Middle School Vocabulary
114,351 words and 1,048 expressions at the middle school level.
Alternative form of Tang.
Pronunciation spelling of thanks.
Abbreviation of Telangana.
A surname from Mandarin.
Contraction of toward
Misspelling of 'twas.
Alternative form of 'tween (“between”).
Misspelling of 'twere.
Threatened due to similarity of appearance to a species deemed threatened under the Endangered Species Act.
plural of t*rd
A thong (type of underwear).
A form of baseball, played by young children, in which the batter hits a ball placed on a tee rather than being thrown by a pitcher.
A type of ski lift where skiers/snowboarders are dragged up the ski run while they slide along on their skis/snowboards on the slope. They hang onto a T-shaped bar, a crossbar handle and a lead shaft linking to the drive cable.
spanner barb
plural of T-bar
A structural member with a cross section shaped like the letter T.
A Treasury bill.
A T-bone steak.
Synonym of pothead (An electric motor's terminal connection or wiring box).
A nickname for a boy.
plural of t-boy
Abbreviation of Trans-Canada Highway.
A backup car used by a driver whose main car has been damaged.
A four-wheeled open phaeton with four seats, its ground plan resembling the letter T.
Alternative spelling of T cell (especially when used in attributive position)
plural of T-Day
transfer DNA
plural of t-DNA
A second-person pronoun used in informal situations, to address friends, family, and sometimes inferiors.
A type of side valve arrangement.
A simple maze used in animal cognition experiments, shaped like the letter T, providing the subject with a straightforward binary choice.
plural of T-man
A mathematical function T: [0, 1] × [0, 1] → [0, 1] that is commutative, associative, monotonic, and the number 1 acts as identity element, that is T(a, 1) = a.
Such a nut die-formed from sheet metal and used in woodworking.
plural of T-nut
Thai pop music.
A pose in which one stands rigidly with one's arms held out horizontally at shoulder height and parallel to the ground.
Alternative form of t-rav.
plural of t-rav
An electromagnetic wave with a frequency intermediate between, and sharing the properties of, short radio waves and long infrared waves, generally in the 0.1 to 10 terahertz (THz) band of frequencies.
plural of T-ray
tearoom (public restroom used as a place for casual sex)
A T-shaped slot to receive a T-nut.
The word tranny.
Clipping of Transact-SQL.
A shuffling dance move in which the feet are initially placed in an orientation like the letter T.
A transmission stop; an alternative to an f-stop.
A type of aircraft that has the horizontal stabilizer situated atop, or near the top of, the vertical stabilizer.
Ellipsis of Student's t-test.
An automobile roof with a removable panel on each side of a rigid bar running from the center of one structural bar between pillars to the center of the next structural bar.
plural of T-top
The shortest grammatically allowable sentence into which a piece of writing can be split.
Synonym of T-ray.
tax or taxes, treated as if it were taboo.
The forehead and nose considered together as a region of the face that can, in some people, produce excess sebum compared to other parts of the face.
plural of T.A.
Alternative form of THC.
Three times a day
Alternative form of TOD.
Alternative form of TRH.
Initialism of Their Serene Highnesses
simple past and past participle of TA
Alternative form of taken.
present participle and gerund of TA
Used to present something intended to be surprising, impressive, or pleasing.
Alternative form of ta-da.
The 20th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Dated form of Dali.
Alternative form of tara.
Alternative form of ta ta.
Alternative spelling of ta ta.
plural of ta-ta
Khanbalik.
Alternative form of Daye.
Elongated form of tall.
A Bantu language spoken in Congo and Zambia
A surname from Irish, equivalent to English David
The study of the Qur'an.
plural of taan
A genre of music popular in Tanzania and Kenya, influenced by the music of cultures with a historical presence in East Africa.
The intricate Persian system of etiquette and good manners, emphasising extreme deference, humility, and respect, especially in politely declining to do something (quote a price on something one is selling, eat more food, etc) so that another person can talk one into it.
plural of taar
To affix with tabs; to label.
A city in Albay, Philippines.
A surname from Yiddish.
A surname from Polish.
plural of Tabak
A region of southern Central Anatolia during the Iron Age.
A surname.
A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.
Synonym of Mazanderani (“language”)
plural of Tabar
Synonym of Tabata method.
Having a tab (protruding strip of material).
A device for applying an adhesive tab.
plural of Tabb
Having a wavy or watered appearance.
To emaciate.
stable or shed (for horses, cows, etc.)
Obsolete spelling of tabor.
Alternative form of tabard.
Any temporary dwelling; a hut, tent, or booth.
plural of taber
A kind of slow bodily wasting or emaciating disease, often accompanying a chronic disease.
Alternative form of tabiya.
plural of tabia
A surname from Arabic.
Of or pertaining to tabes.
Pertaining to tabes.
To reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters.
A locality in the Shire of Strathbogie, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
A municipality of Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
A barangay of Mankayan, Benguet, Philippines.
plural of tabi
A position in the opening of a game that occurs after a sequence of moves that is heavily standardized, and from which the players have many possible moves again.
A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.
A barangay of Bangued, Abra, Philippines.
plural of tabla
Ground cocoa shaped into a disc; used mainly for making sikwate.
simple past and past participle of table
Agent noun of the verb to table; one who tables.
plural of table
A small, compressed portion of a chemical, drug, food substance, etc.; a pill, a tablet.
A barangay of Borongan, Eastern Samar, Philippines.
Swinglea glutinosa, a tree of the Philippines.
plural of tabog
The bird Megapodius cumingii, the Philippine megapode.
A surname.
plural of tabon
Alternative form of tabun (clay oven)
plural of taboo
Synonym of tazia (“ceremonial representation of the tombs of Muhammad's grandsons”).
A small drum.
A surname.
A surname.
plural of tabor
Alternative spelling of tabor.
A small tabor; a timbrel.
A city in Iran, the seat of Tabriz County's Central District and the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. Fourth largest city of Iran with population of about 1,600,000. Historical names: Davrezh, Tavrezh, Tavrez, Tauris.
A surname.
A barangay of Bayawan, Negros Oriental, Philippines.
Obsolete spelling of tabooed.
A city and district of Saudi Arabia.
Alternative spelling of tabbouleh.
plural of tabula
An extremely toxic nerve gas; a clear, tasteless liquid, molecular formula C₅H₁₁N₂O₂P.
plural of tabun
plural of tabu
Alternative form of taboot.
plural of tabut
Alternative transliteration of Tabuk.
A fruit from Sechium tacaco, native to Costa Rica.
A system of survivable communications links designed to relay signals between decision-makers and weapon delivery systems in the event of nuclear war.
Acronym of tactical air navigation beacon, an ultra high frequency electronic radionavigation system able to provide aircraft with continuous bearing and slant range information to a selected station.
An ethnic group inhabiting the Beni department of Bolivia.
plural of TACAN
A barangay of Siquijor, Siquijor, Philippines.
plural of tace
An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.
A female given name.
Alternative form of Dazhai.
A spot, stain, or blemish.
Alternative form of Dachen.
plural of tache
A pre-katana style Japanese sword, characterized by a longer blade with more curvature.
Alternative form of tachy-.
plural of tachi
Clipping of tachograph.
Alternative form of tachy-.
plural of tacho
plural of tach
Alternative form of tetchy.
Fast.
A rural municipality of Manitoba, Canada.
simple past and past participle of tack
A person who, or device that tacks (in various senses).
A small, broad-headed nail or tack.
A scrubby, neglected horse.
The state of being tacky
A player who tackles another.
plural of tack
simple past and past participle of tack
Of a substance, slightly sticky.
A former commune of Chile.
simple past and past participle of taco
A city, the county seat of Pierce County, Washington, United States.
A low-grade flint-like iron ore containing 20-30% iron.
A small creek in northern Philadelphia, in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States. It feeds into Frankford Creek.
Abbreviation of tactical operations.
plural of taco
Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the right thing and avoid statements that will give offence or pain even if true.
simple past and past participle of tact
Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.
A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
Of or relating to tactics.
A tactile end-organ.
plural of tact
The sense of touch.
A city in El Salvador.
A surname.
plural of Tacy
A diminutive of the male given name Thaddeus or Thaddaeus.
A grandfather.
plural of tadcu
A surname from Italian.
Alternative form of taddy (“tadpole”).
Alternative form of toddy.
Obsolete form of toddy.
Alternative spelling of tater.
plural of tader
A penis.
plural of tadge
A municipality of Mountain Province, Philippines.
Obsolete form of toddy.
In Iranian cuisine, crisp rice taken from the bottom of the pot.
A gewog of Samtse District, Bhutan.
Alternative spelling of Tajik.
Alternative spelling of tarka.
A town and civil parish with a town council in Basingstoke and Deane borough, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6061).
A tactile method of communication used by deafblind people, based on feeling movement and vibration around the jawline.
A surname from Polish.
Alternative form of Tae Bo.
A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage.
Dated form of Daegu.
Alternative spelling of taegeuk.
A female given name from Japanese.
plural of tael
A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
A member of a Native American people whose settlements at the time of European contact in the late 17th century were located in present-day Tensas Parish, Louisiana.
Archaic form of taipan (“foreign businessman in China”).
The southernmost of the six provinces of Vanuatu.
plural of TAFE
A surname.
plural of Taffe
Any group of Welsh people who practice nepotism or live in an ethnic enclave.
plural of taff
plural of Taffy
Alternative spelling of Taffia.
plural of tafia
Acronym of the artist formerly known as Prince, the musical artist Prince Rogers Nelson.
A small cave-like feature found in granular rock such as sandstone.
plural of tafone
A surname.
A grammatical, historical, allegorical and/or traditional interpretation of the Qur'an.
A kind of leavened bread from Iran, also found in Kuwaiti and South Asian cuisines.
simple past and past participle of taft
plural of Taft
The delegation of the power of divorce by the husband to the wife or any other party.
A barangay of Matalom, Leyte, Philippines.
Tagalog (people)
A woman from Tagalog region or provinces
One who, or that which, tags along.
plural of Tagal
In South African English, a wizard, witch, or a spiteful person who operates in secret to harm others or who uses poisons and familiar spirits to carry out harmful deeds.
A city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
A barangay of Donsol, Sorsogon, Philippines.
A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.
A barangay of Samal, Davao del Norte, Philippines.
A male given name from Nigeria. A name given to people who are perceived to have a strong sense of competition as means of personal achievement for community development.
An essential oil obtained from marigolds, used in perfumery etc.
Synonym of tagetes (“individual plant of the genus Tagetes”).
Having a tag; labeled.
One who is tagged.
The player who tries to catch others in the game of tag.
A diminutive of the female given name Agatha.
plural of Tagg
Of sheep: having tags, or dangling locks of wool.
idolatry; the worship of anything except Allah
A river in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia.
plural of tag (“decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls”)
plural of tag (decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls)
Alternative spelling of tajine.
plural of tagin
A community in Yukon, Canada.
Alternative form of taqiyah.
A barangay of Dagami, Leyte, Philippines.
A surname from Spanish.
plural of Tagle
A small tag.
A particular system of fixed and movable pulleys; a tackle with a set of sheaves in a fixed block and another set in a movable block to which the weight is attached.
A specialized, structured, grouping of functionally related segments, or analogous subunits, into units such as the head, the thorax, and the abdomen, particularly in various Arthropoda and Vertebrata.
A Rashad language, closely related to Tegali, spoken near the town of Rashad in southern Kordofan in Sudan.
A surname from Bengali.
The affixing of a label to potentially dangerous machinery to indicate why it has been shut down. To avoid accidents, only the person who affixed the label is authorized to remove it and restart the machinery.
Alternative form of tag-rag.
A collection of tags.
The fruit of the tagua palm. When dried, it can be carved like ivory, and is used for beads, buttons, etc.
flying squirrel
plural of tagua
A female given name.
plural of Tague
An independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines, southeast of Manila.
Synonym of Vanatinai (“island of Papua New Guinea”).
A barangay of Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur, Philippines.
A city in Davao del Norte, Philippines.
A major river in Spain and Portugal, the longest in Iberia.
A Colombian indigenous people who inhabited the Antioquia region between the Porce and Magdalena rivers.
A city in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
A vegetarian version of biryani.
plural of taha
the highest mountain peak in Algeria
A surname from Persian.
Alternative form of ta-da.
The crispy layer of rice (and sometimes lavash bread, thinly sliced potatoes, egg or another ingredient) taken from the bottom of the pot in which the rice (chelow or pilaf) is cooked in cuisine of Western Asia.
A surname.
A surname from Persian.
plural of Taher
Alternative form of tael.
plural of tahil
Alternative form of tahini.
tahini (sesame paste)
A paste made from ground sesame seeds, and used to make hummus, baba ghanoush etc.
the largest island in French Polynesia.
A locality in the MidCoast council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
A gold ornament worn by the wives of Brahmins.
plural of tahli
A mountain freshwater lake on the border of northern California and Nevada, United States.
A city, the county seat of Lynn County, Texas, United States.
A census-designated place in El Dorado County and Placer County, California, United States.
A mill for crushing ore, powered by horses or mules.
Ritually clean or pure.
Alternative form of tauhou.
A spiced yellow rice dish in Awadhi cuisine.
the belief that alterations were made to the previous revelations of God
a type of vocal ornamentation; especially the variant used in the Near and Middle East
plural of tahr
Alternative form of Daxi.
An administrative division in India and Pakistan.
An Egyptian stickfighting martial art.
A pile of food presented as a gift.
Cake of salted fermented bean curd.
A prefecture-level city of Shandong, China.
A people of Nuku Hiva in French Polynesia.
A traditional Māori wooden staff weapon, used for short, sharp strikes or stabbing thrusts, usually decorated on one end.
Alternative form of Tai'an.
A county of Baoji, Shaanxi, China.
A surname
Alternative form of Taipei (capital city)
A surname from Italian
Alternative spelling of tai chi.
plural of taid
A Muslim principality on the Iberian Peninsula during the 11th, 12th and 13th centuries.
A subarctic zone of evergreen coniferous forests situated south of the tundras and north of the steppes in the Northern Hemisphere.
plural of taiga
A language spoken in Taiwan, which descended from Hokkien; the Taiwanese language.
plural of taig
A district of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China, formerly a county.
Slow and cautious; gradual.
Synonym of Lake Tai.
Alternative form of tai chi.
A traditional drum, beaten by yobidashi to announce the beginning of a tournament, and at the end of each day
plural of taiko
simple past and past participle of tail
One who follows or tails surreptitiously, as an investigator.
A hinged board or hatch at the rear of a vehicle that can be lowered for loading and unloading.
A form of taxation levied on the land of peasants in pre-Revolutionary France.
One of a pair of red lights mounted on the rear of a vehicle, so it can be seen from the rear at night.
A person who makes, repairs, or alters clothes professionally, especially suits and men's clothing.
plural of tail
The rapid, uncontrollable descent of an aircraft in a steep spiral.
Alternative form of Tailtiu.
A town in Lianjiang, Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Alternative form of tailzie.
A species of salmon (Hucho taimen), living in Siberia.
A male given name, variant of Timur.
A large peninsula in the Russian North that forms the northernmost part of mainland Eurasia and Asia in Krasnoyarsk kray, Russia.
A major city in southern Taiwan, dating to the 16th century
present participle and gerund of TA
plural of Taing
A member of a group of pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Bahamas, Greater Antilles, and some of the Lesser Antilles.
plural of Taino
A contamination, decay or putrefaction, especially in food.
plural of taint
A tribal waka confederation of New Zealand Māori iwi, sharing a common ancestry from Polynesian migrants.
The primordial Hopi god.
An island of Macau, linked to Coloane via Cotai and itself made up of two former islets, Taipa Grande and Taipa Pequena.
A foreign businessman in China; a tycoon.
large Chinese steamed stuffed bun
Dated spelling of Taipei.
The capital city of and a special municipality of Taiwan, located in the northern part of the island of Taiwan.
Alternative form of Tai-pi.
An evil spirit.
plural of taipo
A South and Central American shrub of the Desfontainia genus.
Alternative form of tayra.
plural of taira
Alternative form of tarn.
plural of tairn
plural of tair
A barangay of Sipocot, Camarines Sur, Philippines.
second sight; the involuntary ability of seeing the future or distant events.
Alternative form of taisch.
A northern suburb of Lower Hutt, Wellington region, New Zealand.
A surname.
plural of Taite
Synonym of Taitung: the Japanese-derived name.
plural of tait
A surname.
plural of Taitt
One of 23 special wards in Tokyo prefecture, Japan.
A partly-recognized country in East Asia consisting of a main island and 167 smaller islands. Official name: Republic of China. Capital: Taipei.
A surname from Yoruba.
plural of Taiwo
A mountain in Jinhu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.
A river in Alaska.
A tribe of Taiwan.
A monastic order in Taizé, Saône-et-Loire, France.
plural of taj
Alternative spelling of taiga.
A member of the Persian-speaking people living mainly in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan.
Synonym of Tajik
plural of Tajik
A surname from Japanese.
A Mexican spice blend consisting chiefly of lime, chili, and salt.
An earthenware cooking pot of North African origin, consisting of a shallow, round dish without handles and a tall, conical or dome-shaped lid.
plural of tajin
A surname from Japanese.
The rules governing pronunciation during recitation of the Qur'an.
Obsolete form of takest.
A surname from Czech.
A surname from Hungarian.
A surname from Japanese.
A surname from Japanese.
Alternative spelling of takahē.
A species of large flightless bird in the Rallidae family, endemic to New Zealand.
A surname from Japanese.
A small town in Golden Bay, Tasman district, South Island, New Zealand.
A unisex given name from Japanese.
A female given name from Japanese.
Alternative form of Tacana.
A surname from Japanese.
Synonym of Kaohsiung.
A surname from Japanese.
plural of taka
A surname from Japanese.
Synonym of Kaohsiung.
Money advanced to a ryot by his superior to enable him to carry on his cultivation, and recoverable with his quota of revenue.
A proclamation of the greatness of God, Allahu akbar.
A village in West Bengal, India.
(Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought.
A surname from Japanese.
A surname from Japanese.
A female given name from Japanese.
A male given name from Japanese.
past participle of take
A male given name from Japanese.
The purchase of one company by another; a merger without the formation of a new company, especially where some stakeholders in the purchased company oppose the purchase.
plural of taker
third-person singular simple present indicative of take
second-person singular simple present indicative of take
A surname from Japanese.
third-person singular simple present indicative of take
Alternative form of take-up.
Excommunication.
A surname from Punjabi.
Alternative form of Takhellambam surname of Meitei origin
Alternative form of Takhel
Synonym of Przewalski's horse.
plural of takhi
plural of takh
Throne or seat of authority (typically in South Asia or the former Ottoman Empire)
plural of takht
A kind of outrigger canoe used in Fiji.
plural of takia
Of or relating to the branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family containing the Cupan and the Serran languages, if they are considered to belong to such a branch.
An official reminder.
plural of takid
Archaic form of takya.
A goat-antelope, of species Budorcas taxicolor.
Pronunciation spelling of taking.
Alluring; attractive.
plural of takin
A type of relief, a dry fissured crust primarily formed by filamentous cyanobacteria, occurring in the deserts of Central Asia, and similar to a salt flat.
plural of takir
plural of taki
Archaic form of takya.
Archaic form of takya.
Archaic form of takya.
past participle of tak
An athletic shoe, a trainer, a sneaker.
present participle of tak
Alternative form of takkie.
Responsibility or obligation.
A bald man.
A locality in Waratah-Wynyard council area, north western Tasmania, Australia.
Synonym of Kaohsiung.
Kaohsiung
Of the Takri script or of a Takri alphabet.
A mint (where money is minted).
King Taksin the Great, a certain king which ruled over the Thonburi Kingdom in modern-day Thailand.
A type of pickled daikon radish, half-dried before being pickled with rice bran and salt or sugar, typically yellow in color.
A small atoll off the east coast of Papua New Guinea.
The creation of synthetic life, a goal of certain Muslim alchemists.
A gathering place for Sufis, especially in the Ottoman Empire and South Asia.
Archaic form of takya.
plural of takya
Synonym of husayniyya; alternative form of takya.
Alternative form of takir.
plural of takyr
Alternative form of takyeh.