(chess) A pawn on the e-file (a king's pawn) or on the d-file (a queen's pawn).

A group of Nahuatl lects spoken in central Mexico.

One of two major dialect groups of the High German language which is spoken primarily in central Germany, Luxembourg, easternmost Belgium, and southeastern Limburg (in the Netherlands); distinguished from Upper German by the preservation of Proto-Germanic *-pp- and *-mp-.

(not comparable) of the Central German dialects

one of two main subgroups of the West Central German dialects; spoken in the north-western half of Rhineland-Palatinate, south-western North Rhine-Westphalia, easternmost Belgium, and southeasternmost Limburg (Netherlands); distinguished from Rhine Franconian by the use of dat (“that”) and wat (“what”), and the consistent pronunciation of Germanic -β- as a fricative (i.e. [v], or [f] when now in coda position).

Of, from or pertaining to Central Asia.

A person from Central Asia.

A set of principles of internal organization, mainly associated with Leninism, in which political decisions reached by voting are binding upon all members of the party.

The Kurdish language spoken by the majority of Kurds in Iran and Iraq.

(economics) A mechanism for allocating resources centrally, as opposed to leaving it up to the free market.