Middle School Vocabulary
114,351 words and 1,048 expressions at the middle school level.
Abbreviation of Jerusalem.
A J-shaped bar forming part of a ski lift; the rider holds the vertical portion while sitting or leaning on the lower horizontal portion.
plural of J-bar
A U-bend having one side shorter than the other, making it J-shaped.
Abbreviation of junction box.
A printed card designed to fit in an audio cassette case, folded around the cassette, and usually bearing the title, artwork, track listing, etc.
plural of J-cat
A style of Japanese hardcore techno music that originated in the 1990s.
Japanese Eurobeat.
plural of J-Lo
simple past and past participle of J-O
present participle of J-O
Japanese pop music influenced by Western genres.
Abbreviation of January term.
A 180-degree turn in a vehicle, where the vehicle starts in reverse and ends driving forwards so that the direction of travel remains the same.
Any word beginning with j that is considered to be vulgar or distasteful in the given context, such as jizz, jerk off/jack off, or Jew/Jewish, or even job.
plural of J.P.
A fan who ships the Star Trek characters Kathryn Janeway and Chakotay.
simple past and past participle of J/O
third-person singular simple present indicative of J/O
simple past and past participle of J/O
present participle and gerund of J/O
an AC (“alternating current”) charging and charger standard for charging plug-in electrified-drive vehicles developed by SAE (“Society of Automotive Engineers”) and implemented across the automotive industry in North America.
plural of J2ME
plural of J2RE
plural of J2SE
Alternative form of J6er.
plural of J6-er
plural of J6er
Alternative form of jadi (“pickled fish”).
Alternative form of jali.
An Arabized Nubian tribe of Sudan.
plural of jaali
The son of Lamech and Ada.
A surname from Arabic.
A male given name from Swahili of modern African American usage.
Clipping of Jabba the Hutt.
A surname from Arabic.
plural of Jabba
simple past and past participle of jab
One who is jabbed; a person receiving a hypodermic injection, especially of a COVID-19 vaccine.
To talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly; to utter gibberish or nonsense.
An agitation on the surface of water.
A surname from Urdu.
Alternative form of Yabim.
A surname.
plural of Jaber
A Tunisian surname from Arabic.
A male given name from Hebrew.
Alternative form of Yabim.
A male given name from Arabic.
A species of bird Jabiru mycteria in the monotypic genus Jabiru, of the stork family Ciconiidae, endemic to the Americas.
A city in Latakia governorate, Syria.
A surname from Polish.
A surname.
Alternative form of jabuti.
plural of jabot
plural of Jabs
A Brazilian tortoise, especially a yellow-footed tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus).
A wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the southwestern US.
plural of jacal
Alternative form of jacamin (“grey-winged trumpeter”).
Any of a group of wading birds in the family Jacanidae, usually having long toes and claws, and found throughout the world.
Alternative form of yacare.
A male given name.
Alternative form of Jaqaru.
Lying stretched out.
plural of Jace
A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth.
To behave very obnoxiously.
A bird of the genus Coloeus, similar in appearance to crows and found within the same family; traditionally associated with church towers and ruins, where it frequently likes to nest.
simple past and past participle of jack
One who hunts at night using a jacklight.
Dressed in a jacket.
A nickname used instead of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.
A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline or Jacquelyn.
A diminutive of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.
Alternative spelling of jack-knife.
Alternative form of gecko.
plural of jacko
A children's game involving picking up objects; knucklebones; jackstones.
A nickname used instead of the male given name Jack, Jacques (and its cognates) or John.
A female given name.
Alternative spelling of Jacklyn (“Jacqueline”).
A port town, commune, and capital of Sud-Est department, Haiti.
A male given name from Hebrew.
A surname.
A surname from German.
An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from Jacob.
A male given name.
A surname.
plural of Jaco
A surname from French.
plural of Jacot
A surname from French.
A diminutive of the female given name Jacqueline.
A semiprecious stone, either nephrite or jadeite, generally green or white in color, often used for carving figurines.
Bored or lacking enthusiasm, typically after having been overexposed to, or having consumed too much of something.
A Rajput clan in Kutch, a district of Gujarat, India.
A unisex given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jayden.
plural of jade
A surname from Marathi.
A male given name.
present participle and gerund of jade
Vicious and ill-tempered, like a jade.
Alternative form of jadeite.
A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. Taken into regular use the 1990s, apparently seen as a variant of the more popular Jayden.
Magic, sorcery.
A male given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Alternative form of chaebol.
A male given name.
Any of three seabirds in the skua genus Stercorarius.
A female given name originating as a coinage.
plural of Jaen
A transliteration of an Arabic and Persian male given name.
A surname from Persian.
plural of JAFA
Rare form of Japheth.
A port in western Israel.
plural of jaffa
A surname from Hebrew.
A surname.
A surname.
plural of Jaffe
A type of toasted sandwich that is sealed around the edge (in one piece, and not separated in the centre), it has a filling, for example an egg. A toastie or Breville is separated with a diagonal crease.
A city in northern Sri Lanka.
A screen or latticework, generally of bamboo, used for various purposes, such as a fence or a support for climbing plants.
A person in their first year at an institution, primarily a university.
Alternative form of Jaffna (“city in Sri Lanka”).
Synonym of Ghassanid.
plural of JAFO
A surname.
plural of Jafri
A male given name from Sanskrit.
Alternative form of Chagang.
Alternative form of Yagara.
plural of Jaga
The material or physical world as subjectively experienced.
The raised surface of the platform or terrace upon which Hindu, Jain and Buddhist temples are built.
Alternative spelling of jagir.
Alternative form of jaeger.
Alternative form of Yagara.
plural of jager
carrier, carter
A surname.
plural of Jaggi
Alternative form of jaggery (“type of sugar”).
A surname originating as a patronymic.
jagged, toothed or serrated
Alternative spelling of jagir.
An assignment of the produce and income of a particular district or village to a person or persons, as an annuity
plural of jagir
A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.
A transliteration of the Macedonian female given name Јагода (Jagoda)
An irritating, inept, or repugnant person.
Any dance form of Meitei classical and folk culture.
maize; Indian corn
A surname.
Alternative form of jaggery (“unrefined sugar”).
A tree of species Genipa americana, native to the tropical forests of North and South America, as well as the Caribbean; genipap.
plural of jagua
An aboriginal Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Jahai tribe of Perak, Malaya.
Of or relating to a group of Aslian languages spoken in parts of Malaysia and Thailand.
A sailor.
A transliteration of the Persian unisex given name جهان (jahân).
A female given name.
A surname.
A surname from German.
A city in southern Iran.
Alternative form of Yahweh.
Alternative form of Yahweh.
Alternative form of Yahweh.
Alternative form of Yahweh.
A female given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jada.
Territory assigned for the support of troops.
A unisex given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jayden.
A unisex given name originating as a coinage, variant of Jayden.
A lad (especially a hard-drinking young man in an urban environment)
Alternative form of Jhelum.
A prisoner or an ex-prisoner
simple past and past participle of jail
One who is jailed; a prisoner.
One who enforces confinement in a jail or prison.
Alternative spelling of jailer.
plural of jail
A male given name from Spanish from the Spanish form of James.
A surname.
A surname.
A female given name.
Synonym of Jain (“follower of the Jainism religion”).
plural of Jaina
A county of Huangnan, Qinghai, China.
plural of Jain
The state capital of Rajasthan, India.
An Asian gazelle, the chinkara.
The father of a young girl resurrected by Jesus Christ.
An army or legion.
A town and municipality in Central Bosnia Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
A landowner or patron in the jajmani system.
Alternative form of jojoba.
A district of Odisha, India.
Alternative form of Yaqay.
An extinct variety of Lahnda that was spoken in Afghanistan.
simple past and past participle of jake
A place to urinate and defecate: an outhouse or lavatory.
A homeless drunk.
plural of jakey
The seeds of Cleome viscosa.
A South American striped frog, Pseudis paradoxa, remarkable for having tadpoles larger than the adults.
plural of jakey
Acronym of Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (“Department of Islamic Development Malaysia”).
present participle and gerund of jake
A surname.
A male given name, equivalent to English Jacob.
plural of jako
A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Јаков (Jakov), equivalent to Jacob
An ethnic group of the Malay Peninsula in Malaysia.
A surname from Albanian.
A municipality of Croatia.
A female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.
A surname from Arabic.
A surname from Persian.
plural of Jalal
A cathartic drug consisting of the tuberous roots of Ipomoea purga, a convolvulaceous plant found in Mexico.
The convolvulaceous plant Ipomoea purga, whose roots are used to make the drug jalap.
Alternative spelling of jalapeño.
plural of jalap
A district of Jhansi division, Uttar Pradesh, India. Headquarters: Orai.
A sweet popular in the Indian subcontinent, made by deep-frying a maida flour batter and soaking it in sugar syrup.
A male given name from a combination of James and Len.
A lively Andalusian dance.
plural of jaleo
A river in Gorj County, Romania.
Alternative form of gallivat.
plural of jalia.
A surname.
plural of Jalil
plural of jali
A kind of tenure involving fishing rights.
Obsolete form of jalap (“type of drug”).
A surname.
A surname.
A district of Maharashtra, India.
A surname.
Alternative form of jalap (purgative drug)
An old, dilapidated or unpretentious automobile.
A district of Rajasthan, India.
a rally.
A large coral atoll of 91 islands in the Pacific Ocean, forming a legislative district of the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands.
The situation where material becomes jammed in a machine, or some process similarly grinds to a halt.
Party; community; group; assembly.
A male given name from Arabic.
Alternative form of jamun.
plural of jaman
A male given name.
A male given name.
plural of Jamar
plural of Jama
Alternative form of jamaat.
plural of jamat
Any of various of rice-based dishes common in Louisiana Cajun or Creole cooking; most often with shrimp, oysters, chicken or ham.
A leg, of an animal or person.
simple past and past participle of jamb
A light walking cane that was fashionable in the eighteenth century. It apparently came from the Calamus plants.
Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”).
plural of jambe
The capital and largest city of Jambi, Indonesia.
Alternative spelling of jambiya.
Obsolete form of jambul.
Alternative spelling of sjambok.
Alternative form of Yambol, a city in Bulgaria.
A square puff pastry containing ham and cheese.
Archaic form of jambul.
To take part in a jamboree.
plural of jambo
Alternative form of jambul.
plural of jamb
Alternative form of jambul.
An evergreen tropical tree, Syzygium cumini.
plural of jambu
Alternative spelling of jambiya.
Alternative form of jamdhar.
Dried yogurt used in dishes such as mansaf.
A large hole (or sink) formed when the roofs of multiple levels of a lava-tube cave collapse, found most notably in the Canary Islands.
plural of jameo
The twentieth book of the New Testament of the Bible, the general epistle of James.
Full to capacity; jam-packed; chokka.
A diminutive of the male given name James, from English and Scottish, also used as a formal given name.
plural of Jamie
A surname.
A female given name from Arabic.
plural of Jamil
A male given name.
A male given name.
Alternative form of jam jar.
jambul tree
plural of jamli
Stuck.
A player of the massively multiplayer online game Animal Jam (now either the app so named, formerly Animal Jam – Play Wild!, or the desktop game renamed Animal Jam Classic).
A division of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India, consisting of the southern portion.
Attributive form of jammies.
Alternative form of Yavne (ancient city in Israel)
Alternative form of jamoke.
Alternative form of jamoke.
Spanish dry-cured ham
plural of jamon
Alternative form of jamun.
plural of jamo
Synonym of dandy or tonjon, a kind of open sedan chair, particularly one with its main pole suspended from smaller poles borne on the shoulders of two pairs of porters.
Alternative form of jam pot.
A district of Bihar, India.
A census-designated place in San Diego County, California, United States.
Synonym of jambul.
plural of jamun
Alternative form of jamoora.
A female given name originating as a coinage.
A surname from Czech.
An ancient king of Videha. The Janaka dynasty ruled the Videha kingdom in the Mithila region from the capital city of the same name.
An epithet (patronymic) of Sita in Ramayana.
plural of Janak
A female given name from Sanskrit.
Synonym of Indian hemp (“Crotalaria juncea”).
The people; the populace.
Alternative spelling of jambiya.
Rare spelling of Jankoy.
A surname from Czech.
A flip-flop (type of footwear)
plural of Janda
A surname.
A female given name.
plural of jane
Acronym of Joint Academic Network.
plural of Janet
A sacred thread or cord received as a rite of passage by someone studying under a guru.
plural of janeu
A diminutive of the female given name Jane.
plural of Janey
Alternative spelling of jungle.
A board game similar to chess, invented and traditionally played in Korea.
A type of percussion instrument used in traditional Korean music.
A settled or semi-nomadic Birhor tribesperson.
A member of an extinct Andamanese people who once inhabited Rutland Island.
Accompanied by a jangling sound.
plural of Jang
A surname.
Of or relating to the god Janus in Roman mythology
A female given name.
A diminutive of the female given name Jane.
A surname from Polish.
A female given name from French.
A female given name.
A surname from German.
Alternative form of Janeite.
Of or pertaining to a janitor.
A female given name of Hebrew origin.
A surname.
A surname.
A surname.
The game of rock paper scissors.
A long pole on two wheels, used in hauling logs.
plural of Janke
A male given name from the Slavic languages.
Alternative spelling of Jankoy.
A city, the administrative centre of Jankoy Raion, de jure a part of that raion, de facto separate as Jankoy city municipality, in Crimea, Ukraine, occupied by Russian forces since February 2014.
A female given name from Hebrew, a fanciful modern variant of Jane.
Alternative form of Jannat.
Paradise.
A surname.
plural of jann
Alternative form of jannie (“janitor, moderator”).
jampan (an open chair carried by several people).
A surname from German.
A surname from Dutch.
A non-SI unit (symbol Jy) measuring electromagnetic flux density equal to 10⁻²⁶ watts per square meter per hertz.
A surname.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
simple past and past participle of jant
third-person singular simple present indicative of jant
An ancient Indian machine used to raise water to irrigate land.
Archaic form of jaunty.
A surname from German.
The god of doorways, gates and transitions, and of beginnings and endings, having two faces looking in opposite directions.
A female given name, variant of Janice.
A surname.
plural of Janz
Alternative form of Raohe.
A surname from Arabic.
simple past and past participle of japa
simple past and past participle of japa
A country and archipelago of East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo.
third-person singular simple present indicative of japan
third-person singular simple present indicative of japa
simple past and past participle of jape
One who japes; a joker.
plural of japer
plural of jape
plural of JAPH
A Gyalrong language spoken in Barkam County, Rngaba, Sichuan, China.
plural of japie
present participle and gerund of jape
Full of japes; jesting.
Obsolete form of Japan.
simple past and past participle of Jap
Materialistic and shallow in a way stereotypically associated with Jewish women.
A river in Brazil and Colombia.
Alternative form of Yaqay.
An Aymaran language spoken in parts of Peru.
A surname.
plural of Jaqua
A surname.
A member of an ethnic group living mainly in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
A river in Spain, passing through Guadalajara and Madrid, which flows into the Tagus at Aranjuez.
A member of an Adivasi indigenous people of the Andaman Islands.
Alternative form of garble.
A surname from French.
The inclusions and fissures within an emerald.
A surname.
A callous tumour below the hock on the leg of a horse
A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin; rare in the English-speaking world until the 1960s.
A surname.
A village, the administrative centre of Gran municipality, Innlandet, Norway.
Alternative form of Jarrett.
A gewog of Lhuentse District, Bhutan.
A cicada
As much as a jar will hold
To emit a harsh or discordant sound.
A technical terminology unique to a particular subject.
The hard white endosperm of the seeds of the tagua, resembling ivory.
plural of jari
A slave-girl; a concubine.
simple past and past participle of jark
third-person singular simple present indicative of jark
Alternative form of yarligh.
Alternative form of yarligh.
plural of jarl
A surname.
A prehistoric archaeological site located in modern Iraq on the foothills of the Zagros Mountains.
A surname.
A town in Charente department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.
An earthnut, Bunium bulbocastanum.
A commune of Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France.
A male given name of modern usage
Archaic form of jarul.
A surname from Czech, Hungarian, Polish, or Slovak.
A surname from Polish.
simple past and past participle of jarp
plural of jarp
Geordie form of Jarrow.
A eucalypt tree of species Eucalyptus marginata, occurring in the southwest of Western Australia.
simple past and past participle of jar
A male given name.
A town in the Metropolitan Borough of South Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, north-east England, located on the River Tyne (OS grid ref NZ3265).
Jarring, reverberating.
A male given name.
A town in Alxa Left, Alxa, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in northern China.
plural of jart
A municipality and town in the Mayabeque Province of Cuba.
A banner in Tongliao, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
A surname from Japanese
Lagerstroemia speciosa, a flowering plant native to tropical southern Asia.
plural of jarul
A hackney coach driver .
A surname.
A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
A surname originating as a patronymic.
Alternative form of jarvey.
A municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
Initialism of Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal.
Initialism of Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
A surname.
plural of Jasek
plural of Jase
superlative form of jas: most jas
A wig, originally made of worsted wool.
plural of jasey
An unknown book mentioned twice in the Hebrew Bible.
A male given name.
plural of jasy
Jasin District, a district of Malacca, Malaysia.
A female given name from Persian.
Any of several plants, of the genus Jasminum, mostly native to Asia, having fragrant white or yellow flowers.
plural of JASM
The leader of the Argonauts, who retrieved the Golden Fleece from king Aeetes of Colchis, for his uncle Pelias.
plural of Jason
A spy.
plural of Jaso
Alternative spelling of jaspé
Any bright-coloured kind of chalcedony apart from cornelian.
plural of jaspe
Obsolete form of jasper.
Veined or clouded like imitation jasper.
plural of jaspé
plural of Jass
The Ossetian lect spoken by the Jassic people who settled in Hungary in the 13th century, of which only a single short wordlist survives.
Any leaf-hopper in the family Jassidae, now considered to be the cicadellid subfamily Iassinae.
A surname.
plural of Jasso
A diminutive of the female given name Jasmine.
A surname.
Any of a large number of Indian tales concerning the previous lives of Gautama Buddha.