| cap | (noun) a tight-fitting headdress | - |
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| (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: capital, chapiter |
| (noun) a top (as for a bottle) | - |
| (noun) something serving as a cover or protection | - |
| (noun) (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth | Synonyms: crown, crownwork, jacket, jacket crown |
| (noun) a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive | Synonyms: detonating device, detonator |
| (noun) an upper limit on what is allowed | Synonyms: ceiling, roof |
| (noun) a protective covering that is part of a plant | Synonyms: hood |
| (noun) a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom | Synonyms: pileus |
| (verb) restrict the number or amount of | - |
| (verb) lie at the top of | Synonyms: crest |
| capability | (noun) the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: capableness |
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| (noun) an aptitude that may be developed | Synonyms: capableness, potentiality |
| (noun) the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment | Synonyms: capacity |
| capable | (adjective) (usually followed by `of') having capacity or ability | - |
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| (adjective) (followed by `of') having the temperament or inclination for | - |
| (adjective) having the requisite qualities for | Synonyms: adequate to, equal to, up to |
| (adjective) have the skills and qualifications to do things well | Synonyms: able |
| (adjective) possibly accepting or permitting | Synonyms: open, subject |
| capableness | (noun) the quality of being capable -- physically or intellectually or legally | Synonyms: capability |
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| (noun) an aptitude that may be developed | Synonyms: capability, potentiality |
| capably | (adverb) with competence; in a competent capable manner | Synonyms: ably, aptly, competently |
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| capacious | (adjective) large in capacity | - |
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| capaciousness | (noun) spatial largeness and extensiveness (especially inside a building) | Synonyms: commodiousness, roominess, spaciousness |
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| (noun) intellectual breadth | Synonyms: roominess |
| capacitance | (noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitor, condenser, electrical condenser |
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| (noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored | Synonyms: capacity, electrical capacity |
| capacitate | (verb) make capable | - |
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| (verb) cause (spermatozoa) to undergo the physical changes necessary to fertilize an egg | - |
| (verb) make legally capable or qualify in law | - |
| capacitive | (adjective) of or relating to capacitance | - |
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| capacitor | (noun) an electrical device characterized by its capacity to store an electric charge | Synonyms: capacitance, condenser, electrical condenser |
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| capacity | (noun) the maximum production possible | - |
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| (noun) a specified function | - |
| (noun) capability to perform or produce | - |
| (noun) tolerance for alcohol | - |
| (noun) the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior | Synonyms: mental ability |
| (noun) an electrical phenomenon whereby an electric charge is stored | Synonyms: capacitance, electrical capacity |
| (noun) the amount that can be contained | Synonyms: content |
| (noun) (computer science) the amount of information (in bytes) that can be stored on a disk drive | - |
| (noun) the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment | Synonyms: capability |
| caparison | (noun) stable gear consisting of a decorated covering for a horse, especially (formerly) for a warhorse | Synonyms: housing, trapping |
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| (verb) put a caparison on | Synonyms: bard, barde, dress up |
| caparisoned | (adjective) clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings) | - |
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| cape | (noun) a sleeveless garment like a cloak but shorter | Synonyms: mantle |
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| (noun) a strip of land projecting into a body of water | Synonyms: ness |
| capelan | (noun) very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes | Synonyms: capelin, caplin |
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| capelet | (noun) a small cape that covers the shoulders and is worn predominantly by women. | - |
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| capelin | (noun) very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes | Synonyms: capelan, caplin |
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| caper | (noun) gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement | Synonyms: frolic, gambol, play, romp |
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| (noun) a crime (especially a robbery) | Synonyms: job |
| (noun) a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement | Synonyms: antic, joke, prank, put-on, trick |
| (noun) a playful leap or hop | Synonyms: capriole |
| (noun) pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces | - |
| (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis | - |
| (verb) jump about playfully | - |
| capercaillie | (noun) large black Old World grouse | Synonyms: capercailzie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus |
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| capercailzie | (noun) large black Old World grouse | Synonyms: capercaillie, horse of the wood, Tetrao urogallus |
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| capeweed | (noun) European weed widely naturalized in North America having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears | Synonyms: California dandelion, cat's-ear, gosmore, Hypochaeris radicata |
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| capful | (noun) the quantity that a cap will hold | - |
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| capibara | (noun) pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent | Synonyms: capybara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris |
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| capillarity | (noun) a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids in capillaries | Synonyms: capillary action |
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| capillary | (adjective) of or relating to hair | - |
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| (adjective) long and slender with a very small internal diameter | Synonyms: hairlike |
| (noun) a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action | Synonyms: capillary tube, capillary tubing |
| (noun) any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules | Synonyms: capillary vessel |
| capital | (adjective) of principal importance | - |
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| (adjective) first-rate | - |
| (adjective) uppercase | Synonyms: great, majuscule |
| (noun) the upper part of a column that supports the entablature | Synonyms: cap, chapiter |
| (noun) one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis | Synonyms: capital letter, majuscule, upper-case letter, uppercase |
| (noun) a seat of government | - |
| (noun) a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product | - |
| (noun) wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value | - |
| (noun) assets available for use in the production of further assets | Synonyms: working capital |
| capitalisation | (noun) the act of capitalizing on an opportunity | Synonyms: capitalization |
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| (noun) the sale of capital stock | Synonyms: capitalization |
| (noun) an estimation of the value of a business | Synonyms: capitalization |
| (noun) writing in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalization |
| capitalise | (verb) convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital | Synonyms: capitalize |
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| (verb) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) compute the present value of a business or an income | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) write in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalize |
| (verb) draw advantages from | Synonyms: capitalize, take advantage |
| (verb) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | Synonyms: capitalize |
| capitalism | (noun) an economic system based on private ownership of capital | Synonyms: capitalist economy |
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| capitalist | (adjective) favoring or practicing capitalism | Synonyms: capitalistic |
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| (adjective) of or relating to capitalism or capitalists | Synonyms: capitalistic |
| (noun) a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business) | - |
| (noun) a conservative advocate of capitalism | - |
| capitalistic | (adjective) favoring or practicing capitalism | Synonyms: capitalist |
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| (adjective) of or relating to capitalism or capitalists | Synonyms: capitalist |
| capitalization | (noun) the act of capitalizing on an opportunity | Synonyms: capitalisation |
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| (noun) the sale of capital stock | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| (noun) an estimation of the value of a business | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| (noun) writing in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalisation |
| capitalize | (verb) convert (a company's reserve funds) into capital | Synonyms: capitalise |
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| (verb) consider expenditures as capital assets rather than expenses | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) compute the present value of a business or an income | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) write in capital letters | Synonyms: capitalise |
| (verb) draw advantages from | Synonyms: capitalise, take advantage |
| (verb) supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | Synonyms: capitalise |
| capitate | (adjective) being abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip | - |
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| (noun) the wrist bone with a rounded head shape that articulates with the 3rd metacarpus | Synonyms: capitate bone, os capitatum |
| capitation | (noun) a tax levied on the basis of a fixed amount per person | - |
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| capitol | (noun) a building occupied by a state legislature | - |
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| capitula | (noun) a short scripture reading; done after a psalmody. | - |
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| capitular | (adjective) of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter | Synonyms: capitulary |
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| capitulary | (adjective) of or pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter | Synonyms: capitular |
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| capitulate | (verb) surrender under agreed conditions | - |
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| capitulation | (noun) the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions) | Synonyms: fall, surrender |
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| (noun) a summary that enumerates the main parts of a topic | - |
| (noun) a document containing the terms of surrender | - |
| capitulum | (noun) a dense cluster of flowers or foliage | Synonyms: head |
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| (noun) fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn | Synonyms: ear, spike |
| (noun) an arrangement of leafy branches forming the top or head of a tree | - |
| capiz | (noun) marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell | Synonyms: Placuna placenta, window oyster, windowpane oyster |
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| caplin | (noun) very small northern fish; forage for sea birds and marine mammals and other fishes | Synonyms: capelan, capelin |
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| capo | (noun) the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate | - |
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| capon | (noun) castrated male chicken | - |
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| (noun) flesh of a castrated male chicken | - |
| caponise | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponize |
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| caponize | (verb) convert a cock into a capon | Synonyms: caponise |
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| capote | (noun) a long cloak with a hood that can be pulled over the head | Synonyms: hooded cloak |
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| (noun) a long overcoat with a hood that can be pulled over the head | Synonyms: hooded coat |
| capped | (adjective) covered as if with a cap or crown especially of a specified kind | - |
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| (adjective) used especially of front teeth having (artificial) crowns | - |
| cappelletti | (noun) small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings | Synonyms: ravioli |
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| cappuccino | (noun) equal parts of espresso and hot milk topped with cinnamon and nutmeg and usually whipped cream | Synonyms: cappuccino coffee, coffee cappuccino |
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| capriccio | (noun) an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation | - |
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| caprice | (noun) a sudden desire | Synonyms: impulse, whim |
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| capricious | (adjective) determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason | Synonyms: impulsive, whimsical |
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| (adjective) changeable | Synonyms: freakish |
| capriciously | (adverb) in a capricious manner | - |
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| (adverb) unpredictably | Synonyms: freakishly |
| capriciousness | (noun) the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment | Synonyms: arbitrariness, flightiness, whimsey, whimsicality, whimsy |
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| (noun) the quality of being guided by sudden unpredictable impulses | Synonyms: unpredictability |
| caprifig | (noun) wild variety of the common fig used to facilitate pollination of certain figs | Synonyms: Ficus carica sylvestris |
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| caprimulgid | (noun) mainly crepuscular or nocturnal nonpasserine birds with mottled greyish-brown plumage and large eyes; feed on insects | Synonyms: goatsucker, nightjar |
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| caprine | (adjective) being or pertaining to or resembling a goat or goats | - |
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| capriole | (noun) (dressage) a vertical jump of a trained horse with a kick of the hind legs at the top of the jump | - |
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| (noun) a playful leap or hop | Synonyms: caper |
| (verb) perform a capriole, in ballet | - |
| (verb) perform a capriole, of horses in dressage | - |
| capsaicin | (noun) 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 | - |
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| capsicum | (noun) any of various tropical plants of the genus Capsicum bearing peppers | Synonyms: capsicum pepper plant, pepper |
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| capsid | (noun) the outer covering of protein surrounding the nucleic acid of a virus | - |
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| (noun) a variety of leaf bug | Synonyms: mirid, mirid bug |
| capsize | (verb) overturn accidentally | Synonyms: turn turtle, turtle |
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| capsizing | (noun) (nautical) the event of a boat accidentally turning over in the water | - |
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| capstan | (noun) a windlass rotated in a horizontal plane around a vertical axis; used on ships for weighing anchor or raising heavy sails | - |
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| capstone | (noun) a stone that forms the top of wall or building | Synonyms: copestone, coping stone, stretcher |
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| (noun) a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination | Synonyms: copestone, finishing touch |
| capsular | (adjective) of or relating to a capsule | - |
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| (adjective) resembling a capsule | - |
| capsulate | (adjective) used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulated |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, capsulize |
| capsulated | (adjective) used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate |
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| capsule | (noun) a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside | - |
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| (noun) a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space | Synonyms: space capsule |
| (noun) a small container | - |
| (noun) a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute | Synonyms: ejection seat, ejector seat |
| (noun) a structure that encloses a body part | - |
| (noun) a shortened version of a written work | Synonyms: abridgement, abridgment, condensation |
| (noun) a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses | - |
| (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate |
| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsulise, capsulize |
| capsulise | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulize, encapsulate |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsule, capsulize |
| capsulize | (verb) put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume | Synonyms: capsule, capsulise, encapsulate |
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| (verb) enclose in a capsule | Synonyms: capsulate, capsule, capsulise |
| captain | (noun) a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers | Synonyms: headwaiter, maitre d', maitre d'hotel |
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| (noun) the pilot in charge of an airship | Synonyms: senior pilot |
| (noun) the naval officer in command of a military ship | Synonyms: skipper |
| (noun) an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship | Synonyms: master, sea captain, skipper |
| (noun) a policeman in charge of a precinct | Synonyms: police captain, police chief |
| (noun) an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant | - |
| (noun) the leader of a group of people | Synonyms: chieftain |
| (verb) be the captain of a sports team | - |
| captaincy | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captainship |
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| captainship | (noun) the post of captain | Synonyms: captaincy |
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| caption | (noun) brief description accompanying an illustration | Synonyms: legend |
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| (noun) translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen | Synonyms: subtitle |
| (noun) taking exception; especially a quibble based on a captious argument | - |
| (verb) provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing | - |
| captious | (adjective) tending to find and call attention to faults | Synonyms: faultfinding |
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| captiously | (adverb) in a captious, carping manner | - |
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| captivate | (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, capture, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
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| captivated | (adjective) filled with wonder and delight | Synonyms: beguiled, charmed, delighted, enthralled, entranced |
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| (adjective) strongly attracted | Synonyms: charmed |
| captivating | (adjective) capturing interest as if by a spell | Synonyms: bewitching, enchanting, enthralling, entrancing, fascinating |
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| captivatingly | (adverb) in a bewitching manner | Synonyms: bewitchingly, enchantingly, enthrallingly |
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| captivation | (noun) a feeling of great liking for something wonderful and unusual | Synonyms: enchantment, enthrallment, fascination |
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| (noun) the state of being intensely interested (as by awe or terror) | Synonyms: fascination |
| captive | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: absorbed, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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| (adjective) being in captivity | Synonyms: confined, imprisoned, jailed |
| (noun) an animal that is confined | - |
| (noun) a person who is confined; especially a prisoner of war | Synonyms: prisoner |
| (noun) a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion | - |
| captivity | (noun) the state of being a slave | Synonyms: enslavement |
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| (noun) the state of being imprisoned | Synonyms: immurement, imprisonment, incarceration |
| captopril | (noun) a drug (trade name Capoten) that blocks the formation of angiotensin in the kidneys resulting in vasodilation; used in the treatment of hypertension and congestive heart failure | Synonyms: Capoten |
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| captor | (noun) a person who captures and holds people or animals | Synonyms: capturer |
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| capture | (noun) the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property | Synonyms: gaining control, seizure |
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| (noun) the act of taking of a person by force | Synonyms: seizure |
| (noun) the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board | - |
| (noun) any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle | - |
| (noun) a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field | - |
| (verb) capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping | Synonyms: catch |
| (verb) succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase | Synonyms: catch, get |
| (verb) succeed in representing or expressing something intangible | - |
| (verb) attract; cause to be enamored | Synonyms: becharm, beguile, bewitch, captivate, catch, charm, enamor, enamour, enchant, entrance, fascinate, trance |
| (verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: appropriate, conquer, seize |
| (verb) bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit | - |
| capturer | (noun) a person who captures and holds people or animals | Synonyms: captor |
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| capuchin | (noun) monkey of Central America and South America having thick hair on the head that resembles a monk's cowl | Synonyms: Cebus capucinus, ringtail |
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| (noun) a hooded cloak for women | - |
| capulin | (noun) Mexican black cherry | Synonyms: Mexican black cherry |
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| (noun) Mexican black cherry tree having edible fruit | Synonyms: capulin tree, Prunus capuli |
| caput | (noun) the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains | Synonyms: head |
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| (noun) a headlike protuberance on an organ or structure | - |
| capybara | (noun) pig-sized tailless South American amphibious rodent with partly webbed feet; largest living rodent | Synonyms: capibara, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris |
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