Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C

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Capitular (a.) (Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.

Capitular (a.) (Anat.) Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vertebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib.

Capitular (a.) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter; "capitular estates" [syn: capitular, capitulary].

Capitularly (adv.) In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter. -- Sterne.

Capitulary (a.) Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular. "Capitulary acts." -- Warton.

Capitularies (n. 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.

Several of Charlemagne's capitularies. -- Hallam.

Capitulary (a.) Of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter; "capitular estates" [syn: capitular, capitulary].

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. [Obs.]

There capitulates with the king . . . to take to wife his daughter Mary. -- Heylin.

There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate. -- Trench.

Capitulate (n.) To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.

The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated. -- Macaulay.

Capitulate (v. t.) To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions. [R.]

Capitulate (v.) Surrender under agreed conditions.

Capitulation (n.) A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

With special capitulation that neither the Scots nor the French shall refortify. -- Bp. Burnet.

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.

Capitulation (n.) A document containing the terms of surrender.

Capitulation (n.) A summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic.

Capitulation (n.) The act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions); "they were protected until the capitulation of the fort" [syn: capitulation, fall, surrender].

Capitulation, () war. The treaty which determines the conditions under which a fortified place is abandoned to the commanding officer of the army which besieges it.

Capitulation, () On surrender by capitulation, all the property of the inhabitants protected by the articles, is considered by the law of nations as neutral, and not subject to capture on the high seas, by the belligerent or its ally. 2 Dall.

Capitulation, () civ.law. An agreement by which the prince and the people, or those who have the right of. the people, regulate the manner in which the government is to be administered. Wolff, Sec. 989.

Capitulator (n.) [LL.] One who capitulates.

Capitule (n.) A summary. [Obs.]

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. -- Gray.

Capitulum (n.) (Anat.) A knoblike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage.

Note: [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]

Capitulum (n.) A dense cluster of flowers or foliage; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" [syn: capitulum, head].

Capitulum (n.) Fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn [syn: ear, spike, capitulum].

Capitulum (n.) An arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree.

Copaiba, Copaiva (n.) (Med.) A more or less viscid, yellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and was formerly much used in affections of the mucous membranes. It is also used in varnishes and lacquers, and in cleaning oil paintings. -- called also balsam of copaiba, copaiba balsam, balsam capivi, and Jesuits' resin. [Written also capivi.]

Copaiba (n.) An oleoresin used in varnishes and ointments [syn: copaiba, copaiba balsam, balsam capivi].

Capivi (n.) A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba.

Caple (n.) See Capel.

Capel, Caple (n.) A horse; a nag. [Obs.] -- Chaucer. -- Holland.

Caplin (n.) See Capelin. Caplin

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. -- Wright.

Capelin (n.) (Zool.) Either of two small marine fishes formerly classified in the family Salmonid[ae], now within the smelt family Osmeridae: Mallotus villosus, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska; or Mallotus catervarius, found in the North Pacific. The Atlantic variety has been used as a bait for the cod. [Written also capelan and caplin.]

Note: This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. However the anchovy used as a food is a different fish. -- Fisheries of U. S. (1884).

Caplin (n.) Very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes [syn: capelin, capelan, caplin].

Capnomancy (n.) Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.

Capnomor (n.) (Chem.) A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar. --Watts.

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 (n. 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. -- Hudibras.

Capon (v. t.) To castrate; to make a capon of.

Capon (n.) A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. --Shak.

The merry thought of a capon. -- W. Irving.

Capon (n.) Flesh of a castrated male chicken.

Capon (n.) Castrated male chicken.

Caponet (n.) A young capon. [R.] -- Chapman.

Caponiere (n.) (Fort.) 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.

Caponize (v.) Convert a cock into a capon [syn: caponize, caponise].

Capot (n.) [F.] A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points. -- Hoyle.

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.

Capote (n.) A long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head [syn: capote, hooded coat].

Capote (n.) A long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head [syn: capote, hooded cloak].

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.

Capri (n.) 卡布里島，又譯卡布里島，義大利那不勒斯灣南部，蘇連多半島外的一個小島，自從羅馬共和國時代以來就以風景秀麗聞名，是著名的旅遊勝地。卡布里屬於坎帕尼亞大區的那不勒斯省。卡布里市是島上主要的人口中心。人口2004年底統計為7278人。

無論對義大利人還是對外國人，卡布里都是旅遊目的地。在1950年代的每年夏季，該島遊客眾多。島上最著名的景點有藍洞。

卡布里有班次頻密的渡輪和水翼艇前往那不勒斯和蘇連多。 Is an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrentine Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. The main town Capri that is located on the island shares the name. It has been a resort since the time of the Roman Republic. The first Capri-Sun was consumed here in 1986 before the name was formally given to the beverage.

Some of the main features of the island include the following: the Marina Piccola (the little harbour), the Belvedere of Tragara (a high panoramic promenade lined with villas), the limestone crags called sea stacks that project above the sea (the Faraglioni), the town of Anacapri, the Blue Grotto (Grotta Azzurra), and the ruins of the Imperial Roman villas.

Capri is part of the region of Campania, Province of Naples. The town of Capri is the island's main population centre. The island has two harbours, Marina Piccola and Marina Grande (the main port of the island). The separate comune of Anacapri is located high on the hills to the west.

Compare: Oenanthylous

Oenanthylous (a.) (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid formerly supposed to be the acid of oenanthylic ether, but now known to be a mixture of higher acids, especially capric acid. [Obs.]

Capric (a.) (Chem.) Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.

Capric acid (also called decanoic acid), C9H19.CO.OH, Caprylic acid (also called octanoic acid), C7H15.CO2.H, and Caproic acid (also called hexanoic acid), C5H11.CO2.H, are fatty acids occurring in small quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat.

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.) 善變的；任性的 Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." -- Shak. "Capricious humor." -- Hugh Miller.

A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. -- Hallam.

Syn: Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain; inconstant; arbitrary. -- Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. -- Ca*pri"cious*ness, n.

Capricious (a.) Changeable; "a capricious summer breeze"; "freakish weather" [syn: capricious, freakish].

Capricious (a.) Determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason; "a capricious refusal"; "authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious"; "the victim of whimsical persecutions" [syn: capricious, impulsive, whimsical].

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.

Caprine (a.) Being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats; "caprine creatures"; "a caprine strain of virus"; "a caprine voice."

Capriole (v. i.) To perform a capriole. -- Carlyle.

Capriole (n.) (Man.) 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 (n.) A leap or caper, as in dancing. "With lofty turns and caprioles." -- Sir J. Davies.

Capriole (n.) (Dressage) A vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump.

Capriole (n.) A playful leap or hop [syn: caper, capriole].

Capriole (v.) Perform a capriole, of horses in dressage.

Capriole (v.) Perform a capriole, in ballet.

Capriped (a.) Having feet like those of a goat.

Caproate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of caproic acid.

Caproic (a.) (Chem.) See under Capric.

Caprylate (n.) (Chem.) A salt of caprylic acid.

Caprylic (a.) (Chem.) See under Capric.

Compare: Pepper

Pepper (n.) A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

Note: Common pepper, or black pepper, is made from the whole berry, dried just before maturity; white pepper is made from the ripe berry after the outer skin has been removed by maceration and friction. It has less of the peculiar properties of the plant than the black pepper. Pepper is used in medicine as a carminative stimulant.

Pepper (n.) (Bot.) The plant which yields pepper, an East Indian woody climber ({Piper nigrum), with ovate leaves and apetalous flowers in spikes opposite the leaves. The berries are red when ripe. Also, by extension, any one of the several hundred species of the genus Piper, widely dispersed throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the earth.

Pepper (n.) Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit; red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the habanero pepper ({Capsicum chinense"> habanero pepper ({Capsicum chinense); . These contain capsaicin ({C18H27O3N"> varying levels of the substance capsaicin ({C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also Capsicum and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.

Note: The term pepper has been extended to various other fruits and plants, more or less closely resembling the true pepper, esp. to the common varieties of Capsicum. See Capsicum, and the Phrases, below.

African pepper, The Guinea pepper. See under Guinea.

Cayenne pepper. See under Cayenne.

Chinese pepper, The spicy berries of the Xanthoxylum piperitum, a species of prickly ash found in China and Japan.

Guinea pepper. See under Guinea, and Capsicum.

Jamaica pepper. See Allspice.

Long pepper. (a) The spike of berries of Piper longum, an East Indian shrub.

Long pepper. (b) The root of Piper methysticum (syn. Macropiper methysticum) of the family Piperaceae. See Kava.

Malaguetta pepper, or Meleguetta pepper, The aromatic seeds of the Amomum Melegueta, an African plant of the Ginger family. They are sometimes used to flavor beer, etc., under the name of grains of Paradise.

Red pepper. See Capsicum.

Sweet pepper bush (Bot.), An American shrub ({Clethra alnifolia), with racemes of fragrant white flowers; -- called also white alder.

Pepper box or Pepper caster, A small box or bottle, with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling ground pepper on food, etc.

Pepper corn. See in the Vocabulary.

Pepper elder (Bot.), A West Indian name of several plants of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia.

Pepper moth (Zool.), A European moth ({Biston betularia"> Pepper moth (Zool.), A European moth ({Biston betularia)

having white wings covered with small black specks.

Pepper pot, A mucilaginous soup or stew of vegetables and cassareep, much esteemed in the West Indies.

Pepper root. (Bot.). See Coralwort.

Pepper sauce, A condiment for the table, made of small red peppers steeped in vinegar.

Pepper tree (Bot.), An aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris"> Pepper tree (Bot.), an aromatic tree ({Drimys axillaris) of the Magnolia family, common in New Zealand. See Peruvian mastic tree, under Mastic.

Capsaicin (n.) (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.
Capsicum (n.) (Bot.) 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.

Note: The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or bird pepper, Capsicum fastigiatum or chili pepper, Capsicum frutescens or spur pepper (from which tabasco is obtained), Capsicum chinense, which includes the fiery-hot habanero pepper, and Capsicum annuum or Guinea pepper, which includes the bell pepper, the jalapeno pepper, the cayenne pepper, and other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used, both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in cookery. These contain varying levels of the substance capsaicin ({C18H27O3N"> capsaicin ({C18H27O3N), which gives the peppers their hot taste. The habanero is about 25-50 times hotter than the jalapeno according to a scale developed by Wilbur Scoville in 1912. See also Cayenne pepper, pepper and http://www.chili-pepper-plants.com/.

Capsicum (n.) Any plant of the genus Capsicum (of the Solanaceae family, which are unrelated to Piper), and its fruit; red pepper; chili pepper; as, the bell pepper and the jalapeno pepper (both Capsicum annuum) and the habanero pepper ({Capsicum chinense"> habanero pepper ({Capsicum chinense).

Capsicum (n.) Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers [syn: capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant].

Capsicum (n.) Chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers [syn: genus Capsicum, Capsicum].

Capsaicin (n.) Colorless pungent crystalline compound derived from capsicum; source of the hotness of hot peppers of the genus Capsicum such as chili and cayenne and jalapeno.

Capsheaf (n.) The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.

Capsicin (n.) (Chem.) A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum.

Capsicine (n.) (Chem.) A volatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsicin.

Capsicum (n.) (Bot.) 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.

Capsicum (n.) Any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers [syn: capsicum, pepper, capsicum pepper plant].

Capsicum (n.) Chiefly tropical perennial shrubby plants having many-seeded fruits: sweet and hot peppers [syn: genus Capsicum, Capsicum].

Capsized (imp. & p. p.) of Capsize.

Capsizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Capsize.

Capsize (v. t. & i.) (v. t.) 使傾覆；弄翻；(v. i.) 傾覆；翻覆 To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.

But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? -- Byron.

Capsize (n.) An upset or overturn.

Capsize (v.) Overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!" [syn: {capsize}, {turtle}, {turn turtle}].

Capsize (v.) [ I or T ] （使船）翻，傾覆 To (cause a boat or ship to) turn upside down by accident while on water.

// A huge wave capsized the yacht.

// When the boat capsized we were trapped underneath it.

Capsquare (n.) (Gun.) 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. [Sometimes spelt Capstern, but improperly.]

Capstan bar, One of the long bars or levers by which the capstan is worked; a handspike.

To pawl the capstan, To drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back.

To rig the capstan, to prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets.

To surge the capstan, to slack the tension of the rope or cable wound around it.
Capstan (n.) A windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails.

Capstone (n.) (Paleon.) A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap. Capsular
Capstone (n.) A final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination [syn: finishing touch, capstone, copestone].

Capstone (n.) A stone that forms the top of wall or building [syn: capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher].

Capsular (a.) Alt. of Capsulary.

Capsulary (a.) Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsule; hollow and fibrous.

Capsular ligament (Anat.), A ligamentous bag or capsule surrounding many movable joints in the skeleton. Capsulate

Capsular (a.) Resembling a capsule; "the capsular ligament is a sac surrounding the articular cavity of a freely movable joint and attached to the bones."

Capsular (a.) Of or relating to a capsule.

Capsulate (a.) Alt. of Capsulated.

Capsulated (a.) Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box ; esp. (Botany) enclosed in a seed capsule; -- of seeds or spores.

Syn: encapsulated.

Capsulate (a.) Used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule [syn: capsulate, capsulated].

Capsulate (v.) Enclose in a capsule [syn: capsule, capsulate, capsulize, capsulise].

Capsule (n.) (Bot.) 膠囊，蒴，瓶帽，太空艙 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.) (Chem.) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.

Capsule (n.) (Chem.) A small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.

Capsule (n.) (Med.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

Capsule (n.) (Anat.) 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.

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