5 letter word starting with cap

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.