North-central

Definitions: North-central

North-central

Adjective

1. Being in or of a region of the United States generally including states of the upper Mississippi valley and Great Lakes region lying north of the Ohio River and the southern boundaries of Kansas and Missouri and between the western boundary of Pennsylvania and the eastern boundaries of Montana and Wyoming and Colorado.

2. Situated in the northern part of a centrally located area in some geographical region; "the north-central part of Russia".

Crosswords: North-central

English words defined with "north-central": Budapest ♦ capital of Hungary, Chad ♦ Delhi ♦ Gansu ♦ Hungarian capital ♦ il, Illinois ♦ Kansu ♦ Land of Lincoln ♦ Old Delhi ♦ Prairie State, Preussen, Prussia ♦ Republic of Chad ♦ Tchad. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	A Field Guide to Wildflowers : Northeastern and North-Central North America (Peterson Field Guides) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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	Wetland in north-central Iowa.Credit: Tim McCabe.		Ridge-till planting in north-central Iowa.Credit: Lynn Betts.
	Constructed drainage ditch in north-central Iowa. Drainage districts were formed in the 1900's to build and maintain such major drainage ditches to allow better drainage of croplands.Credit: Lynn Betts.		Farmer and crop consultant scout a north-central Iowa field for potential problems at planting time.Credit: Tim McCabe.
	This 'living snowfence' of trees and shrubs in north-central Iowa provides protection for the highway from snow drifts in winter, and also adds diversity to the landscape and habitat for wildlife.Credit: Lynn Betts.		Installing perforated drainage tubing into a wet area in north-central Iowa in the 1980's.Credit: Lynn Betts.
	Topsoil blowing in the wind in north-central Iowa.Credit: Lynn Betts.		Prime agricultural land in north-central Iowa.Credit: Lynn Betts.
	Conservation tillage system (full width) that leaves at least 30 percent of the soil covered after planting with last year's crop residue. North-central Iowa. Residue adequately controls erosion by both wind and water on this soil type.Credit: Lynn Betts.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		Black-legged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are responsible for transmitting Lyme disease bacteria to humans in the northeastern and north-central United States. (references)
		Known as the deer tick or black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis is responsible for transmitting bacteria to humans in the northeastern and north-central United States. (references)
		In the United States, Lyme disease is mostly localized to states in the northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and upper north-central regions, and to several counties in northwestern California. (references)
Civil Liberties	Congo	The country continued to host a small number of Burundians and approximately 7,000 Rwandans, largely members of the Hutu ethnic group, who fled camps in the eastern part of the DRC in 1996 and arrived in the country in 1997. The Government, in collaboration with the office of UNHCR, integrated approximately 2,000 of these refugees in the north-central regions of the country; however, some remained loosely grouped in an encampment north of Brazzaville, and others have integrated informally into society. (references)
Economic History	Latvia	Foreign investment in Latvia is still modest compared with levels in North-Central Europe. (references)
	Mozambique	The north-central provinces of Zambezia and Nampula are the most populous, with about 45% of the population. (references)
Human Rights	Nicaragua	Despite these successful disarmaments, armed bands, including former members of the 3-80 Front and FUAC, engaged in murder, kidnaping for ransom, and armed robbery in the north and north-central regions. (references)
	India	In the north-central states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Orissa, and West Bengal, clashes between police officers and Naxalite Maoist Revolutionaries of the Peoples' War Group (PWG) have occurred since the 1980's. On August 9, PWG members attacked two police stations and killed seven persons, including five policemen. (references)
	Namibia	All of the detainees were arraigned on charges but were denied bail and remained in detention at year's end; their trials were postponed until April 2002. While the majority of detentions during the state of emergency occurred in the Caprivi region, in 2000 Albert Sibeya and Martin Sichimwa Mutumba were arrested in Ongwediva in the north-central part of the country. (references)
Indigenous People	Bangladesh	The Garos of the Modhupur forest region in the north-central part of the country continue to face problems in maintaining their cultural traditions and livelihoods in the face of deforestation and encroachment by surrounding Bengali communities. (references)
Minorities	Angola	Other important ethno-linguistic groups include the Bakongo in the north; Kimbundu in the north-central area; and Chokwe in the far east. (references)
Political Economy	Mozambique	Flooding caused by heavy rains in February and March severely damaged crops, livestock, and rural infrastructure in the north-central portion of the country. (references)
Travel	Sri Lanka	Combat operations in the North-Central and Eastern parts of the country have been intermittent and often intense. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

"North-central" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "North-central" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	12	101,599

Language		Translations for "north-central"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		北部中央. (various references)

Korean		북 중앙. (various references)

Pig Latin		orth-centralnay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-l-n-n-o-r-r-t-t"
	-2 letters: trochanter.
	-3 letters: charlotte, trenchant, trochlear.
	-4 letters: anchoret, chelator, chlorate, chortler, cotenant, lanthorn, northern, ranchero, retroact, tetrarch, theocrat, tolerant, trochlea.
	-5 letters: alencon, althorn, anethol, another, calotte, caroler, central, chalone, channel, chanter, chantor, charnel, charter, chattel, chatter, cholate, cholent, cholera, chorale, choreal, chortle, clatter, connate, content, corneal, creator, enactor, enchant, enthral, entrant, etchant, ethanol, horrent, lactone.
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