| anticyclone |
a large system of winds that rotates around a center of high barometric pressure, moving clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and counterclockwise in the Southern, and usu. producing cool, dry weather. (Cf. cyclone.) |
| Apostolic See |
the pope's see or center of authority, believed to have been founded at Rome by Peter. |
| arcade |
a center for coin-operated amusements. [1/3 definitions] |
| archenteron |
the primitive digestive cavity at the center of an embryo that is in the gastrula stage. |
| arena |
the center area of a Roman amphitheater where contests and performances were held. [1/4 definitions] |
| aster |
any of a large family of plants whose white, pink, blue, or purple flowers consist of numerous narrow petals around a yellow center. |
| asymmetric |
different, esp. in arrangement of space, on either side of a center line; not symmetrical; unbalanced. |
| awry |
off center; twisted or turned. [1/2 definitions] |
| axis |
a straight line that serves as the unmoving center about which a body or figure turns. [1/4 definitions] |
| backbone |
the series of bones that run along the center of the back; spinal column; vertebrae. [1/3 definitions] |
| basin |
in geology, an area where rock strata tilt downward toward a common center. [1/6 definitions] |
| bead |
a small, generally round object, usu. made of glass, wood, or the like with a hole through its center for stringing to make necklaces or for decorating clothing. [1/8 definitions] |
| binary star |
two stars orbiting around a common center of gravity and often appearing as one to the unaided sight or through a telescope; double star. |
| bird's-eye |
any of various plants that have small brightly colored round flowers with petals of a different color than the center, like an eye. [2/4 definitions] |
| black-eyed Susan |
any of numerous related North American wildflowers with yellow or orange-yellow petals surrounding a dark center. |
| bombe |
a frozen dessert consisting of two or more different kinds of ice cream, often with a light, frothy center made of eggs and sugar, frozen in a melon-shaped mold. |
| brain |
the center of intelligence; mind. [1/5 definitions] |
| breast |
either of two fleshy protuberances on the human chest, usu. more pronounced on females than on males, having a nipple at the center. [2/6 definitions] |
| breastbone |
the bone located in the center of the chest that connects the two halves of the rib cage; sternum. |
| Broadway |
this street as representing the theater district of New York City, or considered as a symbol of the center or apex of the U.S. theater industry. [1/2 definitions] |
| Bujumbura |
the former capital of Burundi, and the foremost center of commerce. |