Caparison (n.) An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.
Caparison (n.) Gay or rich clothing.
Caparisoned (imp. & p. p.) of Caparison
Caparisoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caparison
Caparison (v. t.) To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse.
Caparison (v. t.) To aborn with rich dress; to dress.
Caparro (n.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail.
Capcase (n.) A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest.
Cape (n.) A piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promontory; a headland.
Cape (v. i.) To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.
Cape (n.) A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak.
Cape (v. i.) To gape.
Capel (n.) Alt. of Caple
Caple (n.) A horse; a nag.
Capel (n.) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.
Capelan (n.) See Capelin.
Capelin (n.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod.
Cappeline (n.) A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.
Capella (n.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.
Capellane (n.) The curate of a chapel; a chaplain.
Capelle (n.) The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.
Capellet (n.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying down.
Capellmeister (n.) The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choir-master.
Capered (imp. & p. p.) of Caper
Capering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Caper
Caper (v. i.) To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
Caper (n.) A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank.
Caper (n.) A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer.
Caper (n.) The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.
Caper (n.) A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree.
Caperberry (n.) The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.
Caperberry (n.) The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado).
Caper bush () Alt. of Caper tree
Caper tree () See Capper, a plant, 2.
Capercailzie (n.) Alt. of Capercally
Capercally (n.) A species of grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods.
Caperclaw (v. t.) To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse.
Caperer (n.) One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.
Capful (n.) As much as will fill a cap.
Capias (n.) A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias.
Capibara (n.) See Capybara.
Capillaceous (a.) Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.
Capillaire (n.) A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.
Capillaire (n.) Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers.
Capillament (n.) A filament.
Capillament (n.) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.
Capillariness (n.) The quality of being capillary.
Capillarity (n.) The quality or condition of being capillary.
Capillarity (n.) The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction.
Capillary (a.) Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
Capillary (a.) Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.
Capillary (n.) A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.
Capillary (n.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.
Capillation (n.) A capillary blood vessel.
Capillature (n.) A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair.
Capilliform (a.) In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.
Capillose (a.) Having much hair; hairy.
Capistrate (a.) Hooded; cowled.
Capital (n.) Of or pertaining to the head.
Capital (n.) Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.
Capital (n.) First in importance; chief; principal.
Capital (n.) Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.
Capital (n.) Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.
Capital (n.) The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.
Capital (n.) The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.
Capital (n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.
Capital (a.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.
Capital (a.) Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.
Capital (a.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.
Capital (a.) A chapter, or section, of a book.
Capital (a.) See Capital letter, under Capital, a.
Capitalist (n.) One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.
Capitalization (n.) The act or process of capitalizing.
Capitalized (imp. & p. p.) of Capitalize
Capitalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Capitalize
Capitalize (v. t.) To convert into capital, or to use as capital.
Capitalize (v. t.) To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.)
Capitalize (v. t.) To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.
Capitally (adv.) In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally.
Capitally (adv.) In a capital manner; excellently.
Capitalness (n.) The quality of being capital; preeminence.
Capitan Pasha () Alt. of Pacha
Pacha () The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.
Capitate (a.) Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.
Capitate (a.) Having the flowers gathered into a head.
Capitatim (a.) Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant.
Capitation (n.) A numbering of heads or individuals.
Capitation (n.) A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.
Capite (n.) See under Tenant.
Capitellate (a.) Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula.
Capitibranchiata (n. pl.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola.
Capitol () The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.
Capitol () The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.
Capitolian (a.) Alt. of Capitoline
Capitoline (a.) Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome.
Capitula (n. pl.) See Capitulum.
Capitular (n.) An act passed in a chapter.
Capitular (n.) A member of a chapter.
Capitular (n.) The head or prominent part.
Capitular (a.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.