midafternoon | (noun) the middle part of the afternoon | - |
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midair | (noun) some point in the air; above ground level | - |
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midazolam | (noun) an injectable form of benzodiazepine (trade name Versed) useful for sedation and for reducing pain during uncomfortable medical procedures | Synonyms: Versed |
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midbrain | (noun) the middle portion of the brain | Synonyms: mesencephalon |
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midday | (noun) the middle of the day | Synonyms: high noon, noon, noonday, noontide, twelve noon |
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midden | (noun) a heap of dung or refuse | Synonyms: dunghill, muckheap, muckhill |
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(noun) (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement | Synonyms: eitchen midden, kitchen midden |
middle | (noun) the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) | Synonyms: midriff, midsection |
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(noun) an intermediate part or section | - |
(noun) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | Synonyms: center, centre, eye, heart |
(noun) the point between the beginning and the end of a temporal period or process | - |
middlebreaker | (noun) moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow | Synonyms: lister, lister plough, lister plow, middle buster |
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middlebrow | (noun) someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow | - |
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middleman | (noun) a person who is in a position to give you special assistance | Synonyms: contact |
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(noun) someone who buys large quantities of goods and resells to merchants rather than to the ultimate customers | Synonyms: jobber, wholesaler |
(noun) the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk | Synonyms: interlocutor |
middleweight | (noun) a professional boxer who weighs between 155 and 160 pounds | - |
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(noun) a wrestler who weighs 172-192 pounds | - |
(noun) an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 165 pounds | - |
middling | (noun) any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran) | - |
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middy | (noun) blouse with a sailor collar | Synonyms: middy blouse |
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midfield | (noun) (sports) the middle part of a playing field (as in football or lacrosse) | - |
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midge | (noun) minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water | - |
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midget | (noun) a person who is markedly small | Synonyms: dwarf, nanus |
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midgrass | (noun) any of various grasses of moderate height which covered the undisturbed prairie in the United States; includes most of the forage grasses of the temperate zone | - |
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midinette | (noun) a Parisian salesgirl | - |
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midiron | (noun) long iron with a nearly vertical face | Synonyms: two iron |
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midland | (noun) the interior part of a country | - |
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midline | (noun) the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) | Synonyms: midplane |
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midnight | (noun) 12 o'clock at night; the middle of the night | - |
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midplane | (noun) the median plane of the body (or some part of the body) | Synonyms: midline |
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midpoint | (noun) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | Synonyms: center, centre |
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midrib | (noun) the vein in the center of a leaf | Synonyms: midvein |
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midriff | (noun) (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration | Synonyms: diaphragm |
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(noun) the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) | Synonyms: middle, midsection |
midsection | (noun) the middle area of the human torso (usually in front) | Synonyms: middle, midriff |
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midshipman | (noun) a temporary rank held by young naval officers in training | - |
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midspread | (noun) a measure of statistical dispersion, being equal to the difference between the upper and lower quartiles. | Synonyms: interquartile range, middle fifty |
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midst | (noun) the location of something surrounded by other things | Synonyms: thick |
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midstream | (noun) the middle of a stream | - |
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midsummer | (noun) June 21, when the sun is at its northernmost point | Synonyms: June 21, summer solstice |
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midterm | (noun) an examination administered in the middle of an academic term | Synonyms: midterm exam, midterm examination |
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(noun) middle of an academic term or a political term in office | - |
(noun) the middle of the gestation period | - |
midvein | (noun) the vein in the center of a leaf | Synonyms: midrib |
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midwatch | (noun) a watch during the night (as from midnight to 8 a.m.) | Synonyms: graveyard watch, middle watch, night watch |
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midway | (noun) the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located | - |
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midweek | (noun) the middle of a week | - |
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midwife | (noun) a woman skilled in aiding the delivery of babies | Synonyms: accoucheuse |
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midwifery | (noun) assisting women at childbirth | - |
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(noun) the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother | Synonyms: OB, obstetrics, tocology |
midwinter | (noun) the middle of winter | - |
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