Definition of central

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Central (a.) Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points.

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Carbuncle :: Carbuncle (n.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax..
Columella :: Columella (n.) The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.
Centralizing :: Centralizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Centraliz.
Nautilus :: Nautilus (n.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata..
Park :: Park (n.) A piece of ground, in or near a city or town, inclosed and kept for ornament and recreation; as, Hyde Park in London; Central Park in New York..
Rhachis :: Rhachis (n.) A central cord of the ovary of nematodes.
Panama Hat :: Panama hat () A fine plaited hat, made in Central America of the young leaves of a plant (Carludovica palmata)..
Neurocoele :: Neurocoele (n.) The central canal and ventricles of the spinal cord and brain; the myelencephalic cavity.
Intercentral :: Intercentral (a.) Between centers.
Yak :: Yak (n.) A bovine mammal (Poephagus grunnies) native of the high plains of Central Asia. Its neck, the outer side of its legs, and its flanks, are covered with long, flowing, fine hair. Its tail is long and bushy, often white, and is valued as an ornament and for other purposes in India and China. There are several domesticated varieties, some of which lack the mane and the long hair on the flanks. Called also chauri gua, grunting cow, grunting ox, sarlac, sarlik, and sarluc..
Midst :: Midst (n.) The interior or central part or place; the middle; -- used chiefly in the objective case after in; as, in the midst of the forest..
Celt :: Celt (n.) One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France..
Bird Cherry :: Bird cherry () A shrub (Prunus Padus ) found in Northern and Central Europe. It bears small black cherries.
Pitpan :: Pitpan (n.) A long, flat-bottomed canoe, used for the navigation of rivers and lagoons in Central America..
Atoll :: Atoll (n.) A coral island or islands, consisting of a belt of coral reef, partly submerged, surrounding a central lagoon or depression; a lagoon island..
Teosinte :: Teosinte (n.) A large grass (Euchlaena luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass..
Centre :: Centre (v. t.) To place or fix in the center or on a central point.
Heartwood :: Heartwood (n.) The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum..
Deconcentrate :: Deconcentrate (v. t.) To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize.
Recorder :: Recorder (n.) The title of the chief judical officer of some cities and boroughs; also, of the chief justice of an East Indian settlement. The Recorder of London is judge of the Lord Mayor's Court, and one of the commissioners of the Central Criminal Court..
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