Capitular (a.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.
Capitular (a.) Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib.
Capitularly (adv.) In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter.
Capitularies (pl. ) of Capitulary
Capitulary (n.) A capitular.
Capitulary (n.) The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.
Capitulary (n.) A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections.
Capitulary (a.) Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular.
Capitulated (imp. & p. p.) of Capitulate
Capitulating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Capitulate
Capitulate (n.) To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree.
Capitulate (n.) To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.
Capitulate (v. t.) To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions.
Capitulation (n.) A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
Capitulation (n.) The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms.
Capitulation (n.) The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
Capitulator (n.) One who capitulates.
Capitule (n.) A summary.
Capitulum (n.) A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat.
Capitulum (n.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]
Capivi (n.) A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba.
Caple (n.) See Capel.
Caplin (n.) See Capelin.
Caplin (n.) Alt. of Capling
Capling (n.) The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel.
Capnomancy (n.) Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.
Capnomor (n.) A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar.
Capoc (n.) A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.
Capoches (pl. ) of Capoch
Capoch (n.) A hood; especially, the hood attached to the gown of a monk.
Capoched (imp. & p. p.) of Capoch
Capoch (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind.
Capon (n.) A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table.
Capon (v. t.) To castrate; to make a capon of.
Caponet (n.) A young capon.
Caponiere (n.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.
Caponize (v. t.) To castrate, as a fowl.
Capot (n.) A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points.
Capotted (imp. & p. p.) of Capot
Capot (v. t.) To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.
Capote (n.) A long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood.
Capouch (n. & v. t.) Same as Capoch.
Cappadine (n.) A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.
Cappaper () See cap, n., also Paper, n.
Cappeak (n.) The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor.
Cappella (n.) See A cappella.
Capper (n.) One whose business is to make or sell caps.
Capper (n.) A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.].
Capper (n.) An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.
Capping plane () A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.
Capra (n.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.
Caprate (n.) A salt of capric acid.
Capreolate (a.) Having a tendril or tendrils.
Capreoline (a.) Of or pertaining to the roebuck.
Capric (a.) Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.
Cariccio (n.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.
Cariccio (n.) A caprice; a freak; a fancy.
Capricioso (a.) In a free, fantastic style.
Caprice (v. i.) An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion.
Caprice (v. i.) See Capriccio.
Capricious (a.) Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable.
Capricorn (n.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.
Capricorn (n.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish.
Caprid (a.) Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type.
Caprification (n.) The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects.
Caprifole (n.) The woodbine or honeysuckle.
Caprifoliaceous (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliacae.
Capriform (a.) Having the form of a goat.
Caprigenous (a.) Of the goat kind.
Caprine (a.) Of or pertaining to a goat; as, caprine gambols.
Capriole (v. i.) A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.
Capriole (v. i.) A leap or caper, as in dancing.
Capriole (v. i.) To perform a capriole.
Capriped (a.) Having feet like those of a goat.
Caproate (n.) A salt of caproic acid.
Caproic (a.) See under Capric.
Caprylate (n.) A salt of caprylic acid.
Caprylic (a.) See under Capric.
Capsaicin (n.) A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.
Capsheaf (n.) The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.
Capsicin (n.) A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum.
Capsicine (n.) A volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsicin.
Capsicum (n.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red or Cayenne pepper of commerce.
Capsized (imp. & p. p.) of Capsize
Capsizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Capsize
Capsize (v. t. & i.) To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
Capsize (n.) An upset or overturn.
Capsquare (n.) A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place.
Capstan (n.) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.
Capstone (n.) A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.
Capsular (a.) Alt. of Capsulary
Capsulary (a.) Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsule; hollow and fibrous.
Capsulate (a.) Alt. of Capsulated
Capsulated (a.) Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box.
Capsule (n.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.
Capsule (n.) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
Capsule (n.) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
Capsule (n.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.
Capsule (n.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.
Capsule (n.) A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.