| gill fungus |
a fleshy fungus with blade-shaped gills on the underside of its cap; mushroom. |
| glengarry |
(sometimes cap.) a Scottish cap creased lengthwise on the top and often having short ribbons in the back. |
| kepi |
a cylindrical cap with a flat top and a short horizontal visor, traditionally worn by members of the French armed forces. |
| mobcap |
a large, high, frilly cap worn indoors by women of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. |
| montero |
a rounded Spanish cap with side flaps, worn by hunters. |
| mortarboard |
a cap that has a flat, square, boardlike top and a tassel and is worn in academic ceremonies such as graduations. [1/2 definitions] |
| mushroom |
any of numerous edible or poisonous fungi, usu. with a fleshy, umbrella-shaped cap on a thin stalk. [1/7 definitions] |
| nightcap |
formerly, a cloth cap worn in bed. [1/3 definitions] |
| peak |
the protruding bill of a cap; visor. [1/7 definitions] |
| percussion cap |
a small metal cap containing gunpowder or other charge that explodes when struck. |
| pileus |
the umbrellalike, gill-bearing cap of a mushroom or a similar structure on other fungi. [1/2 definitions] |
| primer2 |
a cap or other small vessel filled with an explosive and used to ignite the powder of a gun or mine. [1/3 definitions] |
| skullcap |
a small, round, soft, brimless cap worn on the crown of the head; yarmulke. |
| spinner |
a cap that fits over the hub of an airplane propeller and spins with it. [1/4 definitions] |
| stipe |
a stalk or stalklike structure, such as the stemlike support of the cap of a mushroom or the main stem of a fern frond. |
| stocking cap |
a long, knitted winter cap, usu. with a tassel or pompom at the end. |
| tam-o'-shanter |
a cap or beret of Scottish origin that has a tightfitting headband, a round, floppy crown, and often a tuft or other decoration in the center of the top; tam. |
| tarboosh |
a tasseled, fezlike cap of cloth or felt worn by Muslim men either alone or beneath a turban. |
| tern |
any of various aquatic birds similar and related to gulls but smaller and slenderer, usu. having a black cap and a long forked tail. |
| top1 |
a cover, cap, or lid placed over or on something. [1/15 definitions] |
| tube |
a small, flexible cylinder that is sealed at one end and closed with a screw cap on the other and from which substances such as toothpaste or paint can be squeezed. [1/8 definitions] |