English words: Centereach to centripetalism

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English words Centereach to centripetalism

Centereach proper noun: A hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States.
centered adjective, verb /ˈsɛn.təd/: Middlemost; located at the center.
centered dot noun: Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
centeredness noun: The state of being centered.
centerfield noun: The central part of the outfield
centerfielder noun: A player in the centerfield position.
centerfire noun: A type of firearm cartridge with the primer in a central primer cap.
centerfold noun /ˈsɛntɚfoʊld/: The single larger sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication, folded so as to open wider than a standard page spread.
centerground noun: The area between foreground and background; middle distance.
centerhung adjective: indicating that one thing is hung from the center of another thing.
centering noun, verb: A type of formwork which serves as a temporary structure during the construction of arches and bridges.
centerish adjective: Alternative form of centrish.
centerless adjective: Without a center.
centerlessness noun: The state or condition of being centerless; lack of a center.
centerline noun: A line down the center of a road, generally one that divides traffic moving in opposite directions.
centerlock noun: A type of mounting where the wheel of an automobile is fastened to the axle using a single central nut.
centerman noun: Alternative form of centreman.
centermost adjective: American standard spelling of centremost (superlative form of central: most central; closest to the center).
centeroid noun: Alternative form of centroid.
centerpiece noun: US standard spelling of centrepiece.
centerpin noun: Alternative form of centrepin.
centerplane noun: A central plane.
centerpoint noun: point at the center of something, midpoint
centerpunch noun, verb: A hand tool used to prepare a workpiece prior to drilling a hole. It typically compresses and then suddenly releases a spring, creating a small indentation...
centerspread noun: centerfold; a central part of a magazine that folds out
centerstage noun: Alternative form of center stage.
Centerville proper noun: An unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama.
centerward adjective, adverb: Toward the center.
centesimal adjective /sɛnˈtɛsəməl/: Divided into a hundred parts.
centesimally adverb: According to a division into 100 parts.
centesimate verb: To select one person in every hundred for a punishment.
centesimation noun /ˌsɛntiːsɪˈmeɪʃən/: The selection by lot of every hundredth man (of an army or group of prisoners or mutineers) for execution.
centesimo noun /tʃɛnˈtɛzɪməʊ/: Alternative form of centesimo (“monetary unit in Uruguay, Panama and (formerly) Chile”).
-centesis noun, suffix: Puncture or perforation.
centesm noun: One hundredth part; one percent.
centgrave noun: The overseer of a hundred (zent) in medieval France and Germany.
centi- prefix /ˈsɛn.tə/: one-hundredth
centiamp noun: An SI unit of electric current equal to 10⁻² amperes. Symbol: cA
centiampere noun: An SI unit of electric current equal to 10⁻² amperes. Symbol: cA
centiban noun: A unit of information, one hundredth of a ban.
centibar noun: A unit of pressure, one hundredth of a bar; symbol cbar.
centibel noun: A measure of sound intensity that is one hundredth of a bel on the logarithmic intensity scale.
centibillion number: Hundred billion.
centibillionaire noun: A person whose net worth is greater than one hundred billion (10¹¹) dollars, or other currency.
centicoin noun: One hundredth of a bitcoin.
centicore noun: Synonym of yale (“mythological creature”).
centiday noun /ˈsɛntɪdeɪ/: One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
centifidous adjective: Divided into a hundred parts.
centifolia noun: A plant of the cabbage rose, Rosa × centifolia, a fragrant species of rose having large numbers of petals.
centifolious adjective: Having more leaves than can be easily counted.
centigrade adjective, noun: Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
centigram noun /ˈsɛntɪˌɡɹæm/: An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻² grams. Symbol: cg
centigramme noun /ˈsɛntɪˌɡɹæm/: Alternative spelling of centigram.
centigray noun: A derived unit of measure for absorbed dose of radiation, equal to the hundredth part (1%) of a gray, that is, 0.01 Gy.
centikatal noun: An SI unit of catalytic activity equal to 10⁻² katals. Symbol: c
centile noun: Clipping of percentile.
centiliter noun: Alternative form of centilitre.
centilitre noun: A unit of volume or capacity of one hundredth of a litre. Symbol: cl
centillion number /sɛnˈtɪl.i.ən/: 10³⁰³.
centillionaire noun: Somebody whose wealth is greater than one centillion (10³⁰³) units of the local currency; an extremely rich person.
centillionth adjective, noun: The ordinal form of the number one centillion (10³⁰³ short scale, or 10⁶⁰⁰ long scale).
centiloid adjective: Relating to the percentage of amyloid matter present in the brain
centiloquium noun: A treatise consisting of a hundred astrological aphorisms.
centiloquy noun: A work divided into a hundred parts.
centim noun: Alternative form of centim.
Centimanes noun: Synonym of Hecatoncheires.
centime noun: A former subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the franc.
centimeter noun: (Canadian spelling, alternative) Alternative form of centimetre.
centimeter-gram-second noun: Alternative spelling of centimetre-gram-second.
centimetre noun /ˈsɛn.tɪ.miː.tə/: An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻² metres. Symbol: cm
centimetre-gram-second noun: A system of units formerly used in physics (now replaced by the SI system), in which the basic units of length, mass and time were respectively centimetre,...
centimetre-gramme-second noun: Alternative spelling of centimetre-gram-second.
centimetric adjective: Measured in centimetres
centimicron noun: A unit of length equal to one-hundredth of a micron.
centimillennium noun: A period of time consisting of one hundred thousand years.
centimillion number: Hundred million.
centimillionaire noun: A person whose wealth amounts to 100 million dollars (or other currency unit).
centimo noun: Alternative form of centimo.
centimolar adjective: Of or relating to centimoles; one hundredth as concentrated as a molar solution.
centimole noun: An SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10⁻² moles. Symbol: cmol
centimorgan noun: A length of chromosome in which an average of 0.01 crossover occurs per generation.
centinewton noun: One hundredth of a newton. Symbol cN.
centinode noun: knotgrass
centinormal adjective: Having a concentration one hundredth that of a normal solution
centipawn noun: One hundredth of the value of a pawn, especially for calculation purposes in computer chess.
centipedal adjective: Of or resembling a centipede.
centipede noun /ˈsɛn.tɪ.pid/: Any arthropod of class Chilopoda, which have a segmented body with one pair of legs per segment and from about 20 to 300 legs in total.
centipede-eater noun: Any of various snakes, of the genus Aparallactus, native to Africa.
centipede game noun: An extensive form game in which two players take turns choosing either to take a slightly larger share of an increasing pot, or to pass the pot to the other...
centipede grass noun: Eremochloa ophiuroides, a coarse thick lawngrass with short upright stems, native to southern China and later introduced to the United States.
centipede's dilemma noun: Synonym of Humphrey's law
centipedegrass noun: Alternative spelling of centipede grass.
centipedelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of a centipede.
centipoise noun: A cgs unit of measure of absolute viscosity. (The viscosity of water is one centipoise. The lower the number, the less viscous the material.) Symbol: cP.
centiray noun: Alternative form of centiRay.
centisecond noun: An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻² seconds. Symbol: cs
centisome noun: One hundredth part of the length of a chromosome
centistere noun: A unit equal to one hundredth of a stere.
centistoke noun: Misconstruction of centistokes, unit of kinematic viscosity.
centistokes noun: A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to one-hundredth of a stokes.
centiwatt noun: One hundredth of a watt.
centner noun /ˈsɛntnəɹ/: A unit of weight with different actual definitions in parts of Germany and Scandinavia, typically 100 local pounds.
cento noun: A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
centoism noun: Alternative form of centonism.
centoist noun: One who compiles a cento, or collection of writings by various authors.
centonate noun: A piece composed according to the rules of centonization.
centonical adjective: Of or pertaining to a cento (work quoting from other authors).
centonism noun: The composition of a cento (poem); the act or practice of composing centos.
centonist noun: Alternative form of centoist.
centonization noun: A theory about the composition of a melody or piece based on pre-existing melodic figures and formulas.
Centor criteria noun: A set of criteria used to identify the likelihood of a bacterial infection in adult patients complaining of a sore throat.
centothecoid noun: Any grass of the genus Centotheca
centr- prefix: Alternative form of centro-.
centrable adjective: Alternative form of centerable.
centracanthid noun: Any member of the family Centracanthidae of picarel fishes.
centractin noun: A central subunit of dynactin
centrad adjective: Toward the center.
central adjective, noun /ˈsɛntɹ(ə)l/: Being in the centre.
central adiposity noun: Abdominal obesity.
Central African adjective, noun: A person from Central Africa or the Central African Republic or of Central African descent.
Central Alaskan Yupik noun: Synonym of Yup'ik.
Central American adjective, noun: Of or pertaining to Central America
Central American bushmaster noun: Lachesis stenophrys, a species of pit viper.
Central American tapir noun: Synonym of Baird's tapir.
Central American whiptail noun: A brown-colored lizard, Holcosus festivus, native to Central America and northern South America.
central angle noun: An angle positioned with its vertex at the center of a circle.
Central Asian adjective, noun: Of, from or pertaining to Central Asia.
Central Asian Ovcharka noun: A breed of large dog usually used as a livestock guardian.
Central Asian Shepherd Dog noun: Synonym of Central Asian Ovcharka.
Central Asiatic adjective, noun: Synonym of Central Asian.
central bank noun /ˌsɛntɹ(ə)l ˈbæŋk/: The principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union, which normally implements monetary objectives by controlling interest rates, issuing...
central bankism noun: Support for regulation by a central bank.
central business district noun: The central area of a city in which there is a concentration of retail and business activities.
central canal noun: A minute canal running through the gray matter of the whole length of the spinal cord and continuous anteriorly with the ventricles of the brain.
central casting noun: An unspecified source of stereotypical types for film or television.
central chi-square distribution noun: Synonym of chi-square distribution.
central chimpanzee noun: Pan troglodytes troglodytes, a subspecies of the common chimpanzee, found mainly in Gabon, Cameroon, and the Republic of the Congo.
central city noun: The main city of a metropolitan area; particularly one containing multiple cities.
Central Coaster noun: A native or inhabitant of the Central Coast, New South Wales, Australia.
central committee noun: A standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing...
central cord syndrome noun: A common form of cervical spinal cord injury, characterized by loss of power and sensation in arms and hands.
central core disease noun: An autosomal-dominant inherited myopathy that negatively affects the skeletal muscles.
central defender noun: Synonym of centre-back
central determiner noun: A word that modifies a head noun in a middle position.
central dogma noun: The principle that genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to protein.
central door locking noun: Synonym of central locking.
Central European adjective, noun: Of, from, or pertaining to Central Europe, its people, or its culture.
central excise noun: The department concerned with tax on goods manufactured or produced.
central fire noun: Synonym of centerfire.
Central German adjective, noun: One of two major dialect groups of the High German language which is spoken primarily in central Germany, Luxembourg, easternmost Belgium, and southeastern...
central government noun: The national government of a country such as in India and in a unitary state, in contrast to the lower local government.
central heating noun: Any of various heating systems in which a central source of heat is used to distribute heat (and sometimes hot water) throughout a building in a controlled...
central hypoventilation syndrome noun: A sleep-related breathing disorder that causes ineffective breathing, apnea, or respiratory arrest during sleep (and during wakefulness in severe cases).
central limit theorem noun: Any of various similar theorems.
central location test noun: The testing of a product by consumers in an artificial setting.
central locking noun: A locking system in vehicles, where locks to all the doors can be locked or unlocked in a single operation.
central moment noun: A moment of a probability distribution of a random variable about the random variable's mean.
central nervous system noun: In vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord.
central pain syndrome noun: A neurological condition caused by damage or malfunction in the central nervous system, resulting in a sensitization of the pain system.
central pawn noun: A pawn on the e-file (a king's pawn) or on the d-file (a queen's pawn).
central planning noun: A mechanism for allocating resources centrally, as opposed to leaving it up to the free market.
central processing unit noun: The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions from memory, possibly through a cache.
central reservation noun: The area which separates opposing lanes of traffic on a motorway or dual carriageway.
central retinal artery noun: A branch of the ophthalmic artery that passes to the retina in the middle of the optic nerve and branches to form the arterioles of the retina.
central sensitisation noun: A pathophysiologic process in which the central nervous system undergoes structural, functional, and chemical changes that make it more sensitive to pain...
central simple algebra noun: A finite-dimensional associative algebra over some field K that is a simple algebra and whose centre is exactly K.
central spindle noun: A microtubule-based structure, which forms between segregating chromosomes during anaphase where the two sets of microtubules, emanating from opposite...
central square noun: Synonym of town square.
central sulcus noun: A fissure in the cerebral cortex of primates; it separates the parietal lobe from the frontal lobe
central tendency noun: A central or typical value for a probability distribution.
central vacuum noun: a vacuum cleaner built into the fabric of a building, with a central motor and dirt bag and distributed points where a hose and appliances may be plugged in
Central Yupik noun: Synonym of Yup'ik.
centrale noun /sɛnˈtɹɑːleɪ/: The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or tarsus in most vertebrates. In the human tarsus it is represented by the navicular.
Centralian adjective, noun: Of the great interior basin of Australia.
centralisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralization.
centralise verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralize.
centralised adjective, verb: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of centralized.
centralised planning noun: UK standard spelling of centralized planning.
centralised traffic control noun: A form of railway signalling that does away with intermediate signallers over a long stretch of track, often single track with loops where trains can pass...
centraliser noun: Alternative spelling of centralizer.
centralish adjective: Somewhat central; close to the center.
centralism noun /ˈsɛntɹəlɪzəm/: A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind.
centralist adjective, noun: A proponent of centralism.
centralistic adjective: Synonym of centralist.
centrality noun /sɛnˈtɹæl.ɪ.ti/: The state of being central.
centralizated adjective: Centralized.
centralization noun /ˌsɛntɹəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃən/: The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole
centralize verb /ˈsɛntɹəlaɪz/: To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
centralized adjective, verb: Having things physically towards the center; consolidated or concentrated
centralized planning noun: Synonym of central planning.
centralizer noun: A device used to centralize a piece of equipment.
centrally adverb /ˈsɛnt.ɹə.li/: In a central manner or situation; at, to, through or from the centre.
centrally heated adjective: Provided with heating from a single heat source, usually by means of radiators.
centrally planned economy noun: A command economy.
centralness noun: The state or quality of being central.
centralodistal adjective: Relating to, or connecting the medial centrale and the distalia
centralspindlin noun: A protein complex associated with RacGAP (Rac GTPase activating protein, which shuts down nearby Rac) and RhoGEF (which activates nearby Rho) and a kinesin,...
centrarchid noun: Any member of the Centrarchidae, the freshwater sunfishes.
centration noun: The process by which something is moved toward a center.
centre noun, verb /ˈsɛntəː/: Australia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
centre-axle trailer noun: A trailer having only a single axle or group of axles, positioned at or near the centre of gravity.
centre back noun: A central defender, a player who plays in the centre of defence, just in front of the goalkeeper
centre-bit noun: Alternative form of centrebit.
centre-board noun: Alternative spelling of centreboard.
centre circle noun: The circle in the centre of the pitch which, at kick-off, the defending team may not enter until the attacking side has touched the ball.
centre console noun: UK spelling of center console.
centre forward noun: The most central of the strikers; traditionally the player who makes the kick-off.
centre half noun: A centre-back.
centre-left adjective: Leaning to the left but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other leftist variants.
centre mark noun: midpoint of the halfway line where the ball is placed just before kick-off
centre of attention noun: Something that attracts a lot of attention.
centre of buoyancy noun: The point through which the resultant of all buoyant forces on an immersed hull are assumed to act; the centre of mass of the displaced water.
centre of cavity noun: Synonym of centre of buoyancy
centre of curvature noun: The centre of the osculating circle at the point on the curve.
centre of displacement noun: Synonym of centre of buoyancy
centre of effort noun: The point through which the resultant of all the wind forces on a sailing vessel's sails is assumed to act.
centre of flotation noun: Synonym of centre of buoyancy
centre of gravity noun: UK and Canada standard spelling of center of gravity.
centre of inertia noun: The centre of mass.
centre of lift noun: That point on an aircraft where all the various lifting forces act. If the centre or lift is not coincident with the centre of gravity on the fore/aft axis,...
centre of mass noun: A point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; it coincides with the centroid for a body of uniform density,...
centre of symmetry noun: A point, within an object or figure, through which any straight line also passes through two points on the edge of the figure at the same distance from the...
centre part noun: Alternative spelling of center part.
centre parting noun: Alternative spelling of center parting.
centre punch noun: Alternative spelling of center punch.
centre-right adjective: Leaning to the right but closer to the centre on the left–right political spectrum than other rightist variants.
centre slang noun: A form of obfuscatory slang in which the central vowel of a word is moved to the beginning, and other sounds optionally added, so for example mug might...
centre spread noun: Alternative spelling of center spread.
centre square noun: Alternative form of center square.
centre stage noun: Standard spelling of center stage.
centre third noun: The central third of a netball court.
centreback noun: Alternative spelling of centre-back.
centrebit noun: An instrument turning on a centre, for boring holes.
centreboard noun: The adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.
centred adjective, verb /ˈsɛn.təd/: UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of centered.
centredness noun: Alternative form of centeredness.
centrefield noun: UK spelling of centerfield.
centrefielder noun: Alternative form of centerfielder.
centrefire noun: Alternative form of centerfire.
centrefold noun: Alternative spelling of centerfold.
centreground noun: Alternative form of centerground.
centreing noun, verb: Alternative form of centring.
centreless adjective: Alternative spelling of centerless.
centrelessness noun: Alternative spelling of centerlessness.
centreline noun: Alternative form of centerline.
Centrelink proper noun: The statutory authority responsible for providing social security payments.
Centrelink time noun: A frustratingly long, unpredictable, and often tedious waiting time spent when dealing with the Australian government's welfare and social services agency.
centreman noun: The player in the position of centre.
centrencephalic adjective: Relating to the centre of the encephalon
centrepiece noun: An ornament to be placed in the centre, as of a table, ceiling, etc.
centrepin noun: a fishing reel consisting of a revolving drum with attached handles
centrepunch noun: Alternative form of centerpunch.
centreright noun: A political position between those of the centre and the right
Centreville proper noun /ˈsɛn.tə.vɪl/: A ghost town in northern British Columbia, Canada.
centreward adjective, adverb: Toward the centre.
Centrex noun: A service similar to a private branch exchange, but providing switching at the central office instead of at the customer's premises.
centri- prefix: Alternative form of centro-.
centriacinar adjective: Relating to, located at, or affecting the centre of an acinus.
centric adjective, suffix /ˈsɛntrɪk/: Having a specified number of centres.
centrical adjective /ˈsɛntɹɪkəl/: In or by the center; central.
centricality noun: centrality
centrically adverb: In a centric manner or direction; centrally
centricalness noun: The state or quality of being centrical.
centricipital adjective: Relating to the centriciput.
centriciput noun: The middle part of the head; the part of the head situated between the occiput and sinciput.
centricity noun /sɛnˈtɹɪs.ɪ.ti/: The state or quality of being centric or central; centricalness.
centricon noun: A centrifugal filter system
centrifixed adjective: Of a two-branched organ, attached by its center, e.g. a hair, or anther.
centrifugable adjective: Able to be centrifuged.
centrifugal adjective, noun /sɛnˈtɹɪf.(j)ə.ɡl̩/: Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
centrifugal force noun: In everyday understanding, the effect that tends to move an object away from the center of a circle it is rotating about (a consequence of inertia).
centrifugalisation noun: Alternative form of centrifugation.
centrifugalise verb: Alternative form of centrifugalize.
centrifugalism noun: The advocacy of a centrifugal state.
centrifugalization noun: Synonym of centrifugation.
centrifugalize verb /sɛnˈtɹɪfjəɡəlaɪz/: Synonym of centrifugate.
centrifugally adverb: Away from a centre or axis.
centrifugate noun, verb: The thicker product obtained from separation in a centrifuge.
centrifugated adjective: separated by centrifugation; centrifuged
centrifugation noun: The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
centrifugational adjective: Relating to centrifugation
centrifugationally adverb: By means of centrifugation
centrifuge noun, verb /ˈsɛntɹɪˌfjuːdʒ/: A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
centrifugeable adjective: Alternative form of centrifugable.
centrifugence noun: The property or quality of being centrifugal.
centrifuging noun, verb: The processing of material in a centrifuge.
centrifusion noun: centrifugal infusion
centrilobular adjective: Of, pertaining to, or situated near the centre of a lobule
centriluminal adjective: In or via the centre of a lumen
centrin noun: caltractin
centring noun, verb /ˈsɛn.t(ə)ɹɪŋ/: Alternative form of centering.
centriogenesis noun: Generation and development of the centriole
centriolar adjective: Of or pertaining to the centriole
centriole noun /ˈsɛntɹɪˌəʊl/: A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).
centriolin noun: A protein required by the centrosome for proper functioning
centriologenesis noun: The generation and development of the centriole
centripetal adjective /sɛnˈtɹɪp.ə.tl̩/: Directed or moving towards a centre.
centripetal acceleration noun: acceleration due to centripetal force.
centripetal force noun: The force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation.
centripetalism noun: The advocacy of a centripetal state.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under C: 60,525 words, in 202 parts.