A small group of islands in the central Pacific; a US territory.

A person, usually a woman, who is trained to assist women in childbirth, but who is not a physician. / (rare, figuratively) Someone who assists in bringing about some result or project.

(transitive) To act as a midwife. / (transitive, figuratively) To facilitate the emergence of.

a dark blue colour, almost black.

of a dark blue colour, almost black.

(idiomatic) To work studiously, especially late into the night.

A historical division of the French language, spoken roughly from 1340 to 1610, during which French became established as the official language of France.

Of or relating to the Middle East.

Alternative form of Middle Earth: (archaic) the Earth; (Norse mythology) Midgard. / (fiction) Alternative letter-case form of Middle-earth: the setting of the Lord of the Rings mythos.

The practice and science of being a midwife.