Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter C - Page 17
Capsule (n.) A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
Atrabiliary capsule. See under Atrabiliary.
Glisson's capsule, A membranous envelope, entering the liver along with the portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through the organ.
Suprarenal capsule, A ductless gland secreting epinephrine, norepinephrine, and steroid hormones, on the upper end of each kidney. It is also called the adrenal gland, glandula suprarenalis, suprarenal gland, epinephros, atrabiliary capsule, and adrenal capsule.
Capsule (n.) A small container.
Capsule (n.) A pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside.
Capsule (n.) A dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses.
Capsule (n.) A shortened version of a written work [syn: {condensation}, {abridgement}, {abridgment}, {capsule}].
Capsule (n.) A structure that encloses a body part.
Capsule (n.) A spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space [syn: {space capsule}, {capsule}].
Capsule (n.) A pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute [syn: {ejection seat}, {ejector seat}, {capsule}].
Capsule (v.) Enclose in a capsule [syn: {capsule}, {capsulate}, {capsulize}, {capsulise}].
Capsule (v.) Put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume; "capsulize the news" [syn: {encapsulate}, {capsule}, {capsulize}, {capsulise}].
Captain (n.) 陸軍上尉；海軍上校；【美】空軍上尉；船長；艦長；（飛機的）機長；（運動隊的）隊長；領隊；（團體的）首領 A head, or chief officer
Captain (n.) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service.
Captain (n.) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the army.
Captain (n.) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain.
Captain (n.) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel.
Captain (n.) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc.
Captain (n.) The foreman of a body of workmen.
Captain (n.) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.
Captain (n.) A military leader; a warrior.
Captain (v. t.) 做首領，擔任隊長，統帥，指揮 To act as captain of; to lead.
Captain (a.) Chief; superior.
Captain (n.) An officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant.
Captain (n.) The naval officer in command of a military ship [syn: {captain}, {skipper}].
Captain (n.) A policeman in charge of a precinct [syn: {captain}, {police captain}, {police chief}].
Captain (n.) An officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship [syn: {master}, {captain}, {sea captain}, {skipper}].
Captain (n.) The leader of a group of people; "a captain of industry" [syn: {captain}, {chieftain}].
Captain (n.) The pilot in charge of an airship [syn: {captain}, {senior pilot}].
Captain (n.) A dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers [syn: {captain}, {headwaiter}, {maitre d'hotel}, {maitre d'}].
Captain (v.) Be the captain of a sports team.
Captaincy (n.) 艦長（上尉）之地位 The rank, post, or commission of a captain.
Captaincy (n.) The post of captain [syn: {captainship}, {captaincy}].
Captainry (n.) Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship.
Captainship (n.) 統帥（captain）之地位；統帥之才；將帥的資格 The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander.
Captainship (n.) Military skill; as, to show good captainship.
Captation (n.) A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction.
Caption (n.) A caviling; a sophism. [Obs.]
Caption (n.) 逮捕 The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process.
Caption (n.) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it was taken, found, or executed.
Caption (n.) 標題 The heading of a chapter, section, or page.
Caption (n.) Taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument; "a mere caption unworthy of a reply".
Caption (n.) Translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen [syn: {subtitle}, {caption}].
Caption (n.) Brief description accompanying an illustration [syn: {caption}, {legend}].
Caption (v.) 加上標題，加上說明標題，說明，字幕 Provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing.
Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
Captious (a.) Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.
Captiously (adv.) In a captious manner.
Captiousness (n.) Captious disposition or manner.
Captivated (imp. & p. p.) of Captivate.
Captivating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Captivate.
Captivate (v. t.) 迷住，迷惑 To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue.
Captivate (v. t.) To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.
Captivate (p. a.) Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.
Captivate (v.) [ T ] 使著迷；迷住；吸引 To hold the attention of someone by being extremely interesting, exciting, pleasant, or attractive.
// With her beauty and charm, she captivated film audiences everywhere.
Captivating (a.) Having power to captivate or charm; fascinating; as, captivating smiles.
Captivation (n.) The act of captivating.
Captive (n.) [C] 俘虜；囚徒；獵獲物；著迷的人；受控制的人 A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.
Captive (n.) One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.
Captive (a.) [Z] 被俘的；受監禁的；受控制的；被迷住的 Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement.
Captive (a.) Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.
Captive (a.) Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.
Captived (imp. & p. p.) of Captive.
Captiving (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Captive.
Captive (v. t.) To take prisoner; to capture.
Captivity (n.) The state of being a captive or a prisoner.
Captivity (n.) A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.
Captor (n.) One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.
Capture (n.) 抓取，戰利品，捕獲之物 The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.
Capture (n.) The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
Capture (n.) The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey. (syn: Seizure; apprehension; arrest; detention.)
Captured (imp. & p. p.) of Capture.
Capturing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Capture.
Capture (v. t.) 抓取，獲得，迷住 To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
Capture (v. t.) To record or make a lasting representation of (sound or images); as, to capture an event on videotape; the artist captured the expression of grief on his face.
Capture (v. t.) (Games) To take control of, or remove from play; as, to capture a piece in chess.
Capture (v. t.) To exert a strong psychological influence on; as, to capture the heart of a maiden; to capture the attention of the nation.
Capture (v. t.) (Computers) To record (data) in a computer-readable form; as, to capture a transaction in a database.
// Her heart is like some fortress that has been captured.
Capture (n.) The act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property [syn: {capture}, {gaining control}, {seizure}].
Capture (n.) A process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field.
Capture (n.) Any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle.
Capture (n.) The act of taking of a person by force [syn: {capture}, {seizure}].
Capture (n.) The removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board.
Capture (v.) Succeed in representing or expressing something intangible; "capture the essence of Spring"; "capture an idea".
Capture (v.) Attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's hearts" [syn: {capture}, {enamour}, {trance}, {catch}, {becharm}, {enamor}, {captivate}, {beguile}, {charm}, {fascinate}, {bewitch}, {entrance}, {enchant}].
Capture (v.) Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase; "We finally got the suspect"; "Did you catch the thief?" [syn: {get}, {catch}, {capture}].
Capture (v.) Bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit; "This nucleus has captured the slow-moving neutrons"; "The star captured a comet".
Capture (v.) Take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: {appropriate}, {capture}, {seize}, {conquer}].
Capture (v.) Take possession of by force, as after an invasion; "the invaders seized the land and property of the inhabitants"; "The army seized the town"; "The militia captured the castle" [syn: {appropriate}, {capture}, {seize}, {conquer}].
Capture (v.) Capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping; "I caught a rabbit in the trap today" [syn: {capture}, {catch}].
Capuccio (n.) A capoch or hood.
Capuched (a.) Cover with, or as with, a hood.
Capuchin (n.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.
Capuchin (n.) A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.
Capuchin (n.) A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai.
Capuchin (n.) Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella.
Capuchin (n.) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck.
Capucine (n.) See Capuchin, 3.
Capulet (n.) Same as Capellet.
Capulin (n.) The Mexican cherry (Prunus Capollin).
Capita (n. pl. ) of Caput.
Caput (n.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.
Caput (n.) The top or superior part of a thing.
Caput (n.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.
Capybara (n.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.
Car (n.) A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.
Car (n.) A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [U. S.]
Note: In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See Train.
Car (n.) A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic].
The gilded car of day. -- Milton.
The towering car, the sable steeds. -- Tennyson.
Car (n.) (Astron.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.
Car (n.) The cage of a lift or elevator.
Car (n.) The basket, box, or cage suspended from a balloon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.
Car (n.) A floating perforated box for living fish.
Carabid (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabidae.
Carabid (n.) One of the Carabidae, a family of active insectivorous beetles.
Carabine (n.) A carbine.
Carabineer (n.) A carbineer.
Caraboid (a.) Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus.
Carabus (n.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.
Carac (n.) See Carack.
Caracal (n.) A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.
Caracara (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.
Carack (n.) A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon.
Caracole (n.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.
Caracole (n.) A staircase in a spiral form.
Caracoled (imp. & p. p.) of Caracole.
Caracole (v. i.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.
Caracoly (n.) An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made.
Caracore (n.) Alt. of Caracora.
Caracora (n.) A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.
Carafe (n.) A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also croft.
Carageen (n.) Alt. of Caragheen.
Caragheen (n.) See Carrageen.
Carambola (n.) An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.
Caramel (n.) (Chem.) （供食物著色用的）焦糖 [U]；卡拉梅爾奶糖 [C] [U] Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.
Caramel (n.) A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.
Caramel (a.) Having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown [syn: caramel, caramel brown].
Caramel (n.) Firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk.
Caramel (n.) Burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food [syn: caramel, caramelized sugar].
Caramel (n.) A medium to dark tan color [syn: yellowish brown, raw sienna, buff, caramel, caramel brown].
Carangoid (a.) (Zool.) Belonging to the Carangidae, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.
Carangidae (n.) Large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes allied to the mackerels, with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas; it includes the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.
Syn: family Carangidae.
Caranx (n.) (Zool.) A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or golden mackerel.
Caranx (n.) Type genus of the Carangidae [syn: Caranx, genus Caranx].
Carapace (n.) [F.] (Zool.) The thick shell or shield which covers the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.
Carapace (n.) Hard outer covering or case of certain organisms such as arthropods and turtles [syn: carapace, shell, cuticle, shield].
Carapato (n.) (Zool.) A south American tick of the genus Amblyomma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.
Carapax (n.) (Zool.) See Carapace.
Carat (n.) The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed.
Note: The carat equals three and one fifth grains Troy, and is divided into four grains, sometimes called carat grains. Diamonds and other precious stones are estimated by carats and fractions of carats, and pearls, usually, by carat grains. -- Tiffany.