Middle School Vocabulary
114,351 words and 1,048 expressions at the middle school level.
Alternative form of Xmas.
A utility knife, usually with a short, sharp, disposable blade mounted on a pen-like body, usually for crafts and hobbies; an X-Acto knife.
Initialism of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy.
plural of x-axis
The axis on a graph that is usually drawn left to right and usually shows the range of values of an independent variable.
An ultrahigh radio frequency, one within the range of 8.0 to 12.0 GHz.
A phrase, or, equivalently, a node in a syntax tree, which consists either of: (1) an adjunct and another X-bar phrase, (2) a head, X, and an optional complement, or (3) a conjunction sandwiched between two other X-bars. The X is a "pro-letter" which can be substituted by letters such as N for noun, V for verb, P for preposition, I for inflectional, etc.
Misspelling of Xbox.
1 November 1945, the planned date for the Allied invasion of Kyushu in southwestern Japan in World War II (cancelled following Japan's unconditional surrender in September 1945).
plural of X-Day
Abbreviation of ex dividend.
5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-β-D-galactopyranoside, used to detect β-galactosidase.
Alternative form of xing.
Alternative form of Xmas.
Abbreviation of crossover.
Abbreviation of cross-platform.
Alternative form of xpost.
Short wavelength electromagnetic radiation usually produced by bombarding a metal target in a vacuum. Used to create images of the internal structure of objects; this is possible because X-rays pass through most objects and can expose photographic film.
plural of X-ray
A circle in the middle of a shooting target's bullseye used to determine the winner in the event of a tie.
Initialism of existential risk.
Abbreviation of crosstalk.
A data structure based on the R-tree, used for storing data in many dimensions.
An aircraft wing design with two wings making an X form in the horizontal plane.
The word xenophobia.
The original 16-bit-only version of the x86 instruction set architecture.
The 32-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture.
A superset of the x86 instruction set architecture, providing additional support for 64-bit addressing while remaining mostly backward compatible with older applications.
Initialism of eXtensible Access Control Markup Language.
A Goan curry with a complex mixture of spices including white poppy seeds and large dried red chilis, usually prepared with chicken or lamb.
Alternative form of Khakas.
A traditional lutelike string instrument of West Africa.
plural of xalam
A city in Veracruz, Mexico.
A type of halva, a staple of Somali cuisine, made from sugar, corn starch, cardamon powder, nutmeg powder, ghee, and sometimes peanuts.
Mogadishu (the capital city of Somalia).
A small ethnic group of Ethiopia, speaking the Xamtanga language.
A cross-platform solution stack consisting of the Apache web server, MariaDB or MySQL database, and Perl and PHP programming languages.
The summer capital of the Yuan dynasty, now an archaeological site in Zhenglan, Xilingol, Inner Mongolia, China.
A brand name for alprazolam.
A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, of modern usage.
A female given name from Ancient Greek of modern usage, a short form of Alexandra.
plural of Xany
Alternative form of khanith.
Alternative letter-case form of Xanned.
Alternative form of Xanny.
A sodium salicylate preparation used as an antirheumatic.
A commune of Moselle department, France.
Alternative form of Shanxi.
A town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Alternative form of xantho- before a vowel
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
A city in Thrace, northeastern Greece.
a river in Acre, Brazil
Archaic form of jerky.
The Daraawiish government.
An X-ray laser.
plural of xaser
A male given name from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
A county of Aksu prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China.
Alternative form of Khazar.
plural of Xazar
Any programming language that derives from, or is a clone of, the dBASE system.
Initialism of Xbox Live Indie Games.
plural of Xbone
Acronym of X-ray bright optically normal galaxy.
plural of Xbot
plural of xbow
simple past and past participle of Xbox
plural of Xbox
Abbreviation of crossbred.
plural of xbred
Abbreviation of crossbreed.
A village in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
A Maya civilization archaeological site located on the Caribbean coastline of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.
Alternative spelling of x-cat-ik.
Abbreviation of ninety-ninth; 99th.
Initialism of extensively drug resistant tuberculosis.
Abbreviation of cross-dress.
A small two-masted, and later three-masted, Mediterranean transport ship with an overhanging bow and stern.
Archaic form of xebec.
plural of xebec
simple past and past participle of xeet
plural of xeet
Synonym of capecitabine.
Abbreviation of Xember.
Alternative spelling of December.
plural of xeme
plural of Xena
The oxyanion of xenon HXeO₄⁻.
The concept of hospitality to strangers.
Hospitable, especially to visiting strangers or foreigners.
plural of xenia
Containing an unidentified organism, especially a bacterium.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Geitoneura, Oreixenica. and Nesoxenica.
Synonym of diclofenac.
A binary compound of xenon
Any soft coral in the family Xeniidae.
A word used in utterances of a language but generally marked as foreign.
A gift or offering.
A version of the Unix operating system for various microcomputer platforms, licensed by Microsoft from AT&T Corporation in the late 1970s.
Having to do with foreigners.
A growth caused by various protists and fungi, most notably microsporidia.
plural of xenon
Any of the tropical birds in the genera Xenops, Megaxenops and Microxenops, found in Central and South America.
Synonym of Shaanxi.
The univalent radical derived from diphenyl.
A kind of alfisol found in areas with very dry summers and moist winters.
A kind of andisol found in climates with very dry summers and moist winters.
A kind of inceptisol found in areas with very dry summers and moist winters.
A vertisol with cracks that are open for at least 60 consecutive days during the summer, but closed for at least 60 consecutive days during winter.
Obsolete form of Jerez (“Spanish city”).
dry; arid.
Very dry, lacking humidity and water.
Alternative spelling of shereef.
Obsolete form of ashrafi.
plural of xerif
To make xeric (dry).
dry; dryness
A kind of mollisol found in areas with a xeric moisture regime.
Dryness of the eye.
To make a copy using a xerographer.
A kind of ultisol found in areas with very dry summers and moist winters.
Xerxes I, a Persian king of the Achaemenid dynasty who reigned 485-465 BC.
Abbreviation of crossfade.
simple past and past participle of xfade
plural of xfade
Abbreviation of crossfeed.
plural of xfeed
plural of XFEL
plural of xfer
Abbreviation of transform.
third-person singular simple present indicative of xform
Crosshair, reticle.
A member of a Bantu people from South Africa, most of whom live in the Eastern Cape.
Of or pertaining to the Xhosa.
plural of Xhosa
Initialism of Extensible Hypertext Markup Language, a reformulation of HTML as an XML application.
The provincial capital of Shaanxi, China; a subprovincial city in central China famed as the former capital of numerous Chinese dynasties, also known as Chang'an among other historical names.
A county of Gannan prefecture, Gansu, China.
A district of Huangshi, Hubei, China.
A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China.
A Chinese language spoken mainly in Hunan province, China
plural of Xiang
A county of Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
plural of Xian
An electronic product made by Xiaomi, especially a phone.
plural of xiao
A county-level city of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
A Chinese clothing accessory, in different periods taking the form of a long scarf, a neckband, or a waistcoat.
A county of Ningde, Fujian, China.
A county of Shangqiu, Henan, China.
Alternative form of Chicana.
Alternative form of Chicano.
Joe Biden (born 1942), the 46th president of the United States, viewed as a pawn or tool of China.
A mythical creature resembling an ox or a goat, with thick dark fur covering its body, bright eyes and a single long horn on its forehead.
A county of Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
A district of Dalian, Liaoning, China.
Alternative form of Shigatse.
A district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
Watermelon.
plural of xigua
A county of Zhoukou, Henan, China.
Abbreviation of thirteenth; 13th.
The political philosophy practised by Xi Jinping.
Abbreviation of twelfth; 12th.
A district of Yichang, Hubei, China.
Alternative form of Siluo
Alternative form of Yumana (“Arawakan language”).
A female given name from Spanish or Basque.
A location in Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, in northern China.
A county of Luoyang, Henan, China.
A subdistrict of Sanshui district, Foshan, Guangdong, China.
Synonym of New Taipei.
A Manchu autonomous county in Fushun, Liaoning, China.
A non-Mayan indigenous people of Mesoamerica with communities in the southern portion of Guatemala, near its border with El Salvador, and in the mountainous region to the north.
A county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.
Of or relating to a small family of Mesoamerican languages, now nearly extinct, once spoken by the indigenous Xinca people in southeastern Guatemala, much of El Salvador, and parts of Honduras.
High priest of the Hasinai confederacy.
A district of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
plural of xing
A major river in Brazil that flows north into the Amazon delta.
A county of Yulin, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
A county-level city of Qianxinan, Guizhou, China.
A district of Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China.
A district of Jiangmen, Guangdong, China; a former county of Guangdong, China.
A city in northwestern China, capital of Qinghai Province.
A surname from Greek.
A county-level city of Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
An urban township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
A district of Fuxin, Liaoning, China.
A town in Jingshan, Jingmen, Hubei, China.
A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
A prefecture-level city of Jiangxi, China.
A subdistrict of Qingxiu district, Nanning, Guangxi autonomous region, China.
Alternative form of siong.
plural of Xiong
A moribund Tupian language of the Pará region of Brazil.
plural of xiphos
sword; sword-shaped
plural of xiphos
A double-edged, single-handed sword, typically used by Ancient Greek hoplites as a secondary weapon after the dory (thrusting spear) or javelin.
A county of Zhumadian, Henan, China.
An ancient Chinese vertical bowed string instrument with two strings.
A district of Tianjin, China.
Synonym of Paracel Islands: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
A county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
Xi Jinping (Chinese leader).
Synonym of Tswa (“a Bantu language”).
simple past and past participle of xit
In ancient China, a scholar who has passed the entry-level examination to study at a college.
A county of Guiyang, Guizhou, China.
A county of Jiaozuo, Henan, China.
A district of Putian, Fujian, China.
Abbreviation of fourteenth; 14th.
A county of Nanyang, Henan, China.
A member of an indigenous people once living in Sinaloa, Mexico.
A district of Anshun, Guizhou, China.
A county of Jinzhong, Shanxi, China.
An island of Dongyin, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.
Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China.
A district of New Taipei City, Taiwan.
plural of Xlet
XML markup language specified by W3C that provides methods for creating internal and external links within XML documents, and associating metadata with those links.
simple past and past participle of Xmas
plural of Xmas
Abbreviation of Christmassy.
third-person singular simple present indicative of xmit
A MOOC (massive open online course) structured like a traditional course, with a clear syllabus of recorded lectures and self-test problems.
plural of xMOOC
XOR, a logic gate
A fiery salsa made with onions, habaneros, and orange juice.
Alternative form of xnipec.
Abbreviation of Christianity.
plural of xoanon
A wooden statue used as a cult image in Ancient Greece.
plural of XOFF
plural of Xolo
Alternative form of Yumana (“Arawakan language”).
Alternative form of khoomei (a style of throat singing).
Alternative form of khoomei (a style of throat singing).
simple past and past participle of XOR
present participle and gerund of XOR
plural of xorn
plural of Xosa
An abbreviation for hugs and kisses, usually placed at the end of a letter.
The original designation of the Curtiss P-60.
plural of XP-53
The original designation of the Lockheed XF-90, redesignated in 1948.
plural of XP-90
Abbreviation of XML Path Language.
Abbreviation of Cross-Platform Component Object Model.
plural of XPer
Abbreviation of crosspost.
third-person singular simple present indicative of xpost
A query language designed to query collections of XML data
A mythological figure from the 16th-century Popol Vuh, the mother of the Maya Hero Twins.
Tariquidar.
plural of Xray
plural of XSRF
Archaic form of Xmas.
plural of xtal
Abbreviation of Christian.
plural of Xtian
Abbreviation of Christina.
Archaic form of Xmas.
Synonym of Black Turtle.
An ancient Aquitanian deity.
Alternative form of Syuejia.
A surname.
One of a strictly endogamous social group on the island of Mallorca, descendants of Mallorcan Jews who either converted to Christianity or were forced to keep their religion hidden.
plural of Xueta
A district of Shanghai, China.
A viennoiserie pastry filled with crema catalana, from Girona in Catalonia, Spain.
plural of xuixo
A Salar autonomous county in Haidong, Qinghai, China.
A county of Xianyang, Shaanxi, China.
A son of Hellen and Orseis, and founder (through his sons) of the Achaean and Ionian nations.
An Indian vessel flute made from clay or bamboo used in the Rongali Bihu festival.
plural of xuxo
A prefecture-level city in northwestern Jiangsu, China.
A value representing an object near the end of its lifetime whose resources can be reused, typically by moving them.
Alternative form of XVideo (“the X video extension”).
plural of xvid
Abbreviation of crosswalk.
plural of xwalk
Abbreviation of crosswind.
plural of xwind
Alternative form of x-word (“crossword”).
plural of xword
simple past and past participle of XXX
third-person singular simple present indicative of XXX
present participle and gerund of XXX
Initialism of extra extra extra extra large (the manufactured size or an item of that size).
Any in the family Xyelidae of sawflies.
A polysaccharide, consisting of xylose residues, found in the cell walls of some algae and plants.
plural of xylan
Of or relating to wood and especially xylem
Any salt or ester of xylic acid.
plural of xylem
Any of a group of three isomeric aromatic hydrocarbons, found in coal and wood tar.
Pertaining to xylene.
A liquid hydrocarbon found in crude wood spirits.
wood
Characteristic of wood; woody
Xylene.
plural of xylol
A tumour on the woody part of a plant.
A unit of length in Ancient Greece.
plural of xylo
One of the pentoses, C₅H₁₀O₅, a white crystalline sugar, derived from wood.
A radical, (CH₃)₂.C₆H₃, derived from xylic acid, used in cosmetics and perfumes.
Any of several univalent radicals, of formula (CH₃)₂C₆H₃- derived from the three isomers of xylene: ortho-, meta- and para- (di-methyl benzene).
plural of xylyl
A triangular part of the prosternum that is found between the bases of the anterior coxae.
Any of several North American plants, of the genus Xyris, resembling sedges.
plural of xyrid
Any member of the plant genus Xyris.
Alternative form of xyr-.
Material resembling bits of membrane in stools of diarrhea.
plural of xyston
A surgical instrument used to scrape bones.
plural of xystus
plural of xystos
A type of long thrusting lance, used in ancient Greece.
Alternative form of xystus.
plural of xyst
A xystus.
A long and open portico within the gymnasium.
Used as a placeholder word or metasyntactic variable.
Alternative form of khoomei (a style of throat singing).