English Words: C

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centringverb

present participle and gerund of centre

centriogenesisnoun

Generation and development of the centriole

centriolaradj

Of or pertaining to the centriole

centriolenoun

A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).

centriologenesisnoun

The generation and development of the centriole

centripetaladj

Directed or moving towards a centre.

centripetal forcenoun

The force on a rotating or orbiting body in the direction of the centre of rotation.

centripetalismnoun

The advocacy of a centripetal state.

centripetallyadv

Towards a centre or axis.

centripetencenoun

A tendency towards a center

centrishadj

Towards the centre, especially (politics) leaning towards the political centre.

centrismnoun

Any moderate political philosophy that avoids extremes.

centristadj

Of, pertaining to, or advocating centrism.

centristicallyadv

In a centristic manner

centrivenaladj

In the centre of a vein

centrizonaladj

Of or relating to a central zone.

centroaffineadj

Relating to the centre of an affine space

centroanterioradj

central and anterior

centrobaricadj

Relating to the centre of gravity or the process of finding it.

centroblastnoun

An activated B cell that is enlarged with multiple eccentric nucleoli and proliferating in the germinal center of a secondary lymphoid follicle, after stimulation by follicular dendritic cell cytokines and helper T cells.

centrocecaladj

cecocentral

centrochromatinnoun

The chromatin from which a centromere is constructed

centrocoelnoun

The cavernous marrow cavity inside the centrum of a vertebra

centrocytenoun

Any follicular center cell that has a nuclear cleft

centrocyticadj

Relating to centrocytes

centrodiapophysealadj

At the centre of a diapophysis

centrodorsaladj

central and dorsal

centrodorsallyadv

In a centrodorsal manner.

centrofacialadj

Relating to, or situated in the centre of the face

centrofrontaladj

central and frontal

centrohelidnoun

Any heliozoan protist of the order Centrohelida.

centrohypapophysealadj

Alternative form of centrohypapophysial.

centrohypapophysialadj

At the centre of a hypapophysis

centroidnoun

The point at which gravitational force (or other universally and uniformly acting force) may be supposed to act on a given rigid, uniformly dense body; the centre of gravity or centre of mass.

centroidaladj

Of or pertaining to a centroid.

centroidallyadv

In terms of the centroid.

centroidedadj

Having a centroid

centroidernoun

A device that generates the centroid of an image

centroidingnoun

The calculation of the centroid of a curve.

centrolateraladj

central and lateral

centrolaterallyadv

In a centrolateral manner

centrolecithaladj

Having the yolk placed in the centre of the cytoplasm of the ovum

centrolepidaceousadj

Of or relating to the Centrolepidaceae.

centrolinealadj

Having line converging to a centre.

centrolinearlyadv

In a centrolinear manner or direction

centromedialadj

central and medial

centromedianadj

both central and median

centromedullaryadj

At the centre of a medulla

centromeraladj

Relating to centromeres; centromeric.

centromerenoun

The central region of a eukaryotic chromosome where the kinetochore is assembled.

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