Cape Maleia |
the southeastern promontory of the Peloponnesus, where, in Greek mythology, Odysseus was thrown off course. |
Cape of Good Hope |
a cape on the Atlantic at the southern tip of Africa. |
caper1 |
a playful bound or leap. [5 definitions] |
caper2 |
a low, spiny shrub of the Mediterranean region. [2 definitions] |
capercaillie |
a large grouse with a fanlike tail, native to the forests of northern Europe. |
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] |