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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

census taker
enumerator noun someone who collects census data by visiting individual homes

cent
noun a fractional monetary unit of several countries

centas
noun 100 centas equal 1 litas in Lithuania

centaur
noun (classical mythology) a mythical being that is half man and half horse

Centaurea
genus Centaurea noun knapweed; star thistle

Centaurea americana
noun annual of southwestern United States cultivated for its purple flower heads and its bracts that resemble small baskets

Centaurea cineraria
Centaurea gymnocarpa noun a plant having leaves and stems covered with down that resembles dust

Centaurea imperialis
noun perennial of mountains of Iran and Iraq; cultivated for its fragrant rose-pink flowers

Centaurium
genus Centaurium noun genus of low-growing herbs mostly of northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers

Centaurus
Centaur noun a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross

centavo
noun a fractional monetary unit of several countries: El Salvador and Sao Tome and Principe and Brazil and Argentina and Bolivia and Colombia and Cuba and the Dominican Republic and Ecuador and El Salvador and Guatemala and Honduras and Mexico and Nicaragua and Peru and the Philippines and Portugal

centenarian
adjective being at least 100 years old

centennial
centenary adjective of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years; `centennial celebration`

centennially
adverb every hundred years; once in a century; `the birthday of this city is being celebrated centennially`

center
adjective of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

center
heart noun an area that is approximately central within some larger region; `it is in the center of town`; `they ran forward into the heart of the struggle`; `they were in the eye of the storm`

center bit
centre bit noun a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters

center field
centerfield noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield

center fielder
centerfielder noun the person who plays center field

center of attention
noun the object upon which interest and attention focuses; `his stories made him the center of the party`

center of buoyancy
centre of buoyancy noun (physics) the center of mass of the immersed part of ship or other floating object

center of curvature
centre of curvature noun the center of the circle of curvature

center of flotation
centre of flotation noun the center of gravity of a floating object

center of gravity
centre of gravity noun the point within something at which gravity can be considered to act; in uniform gravity it is equal to the center of mass

center of mass
centre of mass noun point representing the mean position of the matter in a body

center punch
noun a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling)

center spread
centre spread noun the spread at the center of a magazine

center stage
centre stage noun the central area on a theater stage

center(a)
halfway adjective equally distant from the extremes

centerboard
centreboard noun a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward

centered
centred adjective concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose

centerfold
centrefold noun a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature

centering
noun (American football) putting the ball in play by passing it (between the legs) to a back; `the quarterback fumbled the snap`

centerline
center line noun a line that bisects a plane figure

centerpiece
centrepiece noun something placed at the center of something else (as on a table)

centesimal
adjective relating to or divided into hundredths

centesimo
noun a fractional monetary unit of several countries: Panama and Italy and Uruguay and Chile

centesis
noun (surgery) the act of puncturing a body cavity or organ with a hollow needle in order to draw out fluid

Centigrade thermometer
noun a thermometer calibrated in degrees centigrade

centigrade(ip)
adjective of or relating to a temperature scale on which the freezing point of water is 0 degrees and the boiling point of water is 100 degrees

centiliter
centilitre noun a metric unit of volume equal to one hundredth of a liter

centime
noun a fractional monetary unit of several countries: France and Algeria and Belgium and Burkina Faso and Burundi and Cameroon and Chad and the Congo and Gabon and Haiti and the Ivory Coast and Luxembourg and Mali and Morocco and Niger and Rwanda and Senegal and Switzerland and Togo

centimeter
centimetre noun a metric unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter

centimo
noun a fractional monetary unit of Venezuela and Costa Rica and Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay and Spain

centipede
noun chiefly nocturnal predacious arthropod having a flattened body of 15 to 173 segments each with a pair of legs the foremost being modified into poison fangs

central
adjective centrally located and easy to reach; `the central city has good bus service`; `the shop has a central location`

Central African Republic
Central Africa noun a landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960

Central African Republic franc
noun the basic unit of money in the Central African Republic

Central American
adjective of or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languages

Central America
noun the nations of Central America collectively

Central American country
Central American nation noun countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments

Central American strap fern
narrow-leaved strap fern noun fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern; Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina

central artery of the retina
arteria centralis retinae noun a branch of the ophthalmic artery; enters the eyeball with the optic nerve

central bank
noun a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government

central chimpanzee
Pan troglodytes troglodytes noun black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa; closely related to eastern chimpanzees

Central Dravidian
noun a Dravidian language spoken primarily in central India

central gyrus
noun either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus

central heating
noun a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators

Central Intelligence Agency
CIA noun an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council

Central Intelligence Machinery
CIM noun the United Kingdom`s central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies

central nervous system
CNS noun the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord

central office
main office noun (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise; `many companies have their headquarters in New York`

Central Park
noun a large park in Manhattan

Central Powers
noun in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies

central processing unit
CPU noun (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing; `the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached`

central scotoma
noun a scotoma that involves the fixation point

Central Time
Central Standard Time noun standard time in the 6th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the 90th meridian; used in the central United States

central vein of retina
vena centrales retinae noun vein formed by the union of the retinal veins; accompanies central arteries of the retina in the optic nerve

central vein of suprarenal gland
vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis noun a single draining vein; on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava; on the left it empties into the left renal vein

central veins of liver
venae centrales hepatis noun terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids

central vision
noun vision using the fovea and parafovea

centralism
noun the political policy of concentrating power in a central organization

centralist
centralistic adjective advocating centralization

centrality
noun the property of being central

centralization
centralisation noun the act of consolidating power under a central control

centralize
centralise verb make central; `The Russian government centralized the distribution of food`

centralized
centralised adjective drawn toward a center or brought under the control of a central authority; `centralized control of emergency relief efforts`; `centralized government`

centralizing(a)
centralising(a) adjective tending to draw to a central point

centrally
adverb in or near or toward a center or according to a central role or function; `The theater is centrally located`

Centranthus
genus Centranthus noun genus of southern European herbs and subshrubs

centrarchid
noun small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed

Centrarchidae
family Centrarchidae noun sunfish family

centre
heart noun an area that is approximately central within some larger region; `it is in the center of town`; `they ran forward into the heart of the struggle`; `they were in the eye of the storm`

centrex
noun (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange

centric
centrical adjective having or situated at or near a center

centrifugal
motor(a) adjective conveying information to the muscles from the CNS; `motor nerves`

centrifugal force
noun the outward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body

centrifugal pump
noun a pump that use centrifugal force to discharge fluid into a pipe

centrifugation
noun the process of separating substances by the use of a centrifuge

centrifuge
extractor 1 separator noun an apparatus that uses centrifugal force to separate particles from a suspension

centriole
noun one of a pair of small cylindrical cell organelles near the nucleus in animal cells; composed of nine triplet microtubules and form the asters during mitosis

centripetal
receptive adjective of a nerve fiber or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system; `sensory neurons`

centripetal acceleration
noun the acceleration toward the center that holds a satellite in elliptical orbit

centripetal force
noun the inward force on a body moving in a curved path around another body

Centriscidae
family Centriscidae noun shrimpfishes

centrism
moderatism noun a political philosophy of avoiding the extremes of left and right by taking a moderate position or course of action

centrist
middle-of-the-road adjective supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative

Centrocercus
genus Centrocercus noun sage grouse

centroid
noun the center of mass of an object of uniform density

centroidal
adjective of or relating to (especially passing through) a centroid