midˈfield noun

1. The middle area of a football, etc pitch, not close to either team's goal
2. The players who operate in this area, acting as links between a team's defending and attacking players

midˈfielder noun

A player in the midfield

midˈ-gut noun (biology)

1. That part of the alimentary canal formed from the original gastrula cavity and lined with endoderm
2. Also, the small intestine

midˈ-heaven noun

1. The middle of the sky or of heaven
2. The meridian

midˈ-hour noun

1. The middle time
2. An intervening hour

midˈiron noun

A golf club used for long approach shots

midˈland adjective

1. In the middle of, or surrounded by, land
2. Distant from the coast
3. Inland
4. Specif (esp with cap) relating to or designating the central parts of England

noun

1. The interior of a country
2. (in pl; esp with cap) the central parts of England

midˈlander noun

mid-legˈ noun

The middle of the leg

adverb

As high or deep as the middle of the leg

mid-Lentˈ noun

1. The middle of Lent
2. The fourth Sunday in Lent

mid-life crisis noun

The feeling of panic, pointlessness, etc sometimes experienced at middle age by those who are concerned that they are no longer young

midlittˈoral noun

That part of the seashore that lies between high and low neap tidemarks (also adjective)

mid-morˈning noun

midnoonˈ noun

Noon

mid-oˈcean noun

The middle of the ocean

mid-ocean ridge noun (geology)

A major, largely submarine, mountain range where two plates are being pulled apart and new volcanic lithosphere is being created

mid-offˈ noun (cricket)

A fielder, or a fielding position, behind the bowler on the offside

mid-onˈ noun (cricket)

A fielder, or a fielding position, behind the bowler on the onside

midˈ-point noun

1. A point lying halfway between two other points (whether in time or space)
2. A point lying at the centre of an area

midˈrib noun (botany)

The rib along the middle of a leaf

mid-seaˈ noun

The open sea

mid-seasˈon noun

(also adjective)

midˈsection noun

1. The middle part
2. The midriff

midˈship adjective

In the middle of a ship

midˈshipman noun

Formerly, the title of a young officer (orig quartered amidships) entering the navy, later a junior ranking below a sub-lieutenant but above a naval cadet, now, since 1957, only a shore ranking used during training (shortened informally to mid or middˈy)

midˈshipmate noun (humorous)

A midshipman

midˈships adverb

Amidships

midˈsize adjective

Middle-sized, medium

mid-skyˈ noun

The middle of the sky

midstreamˈ noun

The middle of the stream

adverb

In the middle of the stream

midˈsummer (also /-sumˈ/) noun

1. The middle of the summer
2. The summer solstice, occurring about 21 June in the northern hemisphere

Midsummer day or Midsummer's Day noun

24 June, a quarter day in England, Wales and Ireland

midsummer madness noun

Temporary madness or erratic behaviour attributed to the hot sun of midsummer

midˈsummer-men noun

(sing or pl) roseroot

midsummer moon noun

The month during which midsummer occurs, associated with midsummer madness

midˈterm noun

1. The middle of an academic term, term of office, etc
2. An examination held in the middle of an academic term (N American)

adjective

Relating to, or occurring at or around, the middle of term

midˈtown adjective and noun (N American)

(in or toward) the middle part of town

mid-Victoˈrian adjective

Of or characteristic of the middle part of Queen Victoria's reign (1837–1901)

noun

A person living in this period

midˈway noun

1. The middle of the way or distance (obsolete)
2. A middle course (archaic)
3. A central avenue in a fair or exhibition, or the sideshows, stalls, etc, set up there (N American)

adjective

In the middle of the way or distance

adverb

Halfway

preposition

Halfway along or across

midˈ-week noun

1. The middle of the week
2. (with cap) among Quakers, Wednesday (cf Ger Mittwoch)

adjective

In the middle of the week

Midˈwest noun

Middle West

Midwestˈern adjective

Midwestˈerner noun

mid-wickˈet noun (cricket)

A fielder, or a fielding position, on the legside, about midway between mid-on and square leg

mid-winˈter noun

1. The middle of winter
2. The winter solstice, occurring about 21 December in the northern hemisphere

midˈ-year adjective and noun

(in) the middle of the (academic) year

in midstream

In the middle of a sentence, activity, etc