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- CAPARISONThe often ornamental coverings for an animal, especially a horse or an elephant.
- CAPARISONEDHaving a richly ornamented harness.
- CAPEA piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast into a sea or lake; a promontory; a headland.
- CAPEDWearing a cape or capes.
- CAPELETA small cape worn over the shoulders by women.
- CAPELINA fish of species Mallotus villosus, a type of smelt found in the Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
- CAPERA playful leap or jump.
- CAPERINGLYin a capering manner
- CAPESKINA soft sheepskin leather especially used for gloves.
- CAPFULThe amount that will fit into a cap.
- CAPIASAn arrest warrant; a writ commanding officers to take a specified person or persons into custody.
- CAPILLARYResembling or pertaining to hair, especially in slenderness or fineness.
- CAPITAperson
- CAPITALMoney and wealth: the means to acquire or produce goods and services, especially in a non-barter system.
- CAPITALISMA socio-economic system based on private ownership of resources, and capital and their exploitation for profit. An economic system based on private control of the means of producti
- CAPITALIZEIn writing or editing, to write (something: either an entire word or text, or just the initial letter(s) thereof) in capital letters, in upper case.
- CAPITANCaptain (in Spanish-speaking contexts).
- CAPITANOA head man.
- CAPITOLAny building or complex of buildings in which a legislature meets.
- CAPITULARAn act passed in a chapter.
- CAPITULUMA densely clustered inflorescence composed of a large number of individual florets arising from a platform-like base.
- CAPIZThe windowpane oyster.
- CAPLEA horse.
- CAPLETA smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.
- CAPOA movable bar placed across the fingerboard of a guitar and used to raise the pitch of all strings.
- CAPOEIRAA martial art developed in Brazil, involving complex acrobatic maneuvers and flowing movements.
- CAPONA cockerel which has been gelded and fattened for the table.
- CAPONIERA work made across or in a ditch, to protect it from the enemy (as fire from it could cover the ditch), or to serve as a covered passageway (e.g. to outworks).
- CAPONIEREAlternative form of caponier.
- CAPORALA type of shag tobacco.
- CAPOTA winning of all the tricks in the game of piquet, counting for forty points.
- CAPOTEA long coat or cloak with a hood.
- CAPPEDHaving a cap (various senses).
- CAPPELLETTIA circular form of ravioli.
- CAPPERA device or person that applies caps, as to bullets or bottles.
- CAPPINGThe act of removing one's hat as a token of respect.
- CAPRIDOf or pertaining to the subfamily Caprinae of ruminants, of which the goat (genus Capra) is the type; Ovis (sheep) are also members.
- CAPRIFIGA hermaphrodite fruit, inedible to humans, of certain usually uncultivated species of Ficus, which is the source of the pollen with which fig wasps pollinate edible female fruit in
- CAPRIFOLEThe woodbine or honeysuckle.
- CAPRINEOf or relating to Caprinae (goats, sheep, and certain wild relatives).
- CAPRIOLEA 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.
- CAPRYLATEAny salt or ester of caprylic acid
- CAPSIDThe outer protein shell of a virus.
- CAPSIZETo overturn.
- CAPSOMEREAny of the individual protein subunits of a viral capsid
- CAPSTANA vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc.
- CAPSTONEAny of the stones making up the top layer of a wall; a coping stone.
- CAPSULAROf, pertaining to, or resembling a capsule.
- CAPSULATEencased, closed in by a capsule
- CAPSULATIONThe enclosing of (typically) a drug in a capsule
- CAPSULEA membranous envelope.
- CAPSULEDEnclosed within a capsule.
- CAPTAINA chief or leader.
- CAPTAINCYThe rank or status of a captain.
- CAPTAINRYPower or command over a district; chieftainship.
- CAPTIONThe descriptive heading or title, of a document or part thereof.
- CAPTIOUSThat captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
- CAPTIOUSLYIn a captious manner.
- CAPTIVEOne who has been captured or is otherwise confined.
- CAPTIVEDsimple past and past participle of captive
- CAPTIVITYThe state of being captive.
- CAPTOPRILAn ACE inhibitor used to treat hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure.
- CAPTOROne who is holding a captive or captives.
- CAPTUREAn act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
- CAPUCHINA monk in the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin; a Franciscan.
- CAPUTThe head.
- CARABIDAny of the family Carabidae, the ground beetles.
- CARABINETo attach via carabiner.
- CARAFEA bottle, usually glass and with a flared lip, used for serving water, wine, or other beverages.
- CARAMELA smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
- CARAMELIZETo convert (sugar) into caramel.
- CARANGIDAny fish belonging to the family Carangidae, the jackfish.
- CARAPAny tree of the genus Carapa.
- CARATA metric unit of mass equal to exactly 200 mg, chiefly used for measuring precious stones and pearls.
- CARAVELA light, usually lateen-rigged sailing ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish for about 300 years from the 15th century, first for trade and later for voyages of exploration.
- CARBClipping of carbohydrate
- CARBAMIDEurea
- CARBINEA rifle with a short barrel.
- CARBOcarbohydrate
- CARBOLIZETo wash or treat with carbolic acid; to phenolize.
- CARBONThe chemical element (symbol C) with an atomic number of 6. It can be found in pure form for example as graphite, a black, shiny and very soft material, or diamond, a colourless, t
- CARBONADEa stew of meat cooked in beer
- CARBONADOMeat or fish that has been scored and broiled.
- CARBONATEAny salt or ester of carbonic acid.
- CARBONIFEROUSContaining or producing carbon.
- CARBONISENon-Oxford British English standard spelling of carbonize.
- CARBONIUMAny of several organic cations; carbocation or carbenium.
- CARBONIZETo turn something to carbon, especially by heating it; to scorch or blacken.
- CARBONOUSOf, relating to, or containing carbon.
- CARBONYLA divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.
- CARBONYLATETo introduce a carbonyl group, or the elements of carbon monoxide, into a molecule.
- CARBOXYLA univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.
- CARBOXYLASEAny enzyme that catalyzes either a carboxylation or decarboxylation reaction.
- CARBOXYLATEAny salt or ester of a carboxylic acid.
- CARBOYA large, rigid bottle, originally made of glass and mainly used for fermentation, and now commonly made of plastic and used to store liquids.
- CARDcardinality
- CARDERA person employed to card wool.
- CARDIAThe area of the stomach which directly receives contents from the esophagus.
- CARDIALGYHeartburn.
- CARDIGANA type of sweater or jumper that fastens up the front with buttons or a zipper, usually machine- or hand-knitted from wool.