| centre | (adjective) of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually | Synonyms: center |
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| (noun) a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) a building dedicated to a particular activity | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher | Synonyms: center, center field, centerfield |
| (noun) 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 | Synonyms: center, mall, plaza, shopping center, shopping centre, shopping mall |
| (noun) a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process | Synonyms: center, nerve center, nerve centre |
| (noun) the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience | Synonyms: center, core, essence, gist, heart, heart and soul, inwardness, kernel, marrow, meat, nitty-gritty, nub, pith, substance, sum |
| (noun) the object upon which interest and attention focuses | Synonyms: center, center of attention, centre of attention |
| (noun) the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) politically moderate persons; centrists | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) the middle of a military or naval formation | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure | Synonyms: center, midpoint |
| (noun) an area that is approximately central within some larger region | Synonyms: center, eye, heart, middle |
| (noun) a place where some particular activity is concentrated | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback | Synonyms: center, snapper |
| (noun) (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team | Synonyms: center |
| (noun) (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team | Synonyms: center |
| (adjective) equally distant from the extremes | Synonyms: center, halfway, middle, midway |
| (verb) direct one's attention on something | Synonyms: center, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet |
| (verb) move into the center | Synonyms: center |
| (verb) center upon | Synonyms: center, center on, concentrate on, focus on, revolve about, revolve around |
| centreboard | (noun) a retractable fin keel used on sailboats to prevent drifting to leeward | Synonyms: centerboard, drop keel, sliding keel |
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| centred | (adjective) being or placed in the center | Synonyms: centered |
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| centrefold | (noun) a magazine center spread; especially a foldout of a large photograph or map or other feature | Synonyms: centerfold |
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| centrepiece | (noun) something placed at the center of something else (as on a table) | Synonyms: centerpiece |
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| (noun) the central or most important feature | Synonyms: centerpiece |
| centrex | (noun) (CENTRal EXchange) a kind of telephone exchange | - |
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| concentre | (verb) bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions | Synonyms: concenter, focalise, focalize, focus |
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| contredanse | (noun) a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets or face one another in a line | Synonyms: contra danse, contradance, country-dance, country dancing |
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| (verb) perform a contradance | Synonyms: contra danse, contradance, country-dance |
| contretemps | (noun) an awkward clash | - |
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| enchantress | (noun) a female sorcerer or magician | Synonyms: witch |
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| (noun) a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive | Synonyms: Delilah, femme fatale, siren, temptress |
| entreat | (verb) ask for or request earnestly | Synonyms: adjure, beseech, bid, conjure, press |
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| entreatingly | (adverb) in a beseeching manner | Synonyms: beseechingly, imploringly, importunately, pleadingly |
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| entreaty | (noun) earnest or urgent request | Synonyms: appeal, prayer |
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| entrecote | (noun) cut of meat taken from between the ribs | - |
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| entree | (noun) an entrance, especially a theatrical entrance onto a stage or as if onto a stage | - |
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| (noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entranceway, entry, entryway |
| (noun) the right to enter | Synonyms: access, accession, admission, admittance |
| (noun) the principal dish of a meal | Synonyms: main course |
| entremets | (noun) a dish that is served with, but is subordinate to, a main course | Synonyms: side dish, side order |
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| entrench | (verb) fix firmly or securely | Synonyms: intrench |
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| (verb) occupy a trench or secured area | Synonyms: dig in |
| (verb) impinge or infringe upon | Synonyms: encroach, impinge, trench |
| entrenched | (adjective) established firmly and securely | - |
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| (adjective) dug in | - |
| entrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: intrenchment |
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| entrepot | (noun) a depository for goods | Synonyms: depot, storage, store, storehouse |
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| (noun) a port where merchandise can be imported and then exported without paying import duties | Synonyms: transshipment center |
| entrepreneur | (noun) someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it | Synonyms: enterpriser |
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| entrepreneurial | (adjective) of or relating to an entrepreneur | - |
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| (adjective) willing to take risks in order to make a profit | - |
| entresol | (noun) intermediate floor just above the ground floor | Synonyms: mezzanine, mezzanine floor |
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| epicentre | (noun) the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake | Synonyms: epicenter |
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| huntress | (noun) a woman hunter | - |
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| intrench | (verb) fix firmly or securely | Synonyms: entrench |
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| intrenchment | (noun) an entrenched fortification; a position protected by trenches | Synonyms: entrenchment |
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| intrepid | (adjective) invulnerable to fear or intimidation | Synonyms: audacious, brave, dauntless, fearless, hardy, unfearing |
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| intrepidity | (noun) resolute courageousness | Synonyms: dauntlessness |
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| intrepidly | (adverb) without fear | Synonyms: dauntlessly, fearlessly |
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| jobcentre | (noun) a government office in a town where information about available jobs is displayed and where unemployment benefits are administered | - |
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| metacentre | (noun) (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship | Synonyms: metacenter |
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| pesantren | (noun) a Muslim school in Indonesia operated by religious leaders | Synonyms: pesantran |
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| pointrel | (noun) a tool used by an engraver | Synonyms: graver, graving tool, pointel |
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| untreated | (adjective) not subjected to chemical or physical treatment | - |
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| (adjective) not given medical care or treatment | - |
| (adjective) (of a specimen for study under a microscope) not treated with a reagent or dye | - |