[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

second \sec"ond\, a. f., fr. l. secundus second, properly,
   following, fr. sequi to follow. see sue to follow, and cf.
   secund.
   1. immediately following the first; next to the first in
      order of place or time; hence, occurring again; another;
      other.
      1913 webster

            and he slept and dreamed the second time. --gen.
                                                  xli. 5.
      1913 webster

   2. next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or
      rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
      1913 webster

            may the day when we become the second people upon
            earth . . . be the day of our utter extirpation.
                                                  --landor.
      1913 webster

   3. being of the same kind as another that has preceded;
      another, like a prototype; as, a second cato; a second
      troy; a second deluge.
      1913 webster

            a daniel, still say i, a second daniel --shak.
      1913 webster

   second adventist. see adventist.

   second cousin, the child of a cousin.

   second-cut file. see under file.

   second distance art, that part of a picture between the
      foreground and the background; -- called also middle
      ground, or middle distance. r.

   second estate eng., the house of peers.

   second girl, a female house-servant who does the lighter
      work, as chamber work or waiting on table.

   second intention. see under intention.

   second story, second floor, in america, the second range
      of rooms from the street level. this, in england, is
      called the first floor, the one beneath being the
      ground floor.

   second thought or second thoughts, consideration of a
      matter following a first impulse or impression;
      reconsideration.
      1913 webster

            on second thoughts, gentlemen, i don't wish you had
            known him.                            --dickens.
      1913 webster
see also:
sue secund second adventist adventist second cousin second-cut file 
file second distance middle ground middle distance second estate 
second girl second intention intention second story second floor 
first floor ground floor second thought second thoughts 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "middle ground":
   average, balance, center, compromise, fence, generality,
   golden mean, half measures, half-and-half measures,
   halfway measures, happy medium, juste-milieu, mean, median,
   mediocrity, medium, middle, middle course, middle point,
   middle position, middle state, middle way, middle-of-the-road,
   midpoint, moderateness, moderation, neutral ground, norm, normal,
   par, rule, run, via media

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Ground, definition of term: Ground
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Ground Line >> G Words
Ground Line, definition of term: Ground Line
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Ground Hog >> G Words
Ground Hog, definition of term: Ground Hog
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Ground Glass >> G Words
Ground Glass, definition of term: Ground Glass
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Ground Loop >> G Words
Ground Loop, definition of term: Ground Loop
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Ground Floor >> G Words
Ground Floor, definition of term: Ground Floor
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Ground Squirrel >> G Words
Ground Squirrel, definition of term: Ground Squirrel
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Ground Plane >> G Words
Ground Plane, definition of term: Ground Plane
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Ground Water >> G Words
Ground Water, definition of term: Ground Water
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Ground Fish >> G Words
Ground Fish, definition of term: Ground Fish
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