingers, or sometimes various implements.
plural of cajón
Alternative form of cakeage.
simple past and past participle of cake
plural of caker
A cake shop.
plural of cake
To perform the cakewalk dance.
Alternative spelling of caky.
comparative form of caky: more caky
In a caky way.
present participle and gerund of cake
Alternative form of chakra.
plural of cakra
Initialism of congenital anomaly of the kidney and urinary tract.
A barangay of Bangued, Abra, Philippines.
A city in Batangas, Philippines.
A slope or declivity in a manège ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to its haunches.
Synonym of Nimrud.
A city in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.
A town in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Alternative spelling of callaloo.
A city in northern Chile.
A surname from French.
plural of calamus
An event resulting in great loss.
A surname.
A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.
An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.
Dumplings made with a deep-fried batter of rice, yeast, sugar, eggs, and flour, part of Creole cuisine.
Alternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”).
Acronym of Cavite-Laguna Expressway.
Tin (the metal).
A barangay of Nasugbu, Batangas, Philippines.
Alternative form of calci- (“calcium”).
Abbreviation of calcium.
A small oven or furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit.
Synonym of shod, wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) religious orders that do not eschew normal footwear.
plural of calceus
plural of calx
Related to calcium or its compounds.
Lime.
Of, pertaining to, or derived from calcium or lime.
An aridisol that has accumulated high levels of residual or dryfall calcium carbonate.
Any of a group of polypeptides that have an affinity for calcium
The chemical element with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.
Alternative form of calci-.
A suburb next to Reading borough in Holybrook parish and Tilehurst parish, West Berkshire district, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU6671).
plural of calc
Clipping of calculator.
To determine the value of something or the solution to something by a mathematical process.
Of, pertaining to, or involving calculation.
A department of Colombia.
A river in West Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Aire.
A river in Cumbria, England, which joins the River Eden at Carlisle.
A coastal village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ2285).
Acronym of California Dynamics Corporation.
A Persian oriental tobacco pipe with a flexible tube.
Caleb the son of Jephunneh, an Israelite who entered Canaan with Joshua.
plural of Caleb
Obsolete form of caliph.
To become warm or hot.
Synonym of calends.
A surname from German.
A town in Shelby County and Chilton County, Alabama, United States.
A surname.
plural of Caler
plural of cale
Alternative spelling of kalesa.
Inverness Caledonian Thistle Football Club, a football club based in Inverness, Scotland
A surname.
Resembling or characteristic of a calf (young cow).
A locality in the Central Coast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Diameter of the bore of a firearm, typically measured between opposite lands.
Cup, cup-like.
A surname.
Obsolete form of chalice.
A kind of rough cloth made from unbleached and not fully processed cotton, often printed with a bright pattern.
Warm, hot.
A female given name.
Abbreviation of California: a state of the United States.
A surname.
plural of calif
A heavy ancient Roman military sandal.
dimness or obscurity of sight, caused by a speck on the cornea
A locality in the Murray River council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
An alloy of lead and tin, from the Far East.
A surname.
Dated form of calyx.
A small village and civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK3722).
simple past and past participle of calk
One who calks.
A calk (on a horseshoe).
plural of calk
simple past and past participle of call
Contraction of call + it.
A marsh plant native to cooler areas throughout the northern hemisphere, Calla palustris, having pale green flowers in a white spathe.
A surname from Irish.
The largest port city of Peru.
plural of calla
Obsolete form of callet.
The return of a situation to a previous position or state; a reference to such a position or state.
simple past and past participle of call
The person who is called by the caller (on the telephone).
A surname from Irish.
A trull or prostitute.
A surname.
plural of callus
beautiful
cunning or shrewd; crafty.
A female given name.
one who practices calligraphy
Of or pertaining to calligraphy.
A surname from French.
A subroutine in the C programming language's standard library for performing dynamic memory allocation.
The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck.
an Australian freshwater fish, Macquaria ambigua; the golden perch or yellowbelly
Obsolete spelling of calotte (“skullcap”).
Emotionally hardened; unfeeling and indifferent to the suffering/feelings of others.
The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.
plural of call
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
Alternative spelling of call-up.
A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
A female given name.
A Filipino surname from Kapampangan.
A squid (the mollusk).
plural of Calma
Obsolete spelling of calm.
Having been made calmer.
To make or become calm or calmer.
A person or thing that calms.
In a calm manner; coolly.
third-person singular simple present indicative of calm
The state or condition of being calm; calmness.
tranquil; calm
A surname from Irish.
A town and civil parish with a town council in Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9970).
A city founded by Nimrod, mentioned three times in the Hebrew Bible (Genesis 10:10, Isaiah 10:9, and Amos 6:2).
A surname from Spanish.
A barangay of Sibalom, Antique, Philippines.
A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally used in food labeling.
Dated spelling of calorie.
plural of Calo
A village and civil parish in North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4171).
Alternative form of kalpa.
Alternative spelling of calpack.
plural of calpa
A barangay of Claveria, Masbate, Philippines.
A variety of the cowpox virus found in some New World monkeys
plural of calp
A word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language.
Abbreviation of California Raisin Advisory Board.
A plant of the genus Caltha; a marsh marigold.
A surname.
A barangay of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
A town in Sonsonate department, El Salvador.
A locality in the Shire of East Gippsland, eastern Victoria, Australia.
A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
An Indonesian xylophone of bamboo tubes.
A Native American people who lived on Florida's southwest coast and along its inner waterways.
The calvaria; the dome or roof of the skull.
plural of calva