Phrase Hound found 210 phrases and 60 compound words that contain central. The most common are listed below. Open central in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 210
- central bankThe principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union, which normally implements monetary objectives by controlling interest rates, issuing currency, managing the national debt, overseeing banking and financial activities, and …
- central heatingAny of various heating systems in which a central source of heat is used to distribute heat (and sometimes hot water) throughout a building in a controlled manner.
- central governmentThe national government of a country such as in India and in a unitary state, in contrast to the lower local government.
- Central EuropeA geographic region in the center of Europe, usually including Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Germany.
- Central AmericaA continental region in North America, consisting of the countries lying between Mexico and South America.
- central nervous systemIn vertebrates, that part of the nervous system comprising the brain, brain stem, and spinal cord.
- Central AfricaA core geographic region of Africa which includes Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda, and often Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- Central and WesternA district of Hong Kong.
- Central ParkA large public, urban park in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.
- Central EuropeanOf, from, or pertaining to Central Europe, its people, or its culture.
- Central AmericanOf or pertaining to Central America
- Central RegionA region in Ghana.
- Central African RepublicA country in Central Africa. Capital and largest city: Bangui. Formerly called Ubangi-Shari.
- Central AfricanA person from Central Africa (the Central African Republic) or of Central African descent.
- Central nervous
- central committeeA standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states.
- Central PointA city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.
- Central AsianOf, from or pertaining to Central Asia.
- Central GermanyA region in the eastern part of Germany, including the states of Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia.
- central business districtThe central area of a city in which there is a concentration of retail and business activities.
- central banksplural of central bank: The principal monetary authority of a polity or monetary union, which normally implements monetary objectives by controlling interest rates, issuing currency, managing the national debt, overseeing banking and …
- Central CityAn urban village in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
- Central PlainThe region on the lower reaches of the Yellow River in China which formed the cradle of Chinese civilization.
- European Central BankThe Central bank for the European Union, administering the monetary policy of the 17 EU Eurozone member states.
- North CentralA geopolitical zone of Nigeria, consisting of the states of Benue, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger and Plateau, as well as the Federal Capital Territory.
Compound words 60
- 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
- centraliaplural of centrale: The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or tarsus in most vertebrates. In the human tarsus it is represented by the navicular.
- southcentralRelating to the central part of a southern region.
- northcentralRelating to the central part of a northern region.
- decentralNot central; decentralized.
- precentralAnterior to a centre.
- subcentralUnder the centre.
- midcentralRelating to the middle of a centre
- pluricentralPluricentric; having more than one centre.
- centralishSomewhat central; close to the center.