| middle age |
the period of human life that comes between youth and old age. |
| Middle Ages |
the period of European history between ancient times and the Renaissance, from A.D. 500 to A.D. 1500. |
| Middle America |
the North American middle class, esp. as typified by the conservative or moderate political and social values of the Midwest. [2 definitions] |
| middle C |
in music, the note on the first ledger line below the treble staff or above the bass staff. [2 definitions] |
| middle class |
the class of people between the rich and the poor. |
| middle ear |
the central part of the ear, consisting of the eardrum or tympanic membrane and a cavity containing three small bones. |
| Middle East |
the region along the southeastern and eastern border of the Mediterranean Sea, from Libya in North Africa to Afghanistan in Asia. |
| Middle English |
the English language as it was spoken and written between the years 1100 and 1500. |
| middle finger |
the finger that is the longest and mid-most of one's hand. |
| Middle French |
the French language as it was spoken and written in the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. |
| Middle High German |
the German language as it was spoken and written in central and southern Germany between 1100 A.D. and 1500 A.D. |
| Middle Irish |
the Irish language as it was spoken and written from the eleventh to the fifteenth century. |
| Middle Latin |
see "Medieval Latin." |
| Middle Low German |
the German language as it was spoken and written in northern Germany from the eleventh to the fifteenth century. |
| middle school |
a school that includes middle grades, usually grades six through eight. Children go to middle school after elementary school and before high school. |
| Middle West |
see "Midwest." |
| middle-aged |
of a person, being of an age between youth and old age. A middle-aged person is often between forty and sixty-five years of age. |
| middle-class |
of or pertaining to the middle class of a society. |
| middle-of-the-road |
not extreme; cautiously moderate. |