| Middle Ages |
the period of European history between antiquity and the Renaissance, from 500 A.D. to about 1500 A.D. |
| Middle America |
the North American middle class, esp. as typified by the conservative or moderate political and social values of the Midwest. [2 definitions] |
| middlebrow |
(informal) a person who is considered to have very conventional or middle-class tastes or interests, and to be anti-intellectual. [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 social class between the very rich or the aristocracy and lower-class laborers, that includes business people, professionals, farmers, skilled workers, and the like; bourgeoisie. |
| middle-class |
of or pertaining to the middle class of a society. |
| 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 from Libya and eastward to Afghanistan. (Cf. Far East, Near East.) |
| Middle English |
the English language as it was spoken and written from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. |
| 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. |
| middleman |
an intermediate trader or merchant between producers and consumers. |
| middlemost |
being in the middle; midmost. |
| middle-of-the-road |
not extreme; cautiously moderate. |
| middle school |
a school that includes grades five through eight or grades six through eight. |
| middleweight |
a boxer or wrestler heavier than welterweight and lighter than light-heavyweight, esp. a boxer between 147 and 160 pounds. |
| Middle West |
see "Midwest." |