central chimpanzee Pan troglodytes troglodytes | black-faced chimpanzees of central Africa, closely related to eastern chimpanzees |
central telephone exchange exchange | a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication |
central heating | a heating system in which air or water is heated at a central furnace and sent through the building via vents or pipes and radiators |
central processing unit CPU C.P.U. central processor processor mainframe | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing, the CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
fissure of Rolando Rolando's fissure central sulcus sulcus centralis | a brain fissure extending upward on the lateral surface of both hemispheres, separates the frontal and parietal lobes |
central artery of the retina arteria centralis retinae | a branch of the ophthalmic artery, enters the eyeball with the optic nerve |
central veins of liver venae centrales hepatis | terminal branches of the hepatic veins that lie in the hepatic lobules and receive blood from the liver sinusoids |
central vein of retina vena centrales retinae | vein formed by the union of the retinal veins, accompanies central arteries of the retina in the optic nerve |
central vein of suprarenal gland vena centralis glandulae suprarenalis | a single draining vein, on the right it empties into the inferior vena cava, on the left it empties into the left renal vein |
centrosome central body | small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus, contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules |
central nervous system CNS systema nervosum centrale | the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord |
central gyrus | either of two gyri on either side of the central sulcus |
central vision | vision using the fovea and parafovea, the middle part of the visual field |
Thai Siamese Central Thai | a branch of the Tai languages |
South-Central Dravidian | a Dravidian language spoken primarily in south central India |
Central Dravidian | a Dravidian language spoken primarily in central India |
Central Intelligence Agency CIA | an independent agency of the United States government responsible for collecting and coordinating intelligence and counterintelligence activities abroad in the national interest, headed by the Director of Central Intelligence under the supervision of the President and National Security Council |
Central Powers | in World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary and other nations allied with them in opposing the Allies |
Central America | the nations of Central America collectively |
Economic Commission for Africa | the commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations that is concerned with economic development of African nations |
Central Intelligence Machinery CIM | the United Kingdom's central unit for the tasking and coordination and funding of intelligence and security agencies |
central bank | a government monetary authority that issues currency and regulates the supply of credit and holds the reserves of other banks and sells new issues of securities for the government |
European Central Bank | the central bank of those members of the European Union who share a common currency, The European Central Bank is Europe's equivalent of the Federal Reserve |
city center city centre central city | the central part of a city |
East Africa | a geographical area in eastern Africa |
Namibia Republic of Namibia South West Africa | a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa), achieved independence from South Africa in , the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa |
Central American country Central American nation | any one of the countries occupying Central America, these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments |
Central African Republic Central Africa | a landlocked country in central Africa, formerly under French control, became independent in |
Bangui capital of Central Africa | the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic |
Central America | the isthmus joining North America and South America, extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia |
British East Africa | the former British territories of eastern Africa, including Kenya, Tanganyika, Uganda, and Zanzibar |
British West Africa | the former British territories of western Africa, including Nigeria, Cameroon, Gambia, Togo, Sierra Leone, and the Gold Coast |
Somali peninsula Horn of Africa | a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia |
South Africa Republic of South Africa | a republic at the southernmost part of Africa, achieved independence from the United Kingdom in , first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) |
Pretoria capital of South Africa | city in the Transvaal, the seat of the executive branch of the government of South Africa |
Central Park | a large park in Manhattan |
Sub-Saharan Africa Black Africa | the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert |
North Africa | an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea |
West Africa | an area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea |
Africa | the second largest continent, located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean |
Massif Central | a mountainous plateau in southern France that covers almost one sixth of the country |
Central American | a native or inhabitant of Central America |
Director of Central Intelligence DCI | the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency |
free central placentation | where ovules develop on a central column in a compound ovary lacking septa or with septa at base only |
Central American strap fern narrow-leaved strap fern Campyloneurum augustifolium | fern with shorter and narrower leaves than Florida strap fern, Florida to West Indies and Mexico and south to Argentina |
Central African Republic franc | the basic unit of money in the Central African Republic |
central scotoma | a scotoma that involves the fixation point |
Central Time Central Standard Time CST | standard time in the th time zone west of Greenwich, reckoned at the th meridian, used in the central United States |
central | in or near a center or constituting a center, the inner area, a central position |