Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
capel |
noun |
Alt. of Caple, A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornblende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes. |
caple |
noun |
A horse; a nag., See Capel. |
caper |
verb i. |
To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance., A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank., A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer., The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles., A plant of the genus Capparis; — called also caper bush, caper tree. |
capoc |
noun |
A sort of cotton so short and fine that it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc. |
capon |
noun |
A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table., To castrate; to make a capon of. |
capot |
noun |
A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points., To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet. |
capra |
noun |
A genus of ruminants, including the common goat. |
caput |
noun |
The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum., The top or superior part of a thing., The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. |