| Cape Town |
the legislative capital of South Africa. (Cf. Bloemfontein, Pretoria.) |
| Cape Verde |
an African country comprising Atlantic islands west of the Senegal coast. |
| capful |
the amount that the cap of a bottle will hold. |
| capias |
a legal document directing an officer to arrest a specific person. |
| capillaceous |
having hairlike fibers. [2 definitions] |
| capillarity |
the tension between contacting surfaces of a liquid and a solid that causes the liquid to rise or fall; capillary action. |
| capillary |
a minute, hairlike blood vessel connecting the end of an artery to the beginning of a vein. [6 definitions] |
| capillary attraction |
see "capillarity." |
| cap in hand |
in a humble manner. |
| capital1 |
the city where the central government of a nation or state is located. [10 definitions] |
| capital2 |
in architecture, the uppermost part of a column or pillar. |
| capitalism |
an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
| capitalist |
one who invests capital, esp. extensively, in business enterprises. [3 definitions] |
| capitalistic |
pertaining to or characteristic of capitalists or capitalism. [2 definitions] |
| capitalization |
the act or result of capitalizing. [2 definitions] |
| capitalize |
to write or print (something) using capital letters or using a capital letter as the initial letter. [4 definitions] |
| capital letter |
a letter of the alphabet written or printed larger than and in a somewhat different form from its lower-case equivalent and used to designate a proper noun or initiate a sentence. |
| capitally |
especially well; admirably; excellently. |
| capital punishment |
punishment, of a crime such as murder, by death. |
| capital ship |
one of a class of the largest surface warships. |
| capital stock |
the entire amount of stock authorized for issue by a corporation. [2 definitions] |