centerfireA type of firearm cartridge with the primer in a central primer cap.
centerfoldThe 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.
centergroundThe area between foreground and background; middle distance.
centerhungindicating that one thing is hung from the center of another thing.
centeringA type of formwork which serves as a temporary structure during the construction of arches and bridges.
centerpointpoint at the center of something, midpoint
CenterportA hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Huntington, Suffolk County, New York.
centerpunchA 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 that, in turn, guides and centers the drill.
centerspreadcenterfold; a central part of a magazine that folds out
CentervilleAn unincorporated community in Conecuh County, Alabama.
centimillionaireA person whose wealth amounts to 100 million dollars (or other currency unit).
centimoA cent, i.e. ¹⁄₁₀₀, of certain (mainly historic) Iberian and Latin American currencies, and presently of the euro (coinage version in Spanish), as a coin or theoretic value.
centimolarOf or relating to centimoles; one hundredth as concentrated as a molar solution.
centimoleAn SI unit of amount of substance equal to 10⁻² moles. Symbol: cmol
centimorganA length of chromosome in which an average of 0.01 crossover occurs per generation.
centipedeAny 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.
centipedelikeResembling or characteristic of a centipede.
centipoiseA 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.
centisecondAn SI unit of time equal to 10⁻² seconds. Symbol: cs
centisomeOne hundredth part of the length of a chromosome
centistereA unit equal to one hundredth of a stere.
centistokesA unit of kinematic viscosity equal to one-hundredth of a stokes.
centralizationThe act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole
centralizeTo move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
centralizedHaving things physically towards the center; consolidated or concentrated
centralizerA device used to centralize a piece of equipment.
centrallyIn a central manner or situation; at, to, through or from the centre.
centralodistalRelating to, or connecting the medial centrale and the distalia
centralspindlinA protein complex associated with RacGAP (Rac GTPase activating protein, which shuts down nearby Rac) and RhoGEF (which activates nearby Rho) and a kinesin, playing a key role in the formation of the central spindle in mitosis
centrarchidAny member of the Centrarchidae, the freshwater sunfishes.
centrationThe process by which something is moved toward a center.
centreAustralia, UK, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, and South Africa standard spelling of center.
centrebitAn instrument turning on a centre, for boring holes.
centreboardThe adjustable keel on a small yacht or dinghy that acts, among other things, as ballast and to counteract the sideways force of the wind.
centredUK, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa spelling of centered.
centrifugeA 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.
centrifugenceThe property or quality of being centrifugal.
centrifugingThe processing of material in a centrifuge.