the C near the middle of the piano keyboard, written on the first leger line below the treble stave or the first leger line above the bass stave
the period after early adulthood and before old age, about 45 to 65
the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from circa 1000 to 1453
an extensive area of SW Asia and northern Africa, stretching from the Mediterranean to Pakistan and including the Arabian peninsula
the phase of a chess game after the opening, when all or most of the pieces and pawns remain on the board
a person’s name placed after the first name and before the surname
the social group between the upper and working classes, including professional and business people and their families
a short section (typically of eight bars) in the middle of a conventionally structured popular song, generally of a different character from the other parts of the song
an intermediate position or area of compromise or possible agreement between two opposing views or groups
(in the UK) a school for children from about 9 to 13 years old
one of the two Inns of Court on the site of the Temple in London, England
the middle class in the United States, regarded as a conservative political force
the region of the US that generally includes New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and often also New York and Maryland
the part of a real or painted landscape between the foreground and the background
the middle classes in England outside London, especially as representative of conservative political views
a period of ancient Egyptian history (circa 2040–1640 bc, 11th-14th dynasty)
the sea journey undertaken by slave ships from West Africa to the West Indies
the fat that may accumulate around the abdomen in middle age
the managers in an organization at a level between senior and junior managers
divided or dividing something equally into two parts
a common room for the use of postgraduate students in a university or college
the Low German language (spoken in northern Germany) from circa 1200–1500
a fallacy arising from the failure of the middle term of a syllogism to refer to all the members of a class in at least one premise
the social group between the upper and the middle class made up of well-paid professionals, managers, and their families
a game in which two people attempt to throw a ball to each other without a third person in the middle catching it
adopt a policy which avoids extremes
the principle that one (and one only) of two contradictory propositions must be true
a person who buys goods from producers and sells them to retailers or consumers
the eightfold path of Buddhism between indulgence and asceticism