(archaic) Short for と言う (to iu):

市中: in the city / 支柱: brace, fulcrum, pillar, strut / 仔虫: larva / シチュー: stew / 死中: fatal situation

暗中: the situation in the dark

(slang) going to or being graduated from the same middle school (中学校)

円柱: cylinder; column

爬虫: reptile

in the middle of a conversation; on the other line of the phone

north (cardinal point) / the North (northern part of a region) / a northerly, north wind / Short for 北の方 (kita no kata): northward / a developed country

a Shar Pei

platform / stand / rack / desk