| road | a way or means to achieve something, the road to fame |
| royal road | an auspicious way or means to achieve something, the royal road to success |
on the road
on tour | travelling about, they took the show on the road, they lost all their games on the road |
away game
road game | a game played away from home |
| road show | a show on tour |
| road construction | the construction of roads |
| road rage | violence exhibited by drivers in traffic |
access road
slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
| arterial road | a major or main route |
beltway
bypass
ring road
ringway | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center |
bridle path
bridle road | a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars) |
driveway
drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |
frontage road
service road | a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property |
highroad
trunk road | a highway |
highway
main road | a major road for any form of motor transport |
lister
lister plow
lister plough
middlebreaker
middle buster | moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow |
local road
local street | a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it |
| post road | a road over which mail is carried |
road
route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation |
| road map | a map showing roads (for automobile travel) |
| road surface | the paved surface of a paved roadway |
| side road | a minor road branching off of a main road |
| skid road | a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled |
steamroller
road roller | vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements |
turnpike
toll road | an expressway on which tolls are collected |
middle ear
tympanic cavity
tympanum | the main cavity of the ear, between the eardrum and the inner ear |
| middle cerebral artery | one of two branches of the internal carotid artery, divides into three branches |
| middle meningeal artery | branch of the maxillary artery, its branches supply meninges |
middle cerebral vein
vena cerebri media | either of two cerebral veins |
| deep middle cerebral vein | accompanies the middle cerebral artery deep in the Sylvian fissure, empties into the basal vein |
| superficial middle cerebral vein | a large vein along the line of the Sylvian fissure to the cavernous sinus |
| middle temporal vein | arises near the eye, joins the superficial temporal veins to form the retromandibular vein |
| middle thyroid vein | a vein on each side that drains the lateral part of the thyroid and empties into the internal jugular vein |
middle
midriff midsection | the middle area of the human torso (usually in front), young American women believe that a bare midriff is fashionable |
| middle finger | the second finger, between the index finger and the ring finger |
| road sense | good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road |
| road test | a test to insure that a vehicle is roadworthy |
| middle | an intermediate part or section, A whole is that which has beginning, middle, and end- Aristotle |
road map
guideline | a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action, the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam |
| middle distance | the part of a scene between the foreground and the background |
| middle name | a name between your first name and your surname |
| middle term | the term in a syllogism that is common to both premises and excluded from the conclusion |
| middle C | the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff, . hertz |
| Middle English | English from about to |
| Middle High German | High German from to |
| Middle Low German | Low German from to |
| Middle Irish | Irish Gaelic from to |
Medieval Greek
Middle Greek
Byzantine Greek | the Greek language from about to AD |
| road to Damascus | a sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians) |
middle class
bourgeoisie | the social class between the lower and upper classes |