center field centerfield | the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is expected to field balls in the central third of the outfield |
center | a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game |
center | (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play, it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback |
center | the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game |
Army High Performance Computing Research Center AHPCRC | a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications, a partnership of government and university and industry |
bullpen detention cell detention centre | a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily |
burn center | a center where patients with severe burns can be treated |
call center call centre | a center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) |
center centre | a building dedicated to a particular activity, they were raising money to build a new center for research |
center bit centre bit | a bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters |
center field centerfield center | the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher, he hit the ball to deep center |
center punch | a tool with a conical point that is used to make indentations in metal (especially to mark points for drilling) |
community center civic center | a center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities |
conference center conference house | a center where conferences can be conducted |
control center | the operational center for a group of related activities, the general in command never left the control center |
day nursery day care center | a nursery for the supervision of preschool children while the parents work |
entertainment center | a wall unit containing sound and television systems |
plaza mall center shopping mall shopping center shopping centre | mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers, usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area, a modern version of the traditional marketplace, a good plaza should have a movie house, they spent their weekends at the local malls |
research center research facility | a center where research is done |
student center | a center for student activities at a college or university |
World Trade Center WTC twin towers | twin skyscrapersstories high in New York City, built feet tall into , destroyed by a terrorist attack on September , |
boldness nerve brass face cheek | impudent aggressiveness, I couldn't believe her boldness, he had the effrontery to question my honesty |
heart mettle nerve spunk | the courage to carry on, he kept fighting on pure spunk, you haven't got the heart for baseball |
dead center dead centre | the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque |
center of curvature centre of curvature | the center of the circle of curvature |
nerve plexus | a network of intersecting nerves |
nervous tissue nerve tissue | tissue composed of neurons |
center centre nerve center nerve centre | a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process, in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere |
auditory center | the part of the brain (in a fold of the cerebral cortex of the temporal lobe on both sides of the brain) that receives impulses from the ear by way of the auditory nerve |
nerve fiber nerve fibre | a threadlike extension of a nerve cell |
medullated nerve fiber myelinated nerve fiber | a nerve fiber encased in a sheath of myelin |
nerve cell neuron | a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses |
motor neuron efferent neuron motor nerve fiber motoneuron | a neuron conducting impulses outwards from the brain or spinal cord |
nerve ending nerve end | the terminal structure of an axon that does not end at a synapse |
free nerve ending | microscopic sensory nerve endings in the skin that are not connected to any specific sensory receptor |
nerve nervus | any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body |
motor nerve efferent nerve efferent | a nerve that conveys impulses toward or to muscles or glands |
sensory nerve afferent nerve afferent | a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system |
nerve pathway tract nerve tract pathway | a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain |
cranial nerve | any of the paired nerves that originate in the brain stem |
depressor depressor nerve | any nerve whose activity tends to reduce the activity or tone of the body part it serves |
olfactory nerve nervii olfactorii first cranial nerve | a collective term for numerous olfactory filaments in the nasal mucosa |
optic nerve nervus opticus second cranial nerve optic tract | the cranial nerve that serves the retina |
oculomotor oculomotor nerve nervus oculomotorius third cranial nerve | supplies extrinsic muscles of the eye |
trochlear trochlear nerve trochlearis fourth cranial nerve | either of the two cranial nerves on either side that control the superior oblique muscles of the eyes |
trigeminal trigeminal nerve trigeminus nervus trigeminus fifth cranial nerve | the main sensory nerve of the face and motor nerve for the muscles of mastication |
abducent abducent nerve abducens abducens nerve nervus abducens sixth cranial nerve | a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye |
facial facial nerve nervus facialis seventh cranial nerve | cranial nerve that supplies facial muscles |
acoustic nerve auditory nerve vestibulocochlear nerve nervus vestibulocochlearis eighth cranial nerve | a composite sensory nerve supplying the hair cells of the vestibular organ and the hair cells of the cochlea |
glossopharyngeal nerve nervus glossopharyngeus ninth cranial nerve | sensory nerve to the pharynx and back of the tongue, motor fibers innervate muscles that elevate the pharynx and larynx, includes parasympathetic fibers to the otic ganglion |