Middle School Vocabulary
114,351 words and 1,048 expressions at the middle school level.
Pronunciation spelling of New York, representing New York City English.
Censored spelling of nigger.
Censored spelling of nonce
plural of N*zi
Of the order n.
Of, or relating to, n entities (where n is an arbitrary or large number).
A type of entity in X-bar theory, denoting the noun in a constructed sentence.
plural of N-bar
A contiguous sequence of n items (usually characters or words) from a given sequence of text or speech, used in analysis.
Multiplex of degree n.
The positive pole of a magnetic dipole, which seeks geographic north.
A discredited hypothetical form of radiation described in 1903.
plural of N-ray
Synonym of en dash
Synonym of multitier.
(Of a semiconductor) in which conduction is due to the movement of electrons rather than positive holes.
The word nigger or nigga or nigra.
Alternative form of NBC.
Initialism of not elsewhere classified.
Alternative form of NFL: the National Football League
Alternative form of NGC
Abbreviation of not indicated elsewhere.
Abbreviation of Northern Ireland.
Initialism of National Security Agency.
Abbreviation of not so good; chiefly used in reports and reviews of stage plays, television shows etc.
Abbreviation of New South Wales (Alternative form of NSW).
Abbreviation of Northwest Territories.
Alternative form of NYC: Initialism of New York City: a city in New York, United States.
plural of n00b
Abbreviation of non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder.
Alternative form of Nakhi (“ethnic group”).
plural of na-na
plural of Naab
Initialism of National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
Acronym of Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.
plural of NAAFI
simple past and past participle of naai
third-person singular simple present indicative of naai
Alternative form of najis.
A descendant of Cain, daughter of Lamech and Zillah.
plural of naan
Acronym of National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
Melbourne, especially in Aboriginal Australian contexts.
A surname.
Initialism of National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.
plural of naat
A municipality of Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
A barangay of Surigao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
a long, straight, valveless brass trumpet used in the traditional music of Korea
A dithiocarbamate salt, which is the disodium salt of ethylenebis (dithiocarbamic acid); a fungicide.
A traditional form of Burmese wrestling.
A city in Mie Prefecture, central Japan.
plural of Naba
A vernacular form of Arabic poetry that stems from the Arabic varieties of the Arabian Peninsula.
simple past and past participle of nab
Alternative spelling of nabby.
A skiff used for fishing.
Synonym of bikh (“plant poison”).
A surname.
plural of Naber
plural of nabe
Abbreviation of National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians.
A city on the Cap Bon Peninsula in Tunisia.
A surname from Arabic.
A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Any member of the family Nabidae, the damsel bugs
plural of nabid
plural of naby
A male given name from Arabic.
plural of nabi
A kind of sand dune which forms around vegetation created from wind.
plural of nabk
A Hebrew stringed instrument.
plural of nabla
A city, the capital of Nablus governorate, West Bank, Palestine.
plural of nabman
plural of nabob
Synonym of candelabra tree (“Euphorbia ingens”).
A quarterstaff constructed of palm wood or rattan, originated in Egypt and used in the martial art of tahtib.
A surname from Spanish.
plural of Nabor
A surname
plural of nabq
A municipality of Camarines Sur, Philippines.
A village and civil parish in City of York district, North Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE5945).
Alternative spelling of Nakba.
Acronym of National Association of City and County Health Officials.
Misspelling of nascent.
plural of Nace
Alternative form of naches.
A feeling of contentment at another person's successes.
A Mexican dish of tortilla chips, covered in melted cheese and sometimes other ingredients.
simple past and past participle of nack
Obsolete form of nacre.
third-person singular simple present indicative of nack
Alternative form of nakhoda.
Acronym of National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers.
Resembling mother-of-pearl.
plural of nacre
nacreous
Having an iridescence like that of nacre, or mother-of-pearl.
A village and civil parish in East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TM2240).
Initialism of National Anti-Doping Agency.
The first-born son of Aaron and Elisheba.
A surname from the Romance languages.
A Tamil caste of southern India and Sri Lanka.
A river in Wiltshire, England, which joins the (Hampshire) Avon at Salisbury.
A surname from French.
simple past and past participle of nade
An unknown-gender given name.
A surname from Arabic.
Misspelling of Nadège.
A surname from German.
A surname from Cebuano
plural of Nadel
Abbreviation of naval aviation depot.
plural of NADEP
A surname.
A surname from Persian.
plural of Nader
plural of nade
A locality in the Bega Valley council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A female given name from Russian used since the twentieth century.
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide; NAD⁺
A female given name from French, a French diminutive form of Nadia.
A surname from German.
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place of observation.
plural of nadir
A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Наді́я (Nadíja).
A surname.
A city in Oriental, Morocco.
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP) carrying electrons and bonded with a hydrogen (H) ion; the reduced form of NADP.
Alternative letter-case form of Nadsat.
A surname.
plural of Naeem
A surname from German.
A surname from German.
A suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.
Alternative form of nenia.
A male given name.
Initialism of National Asthma Education and Prevention Program.
The Nairs (certain Indian caste members).
Alternative spelling of naevus (“pigmented spot”).
plural of naeve
plural of naevus
A pigmented, raised or otherwise abnormal area on the skin, whether congenital or acquired.
Initialism of nearly as fast as light.
Initialism of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control.
Acronym of National Foundation for Depressive Illness.
Initialism of National Aviation Facilities Experimental Center.
An aerogel made from near-parallel strands of aluminium oxide
comparative form of naff: more naff
In a way that is naff.
Misspelling of nakfa.
Initialism of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: a spectrum of disorders characterized by predominantly macrovesicular hepatic steatosis occurring in individuals in the absence of significant alcohol consumption.
Acronym of no apparent fear of death, a disqualifying condition for hazardous or combat duty.
Alternative letter-case form of nafoid.
Acronym of North American Free Trade Agreement
A desert in the northern part of the Arabian Peninsula, occupying a great oval depression.
A small horse; a pony.
Alternative form of naqareh (“type of drum”).
A surname.
plural of Nagai
A seashell horn used in the music of Korea.
A disease of vertebrates in southern Africa, characterised by swelling and lethargy and caused by trypanosomes transmitted by tsetse flies.
The capital city of Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
A surname from Japanese.
A town in Assam, India.
plural of Nagao
A surname of Indian usage.
A drum used in folk music in the Caucasus region.
A traditional administrative unit of the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra, Indonesia, consisting of a cluster of villages.
plural of Nagar
plural of naga
A surname from Japanese.
A district of Rajasthan, India.
A town in Ujjain district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
A surname
simple past and past participle of nag
One who is nagged.
One who nags.
A small measure of spirits; alternative form of noggin.
To toss the head or cause to toss the head.
A Hebrew prince or leader, especially the religious leader in Sephardic communities of the Middle Ages.
An open-source software application for monitoring computer systems and networks.
plural of Nagi
A surname.
A surname from German.
plural of Nagle
A river in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The bohor reedbuck, Redunca redunca.
plural of nagor
A surname from Punjabi.
Initialism of Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
A large city, the winter capital of Maharashtra, India.
A prefecture-level city of the Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
A surname.
A male given name from Sanskrit.
plural of Nagra
The Devanagari script.
Alternative form of nahual.
A barangay of Atok, Benguet, Philippines.
A whip used by the Cossacks
Synonym of wadi.
plural of nahal
Alternative form of Nahani.
Any of numerous native groups located in British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the Yukon Territory between the upper Liard River and the 64th parallel north latitude.
A surname.
plural of Nahar
A female given name.
Alternative form of nahiyah.
Alternative form of nahiyah.
A female given name.
Alternative form of nakhoda.
Alternative form of nayaur.
Mesua ferrea (Ceylon ironwood).
A member of the Nahuatl-speaking indigenous peoples of Mexico and El Salvador.
An animal form which a person may take.
Synonym of Aztecan.
plural of Nahua
A male given name from Mapudungun.
A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible.
plural of naiad
Depicted swimming horizontally.
Synonym of naiad (“female water deity”)
Acronym of Ninoy Aquino International Airport Expressway.
Obsolete form of neighbor.
plural of naib
Pronunciation spelling of nice.
Any worm of the family Naididae.
plural of naid
A surname.
comparative form of naif: more naif
In a naif way; naïvely.
plural of naif
plural of naig
Alternative spelling of naive.
Of or from Nigeria.
plural of Naija
plural of naik
simple past and past participle of nail
One whose occupation is to make nails; a nail maker.
A surname.
plural of Naill
A surname originating as an occupation.
plural of nail
full of nails (the fastener)
A surname from Yiddish.
plural of Naim
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
A surname from Burmese.
plural of Naing
plural of nain
Initialism of non-arteritic AION.
Initialism of National Association of Industrial and Office Properties.
Archaic form of naik.
plural of naira
Alternative form of Nair.
plural of Naire
The Akkadian name for a confederation of tribes in the south of the Armenian Highland.
Alternative form of Naarm.
A town in Highland council area, in northern Scotland (OS grid ref NH8856).
A surname.
plural of Nair
Initialism of non-accelerating inflation rate of unemployment.
A surname.
A surname.
A surname from Japanese.
plural of Naito
Initialism of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia: an abnormally low number of platelets in a newborn's blood, due to the mother's antibodies having been passed via the placenta and attacking the newborn's own platelets.
third-person singular simple present indicative of nait
Lacking worldly experience, wisdom, or judgement; unsophisticated.
comparative form of naive: more naive
plural of naive
A village in Aveyron department, France.
A city in south-central Iraq.
Of or pertaining to Najaf.
A surname.
plural of Najar
plural of naja
A person from the Najd region.
plural of Najdi
Alternative form of Najib.
A surname.
A male given name from Arabic.
Ritually unclean, such that contact with it puts a Muslim in a state of impurity.
A surname.
A surname.
plural of Nakai
A surname from Japanese.
A surname from Japanese.
A surname from Japanese.
plural of Nakao
A non-Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal prefixing language spoken at Maningrida on the north coast of Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
plural of naka
A surname from Japanese.
Synonym of Ethiopian nightshade (Solanum aethiopicum).
In Arab contexts: a catastrophe; a grave setback.
plural of nakba
To make naked; nake.
third-person singular simple present indicative of naken
A small drum, of Arabic origin, and the forebear of the European kettledrum.
plural of naker
third-person singular simple present indicative of nake
The currency of Eritrea, divided into 100 cents.
plural of nakfa
Alternative form of naches.
An ethnic group centered in the foothills of the Himalayas in the northwestern part of Yunnan Province, as well as the southwestern part of Sichuan Province in China.
Alternative spelling of nakey (“naked”).
plural of nakie
A Japanese visual novel of a genre characterized by melodramatic plots intended to move the player to tears.
present participle and gerund of nake
Alternative form of naker (“type of drum”).
plural of nakir
A census-designated place, the borough seat of Bristol Bay Borough, Alaska, United States.
An indigenous people of Western Canada and, originally, the United States, formerly inhabiting large parts of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana.
A matchmaker who serves as a go-between in the process of an omiai arranged marriage.
marsh buck
Alternative spelling of Nakoda.
A city, the capital of Nakuru County, Kenya.
A female given name from Hawaiian.
plural of nala
A barangay of Laoag, Ilocos Norte, Philippines.
A Papuan language of West Papua.
A particular organophosphate insecticide.
plural of naled
plural of Nale
Initialism of National Association of Latino Fraternal Organizations.
Acronym of National and Local Government Officers' Association.
A male given name.
A female given name.
The flowering tree Trema orientale.
Alternative form of nalki.
A princely open litter, borne by many men using multiple poles.
plural of nalki
Alternative form of nalki.
Alternative form of nullah.
Alternative form of nullah.
plural of nalla
A surname.
plural of nall
A surname.
plural of Nally
Acronym of North American land mammal age.
plural of NALMA.
Acronym of National Legal Services Authority.
A surname.
plural of Nalty
simple past and past participle of name
Alternative form of namaz.
A moon of Haumea.
Initialism of not all men are like that.
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
A Japanese dish consisting of thinly sliced uncooked vegetables and meat or seafood, marinated in rice vinegar.
Synonym of salat (“Islamic prayer”).
A penis sheath worn by tribesmen in parts of the Pacific.
plural of namba
Alternative spelling of Nambé.
Acronym of North American Man/Boy Love Association.
A surname.
plural of Nambo
Clipping of namby-pamby.
Of or pertaining to the Nambé people or the variety of Tewa they speak.
A district of Sikkim, India.
Having a name.
That which is given a name.
plural of namee
Pholiota microspora; a type of edible mushroom used in Japanese cookery
Not having a name.
Specifically; that is to say.
A plate or plaque inscribed with a name.
One who names, or calls by name.
plural of namer
plural of name
An entity that lends its name to another entity.
second-person singular simple present indicative of name
third-person singular simple present indicative of name
Synonym of Nanhai (Foshan, Guangdong, China): the Cantonese-derived name.
A desert on the far southwestern coast of Africa, predominantly in Namibia.
Abbreviation of Namibia.
Former name of Moçâmedes (“city in Angola”).
A surname.
A female given name from Japanese.
The process of giving names to things.
Alternative form of namkeen.
A Papuan language of Indonesia.
A snack or light meal; food; originally a farm worker's lunch to be eaten in the fields.
A midday meal.
The goddess of the primeval sea that gave rise to heaven and earth.
Alternative spelling of namous.
A diminutive of the female given name Namrata.
Synonym of Nan'ao: the Teochew-derived name.
To run away; to leave; to depart.
Alternative form of Nampo (“city in North Korea”).
The largest city in Canyon County, Idaho.
Alternative form of Nampo (“city in North Korea”).
A city in North Korea.
The Namibian Police Force.
Acronym of National Mapping and Resource Information Authority.
A district of Arunachal Pradesh, India.
A river in Trøndelag, Norway, that discharges into the Namsenfjorden at Namsos.
A coastal town and municipality in Trøndelag, Norway.
Graphiurus ocularis, a South African dormouse.
A mining town in Shan State, Burma (Myanmar).
In Korean cuisine, any of various seasoned herbal dishes made from grasses, leaves, vegetables, etc.
plural of namul
The capital city of Wallonia, Belgium.
A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to chastity of female family members.
A poorly attested Tibeto-Burman and more specifically Naic language of Sichuan and Tibet.
Alternative form of Namuyi.
plural of namé
A county-level city of Quanzhou, Fujian, China.
A county of Shantou, Guangdong, China.
A city in Yamagata Prefecture, Japan.
Alternative form of Nan'an.
A Tungusic people of China and the Russian Far East
A language family of Northeast Asia, a branch of Tungusic.
mother's father; maternal grandfather
A female given name from Japanese.
A female given name from Japanese.
plural of nana
A female given name from Japanese.
A barangay of Enrique B. Magalona, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
A diminutive of the female given name Nancy.
simple past and past participle of nance
plural of Nance
A female given name, variant of Nancy.
A female given name.
plural of Nancy
A surname.
A county of Hechi, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
plural of Nanda
A type of parakeet of species Aratinga nenday, a medium-sized, mostly green parrot native to South America.
A district of Maharashtra, India.
A bull used as a mount by the god Shiva, or a representation of this bull.
Any leaffish in the family Nandidae.
plural of Nandi
A diminutive of the male given name Fernando.
Archaic form of nandu.
Alternative form of nandu.
Alternative form of nandu.
plural of NAND
rhea (large, flightless birds)
plural of nandu
A surname.
A Persian goddess mentioned in the Bible.
A surname from Spanish.
A district of Benxi, Liaoning, China.
A simple wooden harp or zither used in central and eastern Africa.
A rural township in Lienchiang County, Taiwan, primarily made up of Matsu (Nangan) Island.
plural of nanga
jackfruit
jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus)
A surname.
Alternative form of angry.
plural of nang
A locality in the Cootamundra-Gundagai council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A district of Foshan, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
Alternative form of Nansi.
Ellipsis of Nanhui New City: a town and planned city in Pudong district, Shanghai, China.
A locality in the Yass Valley council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.
Alternative form of Nanino.
A traditional soapstone oil lamp fuelled by blubber and seal fat, of Eastern Arctic peoples, such as the Inupiat, Yupik, Eskimo, Inuit.
plural of naniq
Unusually small size, as the result of a developmental abnormality.
Synonym of nanorobot.
cultivable wetland
Alternative form of nanja.
Alternative form of Nanri.
A city in Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.
A district of Tianjin, China.
Alternative form of Nangan (rural township)
simple past and past participle of nank
Obsolete form of Nanking, former name of Nanjing: a prefecture-level city, the capital of Jiangsu, China.
plural of nank
A county of Puyang, Henan, China.
wood of the tree Phoebe nanmu (or several other similar) that was once used for boat building, architectural woodworking and wood art in China
grandmother
plural of nanna
A surname.
A surname from Italian.
A diminutive of the female given names Ann or Annie.
plural of Nanni
A town in the South West region of Western Australia.
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻⁹ (short scale billionth or long scale milliardth). Symbol: n
Nanoscopic abiotic life, acellular life, or protolife.
Dwarf-like; dwarfish; a pygmy.
A gewog of Pemagatshel District, Bhutan.
A polar bear.
A Japanese reading of a kanji character that is used for names of people or places, but that is otherwise a non-standard reading for that character.
plural of nano
Initialism of North American Numbering Plan Administration.
The magpie.
A town in Xiuyu district, Putian, Fujian, China.
A Scandinavian surname. Often refers to Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen.
A district of Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
A district of Shanghai, China.
A lake in Jining, Shandong, China.
A surname originating as a matronymic.
Synonym of Nanshi.