Middle School Vocabulary
114,351 words and 1,048 expressions at the middle school level.
plural of z-axis
The axis on a graph of at least three dimensions that is usually drawn vertically and usually shows the range of values of a variable dependent on two other variables or the third independent variable.
A steel bar consisting of a Z-shaped section.
plural of Z-bar
A portable bed that folds into a Z shape.
plural of Z-bed
A wire bend consisting of two consecutive 90° bends resembling the letter Z.
Any of the several early models of a police car.
plural of Z-car
A configuration of DNA in cells, left-hand twisting double helix, that takes up a zigzagging form due to the natural right-hand twisting tendency of DNA.
Any of a group of nonbenzodiazepine drugs with effects similar to benzodiazepines, used in the treatment of insomnia.
A group of people who are the furthest from stardom, unlike the A-list.
A package of six pills, each one containing 250 mg of the antibacterial azithromycin.
plural of Z-pak
A configuration of RNA, left-hand twisting double helix, that takes up a zigzagging form due to the natural right-hand twisting tendency of double-stranded RNA.
Any statistical test for which the distribution of the test statistic under the null hypothesis can be approximated by a normal distribution.
Any word starting with Z considered to be taboo in the given context, such as zipperhead, Zionist, zoophile, or zigger.
Alternative form of zaatar.
Sahara
A particular herb, similar in flavor to thyme or oregano, used in Middle Eastern cuisine (Origanum syriacum).
A region, near Aleppo in Syria, where the first recorded text in the Arabic alphabet (written in 512) was found.
A surname.
An Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands.
A surname from Polish.
A surname.
A surname from German.
plural of Zabel
A tributary of the river Neckar in Germany.
Alternative form of Sabian.
prayer bump
Alternative form of dhabihah.
Alternative form of Sabianism.
A surname from Czech.
A town in Croatia.
A city in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran.
A small sailing vessel used off the coasts of Spain and Portugal.
plural of zabra
A city in Silesia, southern Poland.
Alternative form of zabt (“Indian land revenue system”).
Archaic form of zaptieh.
A province of Afghanistan.
Swamp ricegrass, Leersia hexandra, a grass cultivated for green forage.
The lowest part of a column or pedestal
A surname.
A surname transferred from the given name.
An oil extracted by from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites aegyptiaca), which has healing properties.
Alternative form of exactly.
plural of zack
A surname.
plural of Zadak
A city in Croatia.
Alternative spelling of tzaddik.
A county of Yushu, Qinghai, China.
A priest, said to be descended from Eleazar the son of Aaron, who aided King David during the revolt of his son Absalom and was subsequently instrumental in bringing King Solomon to the throne.
Alternative form of Zadok.
A surname.
plural of Zafar
Alternative form of zaffre.
Alternative form of zaffre.
Alternative form of zaffre.
Cobalt oxide obtained by roasting cobalt ore, used as a blue pigment.
A surname from Spanish.
plural of Zafra
plural of zafu
Archaic form of assegai.
A surname.
plural of Zagal
A surname.
plural of Zagar
Archaic form of assegai.
A surname.
plural of Zager
simple past and past participle of zag
One who zags.
A commune, village, and river in Covasna County, Romania.
A variety of Egyptian cotton.
A municipality of Epirus, Greece.
A village and commune of Bistrița-Năsăud County, Romania.
The capital and largest city of Croatia.
A mountain range in Iran.
A passageway of a central passage plan house, or the complex as a whole, in Territorial or Territorial Revival architecture in the American Southwest.
A surname.
A surname.
plural of Zahid
The external or apparent meaning of the Qur'an
A liberal and literalist madhab in Islam that considers everything halal if it is not explicitly forbidden in the Quran and mutawatir hadiths
plural of Zahir
A surname.
A town in the Beqaa, Lebanon.
plural of Zahm
A surname.
plural of Zahn
A female given name from Arabic.
A male given name from Arabic, meaning “bright or pure”.
plural of Zahra
Alternative spelling of zayde.
Alternative spelling of zayde.
Alternative form of zayde.
A male given name originating as a coinage.
Of or pertaining to a particular branch of Shi'a Islam.
plural of Zaidi
plural of Zaid
Alternative spelling of zayde.
A surname from Ukrainian.
Collectively, the powerful and influential businesspeople and tycoons of Japan.
plural of zail
A district from which a zaim (Turkish military chief) draws his revenue.
plural of zaim
Alternative form of Zaynab.
A surname.
plural of Zaino
plural of zain
A surname from Polish.
Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997.
plural of zaire
A Mongolian leader under Genghis Khan.
A traditional Japanese chair with no legs but a normal back.
Alternative form of Zayton.
A language spoken in parts of China and Burma.
A surname.
A traditional Arabic form of oral strophic poetry declaimed in a colloquial dialect.
A surname from Polish.
A surname from Polish.
A surname from Polish.
Alternative spelling of zakat.
Alternative spelling of zakat.
Almsgiving, usually in the form of an annual tax on certain types of property which is then used for charitable purposes; the third of the five pillars of Islam.
plural of zakat
A male given name from Russian or Ukrainian.
A city in Iraq, a few kilometers from the Turkish border.
plural of Zaki
Alternative form of Zaqqum.
A surname from Serbo-Croatian.
plural of Zalac
An old coin of Yemen, worth one 160th of a rial.
A surname.
plural of Zale
A notional entity said to be "released" due to unpredictable program behaviour resulting from an API's inconsistent use of synchronous versus asynchronous operations.
A commune of Sălaj County, Romania.
A female given name.
A surname.
plural of Zalit
A surname from Yiddish.
Alternative spelling of zaalouk.
A city in Sălaj County, Romania.
Any of a family of alloys with a zinc base and alloying elements of aluminium, magnesium, and copper.
plural of Zamak
Albizia saman, a large tropical tree in the pea family.
Alternative form of zaman (Albizia saman).
A surname from Persian.
plural of zaman
plural of zama
Alternative form of Sambal.
A country in Southern Africa. Official name: Republic of Zambia. Formerly called Northern Rhodesia.
Alternative spelling of Sambo.
plural of Zambo
A flamenco dance associated with Andalusia.
Alternative spelling of sambuq.
Alternative form of sambuq.
Any of various cycads of the genera Zamia and Macrozamia
plural of zamia
plural of zami
A fossil cycad of the genus Zamia.
A surname.
A surname.
A city and municipality, the capital of the province of Zamora, Spain.
plural of Zamor
A city in Lublin Voivodeship, Poland.
An Islamic holy well in Mecca, supposed to have been miraculously generated by Allah when Abraham's infant son Ishmael was crying for water.
A surname from German.
A Bantu language of Tanzania.
Alternative spelling of zenana.
Alternative form of Zenata.
A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
An ethnic group of North Central Africa, living primarily in the northeastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in south-central and southwestern part of South Sudan, and in southeastern Central African Republic.
A European freshwater fish in the family Percidae, closely related to the perch, Sander lucioperca.
A surname from Persian.
plural of Zandi
A female given name.
The marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus).
A surname from German.
A surname.
ʿImād ad-Dīn Zangī (d. 541/1146), Turkmen founder of the Zangid dynasty which ruled northern Iraq and Syria between the 12th and 13th centuries.
Of or pertaining to the Zangid dynasty.
plural of Zangi
A town and commune in Viana, Luanda Province, Angola.
plural of Zang
Alternative form of Zangi
Eta Virginis, a triple star system in the constellation of Virgo.
simple past and past participle of zany
comparative form of zany: more zany
plural of zany
In a zany manner.
An irrigation canal in Latin America.
A city in Iran, the seat of Zanjan County's Central District and the capital of Zanjan Province.
plural of zanja
An irrigating canal.
plural of zanje
plural of Zanj
Alternative form of Zangi.
Alternative form of Zangi.
Acronym of Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army
A diminutive of the female given name Suzannah.
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zanni
A surname.
A cheongsam.
Alternative form of zantewood.
Unusual and awkward in a funny, comical manner; outlandish; clownish.
A kind of thumb piano from Africa.
Alternative form of Zamzam.
plural of zanza
Alternative form of zanza (musical instrument)
plural of zanze
A form of torture, among the ancient Chinese, in which wooden sticks are placed around the victim's fingers and used to crush or break the fingers.
Alternative spelling of zawiya.
A folk dance of the Guro people of the Ivory Coast.
A Russian army organization.
A peninsula in southern Matanzas, Cuba.
plural of Zapf
A surname.
Alternative form of sapota.
Alternative form of sapote (“fruit or tree”).
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zappa
simple past and past participle of zap
A surname from Italian.
A surname.
Obsolete form of zabt (“Indian land revenue system”).
A gendarme / carabineer in Italian colonies of the Ottoman Empire
A fiber obtained from the agave plant and used for making handicrafts etc.
A tree that grows in Jahannam (Hell), whose dwellers are compelled to eat the bitter fruit.
A ruler in the northern area of Muisca.
plural of zaque
A surname from Persian.
A female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], variant of Sarah.
an indigenous people of Tanzania
Alternative spelling of serape.
A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
A rhythmic realization of a gushe.
plural of zarbi
A surname.
plural of Zarco
The flavoured tobacco used in paan.
Alternative spelling of zeriba.
A male given name from Afrikaans.
plural of zarf
A large city in Kaduna State, Nigeria.
A female given name.
Alternative spelling of zeriba.
Dated form of zydeco.
A surname from Persian.
A female given name.
A surname from German.
plural of zari
A cantillation mark found in the Torah, Haftarah, and other books of the Hebrew Bible.
A surname.
A Songhay language spoken primarily in Niger.
plural of Zarma
A native sulfide of arsenic, including sandarac and orpiment.
A river in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, north-eastern Germany.
plural of Zaro
A highly decorated and bejewelled Turkish tea cup.
plural of zarph
plural of Zarp
A city and governorate in northern Jordan.
A surname
plural of Zarr
A male given name.
The European bream (Vimba vimba)
A surname.
A surname.
Alternative spelling of zaatar.
The stomach.
plural of zati
A surname.
A town in Poland.
Clipping of zatsudan.
A surname.
plural of Zaugg
A surname from German.
plural of Zaun
Gamma Eridani, a variable star in the constellation of Eridanus.
A Loloish language spoken by the Nu people in Yunnan, China.
A woman who has had vaginal discharge of blood outside of normal menstruation, and is considered ritually impure.
A surname from Spanish [in turn from Basque].
A surname from Gujarati.
A male given name.
A surname.
A surname from Czech.
A surname from Polish.
plural of zawg
A font used to display the Burmese language.
In North and West Africa, a Muslim religious school or community, or its mosque.
plural of zawn
the cities of Tehran (capital of Iran) and Ray (near Tehran).
plural of zax
A surname.
A building in Myanmar used for meetings and religious assemblies and to give shelter to travellers.
plural of zayat
Alternative spelling of zayde.
grandfather
Alternative spelling of zayde.
Alternative spelling of zayde.
A male given name originating as a coinage.
plural of zayde
Alternative spelling of Zaidi.
Alternative spelling of zayde.
plural of Zaydi
A surname.
plural of Zayed
A surname from Ukrainian.
The seventh letter of many Semitic alphabets (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
plural of zayin
A female given name originating as a coinage.
A female given name from Arabic.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
plural of zayn
A surname from Polish.
A major but poorly known medieval port of Fujian in China, variously intending Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in different sources.
Alternative form of Zayton.
A town in Daraa governorate, southern Syria.
The language spoken by the Zaza people of eastern Turkey.
A near-extinct Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands.
plural of Zaza
A form of seated meditation in Zen Buddhism.
plural of zazen
Alternative spelling of Zaire: (historical) Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: a country in Central Africa; used from 1971–1997
plural of zaïre
plural of Zbar
A city in Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine.
plural of ZDDP
A municipality of Croatia.
A village in Gmina Grodzisk Wielkopolski, Grodzisk County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
In Serbian traditions, a man believed to have an inborn supernatural ability to protect their estate, village, or region against destructive weather conditions, such as storms, hail, or torrential rains.
Alternative form of Zev.
Archaic spelling of zeal.
Full of zeal.
plural of zeal
Alternative form of ziamet.
A plant hormone derived from adenine, having the chemical formula C₁₀H₁₃N₅O.
A city in Badakhshan Province, Afghanistan.
Alternative spelling of xebec.
Alternative spelling of xebec.
plural of zebec
The IEC prefix meaning 2⁷⁰ = 1,024⁷ = 1,180,591,620,717,411,303,424. Compare zetta-, meaning 10²¹ = 1,000⁷ = 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, a sextillion.
A surname from German.
plural of zebra.
Any of the molecules expressed by subsets of Purkinje cells that reveal the underlying zone-and-stripe architecture of the cerebellum.
A wild horse or horse-like animal that many medieval authors reported living in the Iberian Peninsula until the 16th century, described as an ashen-colored animal with a dorsal stripe, smaller than domesticated horses, and difficult to tame.
Synonym of zimb.
plural of zebub
An officer of Abimelech. (biblical character)
plural of zebu
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zecca
A town in southern Burkina Faso, 2 miles from the border with Ghana
Abbreviation of Zechariah.
Alternative spelling of zecchin.
fortunate opportunity, privilege
simple past and past participle of zed
Alternative form of zeedonk.
Misspelling of zebra.
plural of Zeeb
A town in West Coast council area, on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.
present participle and gerund of zee
hippopotamus
plural of Zeek
A surname.
A female given name from Arabic.
cumin
plural of zeer
Coffee.
A diminutive of the female given name Josephine.
Alternative form of zephyr (“confectionery”).
A surname
A surname.
Alternative form of Zigula (“a Bantu language”).
An Austrian silver coin equal to ten kreutzers.
plural of Zehr
A surname.
Alternative spelling of zayde.
Alternative spelling of zayde.
plural of zeid
Alternative spelling of zayde.
A surname.
A surname from German.
Alternative form of Zaynab.
Alternative form of Zaynab.
A surname from German.
plural of zein
A surname.
A surname.
Pellagra.
A surname.
A town and municipality of Utrecht, Netherlands.
plural of zeist
A surname.
Alternative form of zajal (“Arabic poetic form”).
Clipping of Ezekiel.
A surname from Spanish.
A zealot.
A surname.
A female given name from the Germanic languages.
plural of Zelda
A surname from Yiddish, of Ashkenazi Jewish origin.
A surname from Czech [in turn from the Slavic languages].
An ordinary person who can change their appearance or behavior to suit their surroundings, especially one who is unexpectedly associated with important events or people.
plural of Zelig
A female given name from Greek borrowed from Latin.
A surname from German.
Alternative form of zellige.
A surname.
plural of ZELL
A female given name from Arabic, variant of Selma.
A surname.
A traditional pastry eaten in Bulgaria and North Macedonia, composed of layers of thinly-rolled leavened wheat flour dough, or possibly phyllo pastry, filled with various combinations of sirene (a white cheese), feta cheese, eggs, sorrel, browned meat, leeks, spring onions and/or rice.
Zealous, energetic, enthusiastic; typically an annotation to direct the style of play.
Obsolete form of zealous.
The god and personification of zeal.
A surname.
plural of zeme
plural of zemi
A surname from German.
plural of Zemke
Alternative form of dhimmi.
plural of zemmi
The Podolsk mole-rat (Spalax zemni)
A surname from German.
Alternative form of Zaynab.
Alternative form of Sanhaja.
Synonym of harem (“area of house or palace for high-caste women or wives of a wealthy man; the women thus kept; the system of segregating women in this way”).
A Berber ethnic group of North Africa.
A branch of the Northern Berber language family of North Africa.
A surname.
A surname.
Alternative form of zindiq.
Alternative form of zindiq.
Alternative spelling of zindiq.
A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced.
plural of zendo
A surname of German origin.
A district of Suizhou, Hubei, China.
A surname from German.
Alternative form of Zangi
plural of Zeng
Alternative form of zenik.
The meerkat or suricate.
A surname from German.
plural of Zenk
A surname.
A village and civil parish in south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW4538).
Relating to Jupiter
Of or relating to the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea (c. 490–430 BC).
A surname.
plural of Zenon
A surname from German.
plural of Zenor
the act of losing every bout in a tournament
plural of Zens
skintight garments that cover the entire body
plural of Zent
A surname.
plural of Zenz
relating to the square of a number
A particular broad-spectrum antibiotic.
A surname from Italian.
plural of Zeoli
An organic compound found in some lichens.
A surname from Spanish.
Abbreviation of Zephaniah.
Archaic form of zephyr.
plural of Zepp
In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻²¹ (short scale sextillionth or long scale trilliardth). Symbol: z
Alternative spelling of zecchin.
The son of Judah and Tamar, brother of Perez, ancestor of Achan
A surname.
plural of Zerbe
A surname.
plural of Zerby
The fennec (Vulpes zerda).
plural of zerda
A Turkish dessert resembling rice pudding, coloured yellow with saffron.
Alternative form of zariba.
The Mongolian gazelle, Procapra gutturosa.
simple past and past participle of zerg
third-person singular simple present indicative of zerg
A fence of the type once commonly improvised in northeastern Africa from thornbushes.
A surname from German.
plural of zerk
Alternative form of Zarma.
plural of Zerma
Alternative form of zero G.
The bone of a lamb shank, laid on a platter as one of five symbolic foods at Passover.
Alternative spelling of zeroa.
simple past and past participle of zero. Cf. also zeroized.
plural of zero
A zero identity.
A zero-pronged fork.
A surname from Spanish.