One of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves.
A player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles.
The middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges.
The ring in the gambling game two-up in which the spinner operates.
The subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G.
The point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
The point on a line that is midway between the ends.
The point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference.
A topic that is particularly important in a given context, the element in a subject of cognition, volition or discussion that is perceived as decisive.
A place, especially a building or complex, set aside for some specified function or activity.
The ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties.
A conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe.
A pass played into the centre of the pitch.
The point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume).
The venue in which the head of government in a centralized state is situated.
The forward that generally plays between the left wing and right wing and usually takes the faceoffs.
The player, generally the tallest, who plays closest to the basket.
The person who holds the ball at the beginning of each play.
One of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre.
A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting.
To give (something) a central basis.
To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something).
To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area.
To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.
To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes.
Of, at, or related to a center.
A rotary axis of a machine tool or power tool.
A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord.
Any marine gastropod with a spindle-shaped shell formerly in one of the three invalid genera called Fusus.
The fusee of a watch.
A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle.
Any marine univalve shell of the genus Tibia; a spindle stromb.
Certain of the species of the genus Euonymus, originally used for making the spindles used for spinning wool.
A rod used for spinning and then winding natural fibres (especially wool), usually consisting of a shaft and a circular whorl positioned at either the upper or lower end of the shaft when suspended vertically from the forming thread.
A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards.
A sleep spindle.
A rod which turns, or on which something turns.
An upright spike for holding paper documents by skewering.
A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis
a dragonfly, calque of Swedish slända (dragonfly/spindle), introduced by New Sweden settlers.
A muscle spindle.
A plastic container for packaging optical discs. Bulk blank CDs, DVDs, and BDs are often sold in such a package.
To make into a long tapered shape.
To impale on a device for holding paper documents.
To take on a long tapered shape.