cap (noun)
61cap|il|lit|i|um — «KAP uh LIHSH ee uhm», noun, plural lit|i|a « LIHSH ee uh». the tangle of hairlike filaments inside certain spore cases: »The leftover dried network of cytoplasm forms the framework of the sporangium, called the capillitium (Fred W. Emerson).… …
62cap|i|tal|ism — «KAP uh tuh LIHZ uhm», noun. 1. an economic system in which private individuals or groups of individuals own land, factories, and other means of production. They compete with one another, using the hired labor of other persons, to produce goods… …
63cap|i|tal|ist — «KAP uh tuh lihst», noun, adjective. –n. 1. a person whose money and property are used in carrying on business. 2. a wealthy person. 3. a person who favors or supports capitalism. –adj. 1. of capitalism or capitalists. 2. favoring capitalism …
64cap|i|tal|i|za|tion — «KAP uh tuh luh ZAY shuhn», noun. 1. a writing or printing with capital letters. 2. the act of capitalizing or the condition of being capitalized at a certain value. 3. a) the amount at which a company is capitalized; capital stock of a business …
65cap|i|tate — «KAP uh tayt», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. Botany. a) clustered into a head. b) having a rounded head: »a capitate stigma. 2. Anatomy. having to do with or denoting a bone of the carpus or human wrist, in the center of the distal row of carpal… …
66cap|i|ta|tion — «KAP uh TAY shuhn», noun. a tax, fee, or charge of the same amount for every person. ╂[< Late Latin capitātiō, ōnis poll tax < Latin caput, itis head] …
67cap|i|tel|lum — «KAP uh TEHL uhm», noun, plural tel|la « TEHL uh». 1. Anatomy. the rounded protuberance on the outer surface of the lower end of the humerus, or upper arm. 2. Zoology. the portion of the body of a hydroid polyp that bears the tentacles. ╂[<… …
68Cap|i|to|line — «KAP uh tuh lyn, kuh PIHT uh », noun, adjective. –n. the Capitoline Hill. –adj. having to do with the Capitoline Hill or the Capitol at Rome …
69Cap|i|tol — «KAP uh tuhl», noun. 1. the building at Washington, D.C., in which Congress meets: »The President spoke to both houses of Congress in the Capitol. 2. Also, capitol. the building in which a state legislature meets: »The Governor addressed the… …
70cap|lin — «KAP lihn», noun. = capelin. (Cf. ↑capelin) …
