Webster's Dictionary 1913

946

Capillament

Ca‐pil″la‐ment (?), n. [L. capillamentum, fr. capillus hair: cf. F. capillament.] 1. (Bot.) A filament.2. (Anat.) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of ...

947

Capillariness

Cap″il‐la‐ri‐ness (?), n. The quality of being capillary.

948

Capillarity

Cap′il‐lar″i‐ty (?), n. [Cf. F. capillarité.]1. The quality or condition of being capillary.2. (Physics) The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in con...

949

Capillary

Cap″il‐la‐ry (kăp″ĭl‐lā̍‐ry̆ or kȧ‐pĭl″lȧ‐ry̆; 277), a. [L. capillaris, fr. capillus hair. Cf. Capillaire.] 1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes...

950

Capillary (2)

Cap″il‐la‐ry, n.; pl.Capillaries (�). 1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.2. (Anat.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels conne...

951

Capillation

Cap′il‐la″tion (?), n. [L. capillatio the hair.] A capillary blood vessel. Sir T. Browne.

952

Capillature

Ca‐pil″la‐ture (?), n. [L. capillatura.] A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair. Clarke.

953

Capilliform

Ca‐pil″li‐form (?), a. [L. capillus hair + -form.] In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.

954

Capillose

Cap″il‐lose′ (?), a. [L. capillosus.] Having much hair; hairy.

955

Capistrate

Ca‐pis″trate (?), a. [L. capistratus, p. p. of capistrare halter.] (Zoöl.) Hooded; cowled.

956

Capital

Cap″i‐tal (?), a. [F. capital, L. capitalis capital (in senses 1 & 2), fr. caput head. See Chief, and cf. Capital, n.] 1. Of or pertaining to the head.Needs must the Serpent now...

957

Capital (2)

Cap″i‐tal (kăp″ĭ‐tal), n. [Cf. L. capitellum and Capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See Chief, and cf...

958

Capitalist

Cap″i‐tal‐ist, n. [Cf. F. capitaliste.] One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business....

959

Capitalization

Cap″i‐tal‐i‐za′tion (?), n. The act or process of capitalizing.

960

Capitalize

Cap″i‐tal‐ize (kăp″ĭ‐tal‐īz), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Capitalized (–īzd); p. pr. & vb. n.Capitalizing.] 1. To convert into capital, or to use as capital.2. To compute, appraise, or a...

961

Capitally

Cap‐i‐tal‐ly, adv. 1. In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally.2. In a capital manner; excellently.

962

Capitalness

Cap″i‐tal‐ness, n. The quality of being capital; preeminence.

963

Capitan Pasha

{ Ca′pi‐tan″ Pa‐sha″ or Pa‐cha″ (kä′pē̍‐tän″ pȧ‐shä″) }. [See capitan.] The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.

964

Capitate

Cap″i‐tate (kăp″ĭ‐tā̍t), a. [L. capitatus fr. caput head.] 1. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.2. (Bot.) Hav...

965

Capitatim

Cap′i‐ta″tim (–tā″tĭm), a. Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant.

966

Capitation

Cap′i‐ta″tion (–tā″shŭn), n. [L. capitatio a poll tax, fr. caput head; cf. F. capitation.] 1. A numbering of heads or individuals. Sir T. Browne.2. A tax upon each head or perso...

967

Capite

‖Cap″i‐te (kăp′ĭ‐tē), n. [L., abl. of caput head.] See under Tenant.

968

Capitellate

Cap′i‐tel″late (kăp′ĭ‐tĕl″lā̍t), a. [L. capitellum, dim. of caput head.] (Bot.) Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula.

969

Capitibranchiata

‖Cap′i‐ti‐bran′chi‐a″ta (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. caput, capitis, head + -branchiae gills.] (Zoöl.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tu...

970

Capitol

Cap″i‐tol (?), [L. capitolium, fr. caput head: cf. F. capitole. See Chief.]1. The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.Comes Cæsar to the Ca...

971

Capitolian

{ Cap′i‐to″li‐an (?), Cap″i‐to‐line (?), } a. [L. capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin.] Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. “Capitolian Jove.” Macaulay.Capitoline games(Antiq.), ...

972

Capitula

‖Ca‐pit″u‐la (?), n. pl. See Capitulum.