Middle School Vocabulary
114,351 words and 1,048 expressions at the middle school level.
A village on the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, United States, which is the county seat of Baraga County.
plural of l'ee
Abbreviation of Liverpool.
Alternative spelling of Lviv.
A 90° bend in a wire.
The word love, or an expression of love, usually one that provokes a significant change in a relationship.
Alternative form of ʟ-dopa.
The usual type of side valve arrangement.
In capoeira and breakdancing (and other dance forms), a movement executed by throwing the body into a cartwheel, and before completing the wheel, flexing the body while supported by one hand on the ground. One leg is brought downwards and forwards in a kicking motion while the other remains in the air.
Lao pop music.
The word love.
Lunar Excursion Module
Initialism of Doctor of Humane Letters.
Alternative form of LLM (“large language model”).
Abbreviation of life, prosperity, health.
superlative form of l8: most l8
Of indifferent quality; so-so.
Alternative form of la-la-s, third-person singular simple present indicative of la-la
Alternative form of Lasa (Lhasa, capital city of Tibet)
plural of laab
A defensive encampment encircled by wagons, especially by South African Boers.
A surname from Finnish.
plural of laam
An administrative atoll of the Maldives, officially named Haddhunmathi.
A locality in the Shire of Moyne, south western Victoria, Australia
plural of LAAO
A subdenomination of the rufiyaa, 1/100 of its value.
plural of laari
The brother of Rebekah and uncle of Jacob and Esau.
Alternative form of labneh.
plural of Laban
A barangay of Libmanan, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
A surname.
plural of labarum
A surname from French.
plural of Labar
plural of LABA
A surname.
A surname.
plural of Labat
A surname from French.
A surname.
A surname from French.
plural of Labay
A paca (large rodent) or its meat.
Alternative form of Labbay
plural of labba
A member of a Tamil Muslim trading community of southern India.
A surname from French.
Alternative form of Labbay
plural of Labbe
Archaic form of lambda.
plural of labda
A surname.
To weaken.
A person or device that produces or affixes labels.
Misspelling of label.
plural of label
sliding; gliding
Any carp of the genus Labeo.
plural of labeo
A surname.
plural of Laber
Synonym of laboratoryful.
The former name of Polessk, a formerly German city in historical East Prussia, now the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.
A male given name from Arabic.
plural of Labib
Any earwig in the family Labiidae.
Liable to slip, err, fall, or apostatize.
A city in Croatia.
A surname from French.
labial
A spoon used in the Eucharist.
A liplike structure; especially one of the vulva's two pairs of folds of skin on either side.
plural of labia
Any of the twining leguminous plants related to the bean, especially the hyacinth bean.
Common misspelling of label
Misspelling of labeled.
A small-scale laboratory.
Synonym of lab lit.
Alternative form of labneh.
Alternative form of labneh.
Yogurt that has been strained to filter or remove the whey and thus has a consistency between that of yoghurt and cheese.
A barangay of Muñoz, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
plural of labor
An effort expended on a particular task; toil, work.
A surname.
A surname.
An Austronesian language spoken in the Sumba island in eastern Indonesia.
plural of Laboy
plural of labrum
relating to a labrum (lip-like projection)
plural of labra
A surname from French.
A body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip.
Any of the family Labridae of marine fishes.
A surname.
The uppermost of the mouthparts (trophi) of a typical insect, such as a cockroach. Typically resembles an upper lip and forms part of the roof of the mouth in such insects.
A double-headed axe in Minoan mythology.
A mixed breed dog that is a cross between the Labrador retriever and Siberian Husky.
A barangay of Calubian, Leyte, Philippines.
Eggcorn of laptop.
A district in Banten, Indonesia.
A surname.
A surname from Polish.
A barangay of Badoc, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
A complicated irregular network of passages or paths, especially underground or covered, in which it is difficult to find one's way.
Physically resembling a labyrinth; with the qualities of a maze.
A surname from French
A surname from Kapampangan.
plural of Lacap
A surname from Italian.
A surname.
A surname.
Characteristic of lac, such as in laccic acid.
A yellow amorphous substance obtained from lac.
A poisonous organic compound found in lacquer from Toxicodendron.
plural of LACC
A town in the Rural City of Wangaratta, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
Fastened with lace or laces (light cordage).
A person or thing that laces.
To tear, rip or wound.
plural of lacer
Alternative form of lacertus: a fleshy muscle of the human body.
Lace or laces collectively.
plural of lace
A small lace.
third-person singular simple present indicative of lace
plural of lacet.
A Norman habitational surname from Old French from a place Lassy in Calvados.
A municipality in Schwyz canton, Switzerland.
A surname.
Negligence in one's duty.
A grade of saffron from Kashmir, having stigmas attached with parts of the style.
A diminutive of the male given name Lachlan.
A town and district of Azerbaijan, under Armenian occupation between the two Nagorno-Karabakh wars.
A diminutive of the male given name Lachlan.
Of or pertaining to the Lacid people
A surname from Old French, variant of Lacey
comparative form of lacy: more lacy
In a lacy manner.
A surname from Czech.
present participle and gerund of lace
A type of lace consisting of patterns darned on to net.
Obsolete spelling of lack.
simple past and past participle of lack
One who is lacking, or in want.
plural of lacke
A footman, a liveried male servant.
A surname.
A surname.
plural of Lacko
plural of lack
simple past and past participle of lack
Obsolete form of lackey.
Acronym of Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Litmus, orchil.
A village and civil parish south of Chippenham, Wiltshire, England (OS grid ref ST9168).
A surname.
A ghost town in Morgan County, Alabama, United States.
Obsolete spelling of Lakota
Alternative form of locoum.
A surname.
A surname from Tagalog [in turn from Hokkien].
milk
Any of a class of cyclic amides that are the nitrogen analogs of lactones, formed by heating amino acids; the tautomeric enol forms are known as lactims.
Any of a class of cyclic hydroxy-imides (enols) that are tautomeric with the lactams.
lactose
milk.
any cyclic hemiacetal formed by the intramolecular addition of a hydroxy group to a carbonyl group
A univalent radical derived from lactic acid
A municipality of Abra, Cordillera Administrative Region, Luzon, Philippines.
A lacunar stroke or infarct.
plural of lacuna
plural of LACW
A surname.
A union territory of India. Capitals: Leh and Kargil.
A male given name.
A surname.
plural of Lada
A frame, usually portable, of wood, metal, or rope, used for ascent and descent, consisting of two side pieces to which are fastened rungs (cross strips or rounds acting as steps).
A small boy.
Alternative form of laddu.
plural of Ladd
A ball-shaped sweet made with flour and sugar, popular in the Indian subcontinent.
plural of laddu
Alternative spelling of laddie.
simple past and past participle of lade
Weighed down with a load, burdened.
third-person singular simple present indicative of laden
One who loads cargo onto a vessel.
A census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, United States.
plural of lader
third-person singular simple present indicative of lade
second-person singular simple present indicative of lade
third-person singular simple present indicative of lade
Obsolete spelling of lady.
ladylike i.e. gentle
A ladies' room: a lavatory intended for use by women.
To make a lady of; to make ladylike.
A municipality and district of Samsun Province, Turkey.
plural of Ladik
Of or having the qualities of a lady.
A Rhaeto-Romance language (or dialect continuum), spoken primarily in the Italian portion of Tyrol and the Dolomite Mountains in Northern Italy.
plural of Ladin
A little lad.
A deep-bowled spoonlike utensil with a long, usually curved, handle.
simple past and past participle of ladle
One who ladles.
plural of ladle
Alternative form of lad lit.
A surname.
A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8950).
A freshwater lake located in the Republic of Karelia and Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia, near Saint Petersburg, and the largest lake in Europe.
A serpent-like dragon that twined around the tree in the Garden of the Hesperides and guarded the golden apples.
Alternative form of laddu.
plural of ladoo
plural of LADO
Alternative form of ladrone.
A surname.
A surname from Italian.
A surname.
plural of Ladue
A surname.
goal! (cheer when a goal is scored in football)
A surname.
Any of the Coccinellidae family of beetles, typically having a round shape and red or yellow spotted elytra.
Obsolete spelling of lady.
plural of ladye
A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
To make ladylike.
A woman who is loved by someone; a female object of desire.
Alternative spelling of ladily.
plural of lady
Term of respect for a woman of the peerage without using her title.
Any plant of the genus Laelia.
Alternative form of levo (“levorotatory”).
Alternative spelling of levo-.
A surname from Italian.
A surname.
A surname from French.
simple past and past participle of laff
A comedy.
A surname from Irish.
A surname from Irish.
plural of laff
The largest city and state capital of Nasarawa State, Nigeria.
A Bordeaux wine from the Château Lafite Rothschild estate in Pauillac, France.
A surname from French.
A surname.
A surname from Irish.
A surname.
A surname.
plural of Lafon
A surname from French.
Late.
A surname from French.
A barangay of Sindangan, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
Goods or materials found or left on the sea floor, attached to a floating marker that indicates ownership.
A surname from Italian.
An ancient city in Sumer, in contemporary southeast Iraq.
A barangay of Bauko, Mountain Province, Philippines.
A municipality of Ifugao, Philippines.
The upper part of the cochlear duct.
plural of lagena
plural of lager
Resembling lager.
A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Alternative form of lugger (“type of falcon”).
simple past and past participle of lag
plural of lagg
Alternative form of Laghy, County Donegal, Ireland.
A pile of stones, similar to a cairn, marking a grave.
A village between Donegal and Ballintra, County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref G 9474).
A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
plural of Lagid
In medieval Scandinavia and parts of the Danelaw: a district official, magistrate or judge; a lawspeaker.
In Vedic astrology, the degree of the sign that is rising on the eastern horizon at the time of a person's birth.
Acronym of let's all get naked and fuck.
plural of lagna
An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something.
The philosophy or ethos of trying to achieve balance in one's life.
Alternative form of lagoena.
A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea by a bar.
A surname.
The largest city and former capital of Nigeria, in Lagos State.
A larger sheet of glass on which glass-sheet cylinders are spread.
plural of lagre
A surname from French.
plural of Lague
A province of Calabarzon, Luzon, Philippines. Capital: Santa Cruz. Largest city: Calamba.
Dated form of lagoon.
A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
A surname.
Alternative form of slahal (“gambling game”).
In Akkadian mythology, a protective and beneficent deity, the first-born daughter of Apsu and Tiamat.
A surname.
plural of Lahan
A volcanic mudflow.
a repetitive instrumental melody used to accompany a tabla or pakhawaj solo in Hindustani classical music of North India; it is also used to accompany kathak dance performances
plural of lahar
A town and administrative district in the Lahat Regency, South Sumatra, Indonesia.
A surname.
A surname from Irish.
plural of Lahey
A surname.
plural of Lahm
In Akkadian mythology, a protective and beneficent deity, the first-born son of Apsu and Tiamat.
A group of northwestern Indo-Aryan language varieties spoken in parts of Pakistan and India.
Alternative form of Lahnda (“group of Indo-Aryan language varieties”).
Alternative form of lehnga.
A spongy, pancake-like bread originating in Djibouti, Somaliland, Somalia, and Yemen.
A surname.
The second largest city of Pakistan and the provincial capital of Punjab; located on the Ravi river.
Relating to Lahore.
A dish, popular in Burma, consisting of pickled or fermented tea leaves (encountered in the West especially as tea leaf salad).
plural of Lahr
Initialism of Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority.
A city and municipality, the capital of Päijänne Tavastia, Finland.
plural of Lahti
A surname.
plural of Lahue
A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
A Tibetic language spoken in the Lahaul and Spiti region of Himachal Pradesh, India.
plural of Lahu
A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China.
A surname from German.
A shamanistic seer and healer among the Maasai people.
A surname.
Of or pertaining to a layperson, layman, laywoman, or laypeople, i.e. the laity in general.
A surname from German.
Obsolete form of laic.
plural of laic
Archaic spelling of laid.
ugly; loathsome
second-person singular simple past indicative of lay
A municipality of Ostrobothnia, Finland.
A type of hunting dog from Russia.
plural of laika
simple past and past participle of laik
A player (of a game).
Laikha (a town in Myanmar).
third-person singular simple present indicative of laik
A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
A female given name from Arabic, variant of Leila.
plural of Lail
an area of arable land at the foot of a hill
simple past and past participle of lain
plural of laine
A diminutive of the female given name Elaine.
A surname.
A Scottish surname.
plural of Laing
A surname.
plural of Laino
third-person singular simple present indicative of lain
A levulose found in human urine.
A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
An area of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5055).
A feudal lord in Scottish contexts.
plural of laird
Having a lair.
A village in Sutherland, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NC5806).
plural of lair
Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk.
plural of Lais
A section of verse concerning a single theme; tirade.
A surname.
plural of Laist
simple past and past participle of lait
shed, barn
Alternative form of lathe (“A granary; a field barn”).
plural of laith
plural of lait
People of a church who are not ordained clergy or clerics.
The father of Oedipus and husband of Jocasta
A district of Jinan, Shandong, China.
A gewog of Dagana District, Bhutan.
A surname.
A surname from French.
The pigment sap green.
simple past and past participle of lake
A female given name.
One engaged in sport; a player; an actor.
plural of laker
The Lake District, a rural area in northwest England.
The shore of a lake.
A surname.
plural of Lakey
a Southern Tibetic language spoken by about 8,000 people in Wangdue Phodrang and Trongsa Districts in central Bhutan. Lakha is spoken by descendants of pastoral yak herding communities.
Alternative form of Lakshmana.
A member of a predominantly agricultural tribe of southern Assam and western Burma
plural of lakh
Being one of a lakh equal parts of a whole.
comparative form of laky: more laky
A toy.
present participle and gerund of lake
plural of lakin
Wet; moist.
The style or approach of the Lake Poets, a group of English Romantic poets from the Lake District.
Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of, the Lake Poets.
A village in Greece.
Alternative form of lacmus.
A surname.
A surname.
A Hopi ceremony
a Thai television drama
A member of a Native American tribe, also known as the Sioux, now living primarily on the Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Lower Brule, Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Reservations.
In Haiti, a small village or other compound built around a shared yard, or the family structure of those living in such a settlement.
plural of lakou
A spicy noodle stew from Indonesia or Malaysia.
A town in Uttarakhand, India.
plural of laksa
A municipality of Cagayan, Philippines.
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Imperata cylindrica, a panicoid grass.
A surname from Gujarati or Sindhi.
A municipality in Valais canton, Switzerland.
A beating; a thrashing; a drubbing.
A diminutive of the female given name Eulalie
A surname of Sicilian origin.
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
A Hindu goddess.
A surname.
plural of Lalla
simple past and past participle of lall
A surname.
A surname.
plural of Lalli
plural of Lall
A surname.
plural of Lally
speech
A surname.
A barangay of Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
A surname from Irish.
plural of Lalor
A bamboo flute from Central Sulawesi.
A commune and village in Vâlcea County, Romania.
A municipality of Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
A barangay of Ozamiz, Misamis Occidental, Philippines.
Of or pertaining to lamaism.
A character in the Book of Mormon, the ancestor of the Lamanites.
An Afro-Asiatic language spoken in Nigeria.
plural of Laman
A habitational surname from Old French.
A surname.
plural of lama
A surname.
plural of Lamay
Natural childbirth technique developed in the 1940s by French obstetrician Dr. Ferdinand Lamaze.
The traditional garment worn by men and women in Madagascar, consisting of a rectangular length of cloth wrapped around the body.
a feeder for young mammals, particularly goats, consisting of a bucket ringed by a number of artificial nipples, each of which is connected to a tube inside the bucket that conveys milk from the bucket to feeding animals
plural of lamba
Obsolete spelling of lamb.
simple past and past participle of lamb
A village near Lisburn, County Antrim, Northern Ireland (Irish grid ref J 2766).
A label (charge from which pendants are hung).
A ewe that gives birth to a lamb.
A barangay of Bolinao, Pangasinan, Philippines.
A mid-strength traditional Belgian/Flemish sour beer of spontaneous fermentation.
A lamb.
A surname.
plural of Lambo
A surname.
plural of lamb
The skin of a very young sheep, especially prepared with the fleece still attached. A very fine form of leather.
Resembling or characteristic of a lamb or the meat of a lamb.
A Bantu language of Malawi and Tanzania.
Acronym of London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
One who is learned in Jewish law.
plural of lamda
To cause (a person or animal) to become lame.
Alternative form of lameo.
The third-great-grandson of Cain.
The twelfth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
Alternative spelling of lamed.
plural of lamed
Alternative form of lamella.
plural of lamel
Alternative form of ramen.
An expression of grief, suffering, sadness or regret.
The act of lamenting.
plural of lameo
comparative form of lame: more lame
A surname.
plural of lamer
third-person singular simple present indicative of lame
A city, the county seat of Dawson County, Texas, United States.
superlative form of lame: most lame
An ethnic group of Thailand and Laos.
A surname.
plural of Lamey
A city in Greece.
plural of lamia
A type of hand-pulled Chinese noodle.
plural of lamia
plural of lamido
A surname.
A ruler in various Fula-speaking polities.