pivot (n.)
- ankle
- arbor
- articulation
- avert
- axis
- axle
- bearing
- boundary
- butt
- center
- centroid
- centrum
- cervix
- circle
- climax
- clinch
- closure
- connection
- core
- cornerstone
- coupling
- crank
- crisis
- crux
- distaff
- dovetail
- elbow
- embrace
- epicenter
- essence
- essential
- fulcrum
- fundamental
- gimbal
- gist
- gudgeon
- gyre
- hang
- heart
- heel
- hinge
- hingle
- hip
- hub
- interface
- issue
- join
- joining
- joint
- juncture
- kernel
- keystone
- kingpin
- knee
- knuckle
- landmark
- link
- mandrel
- marrow
- meat
- medulla
- metacenter
- middle
- milestone
- miter
- mortise
- nave
- navel
- neck
- nub
- nucleus
- oarlock
- omphalos
- pin
- pintle
- pirouette
- pith
- pole
- rabbet
- rely
- rest
- round
- rowlock
- scarf
- screw
- seam
- shoulder
- spin
- spindle
- stitch
- substance
- suture
- swing
- swivel
- symphysis
- thole
- tholepin
- toggle
- turn
- twirl
- twist
- umbilicus
- union
- volte-face
- weld
- wheel
- whip
- whirl
- wind
- wrist
pivot (v.)
- ankle
- arbor
- avert
- butt
- center
- circle
- circulate
- circumvolute
- climax
- clinch
- closure
- core
- crank
- deflect
- depend
- divert
- dovetail
- elbow
- embrace
- gyrate
- hang
- heart
- heel
- hinge
- hingle
- hip
- issue
- join
- joint
- knuckle
- link
- middle
- miter
- mortise
- neck
- nub
- pin
- pirouette
- pith
- pole
- rabbet
- rely
- rest
- revolve
- rotate
- round
- scarf
- screw
- seam
- sheer
- shoulder
- spin
- stitch
- suture
- swing
- swivel
- toggle
- turn
- twirl
- twist
- veer
- wamble
- weld
- wheel
- whip
- whirl
- wind
