English Words: C

43,570 words · Page 68 of 872

caolinitesnoun

plural of caolinite

caoshunoun

grass script (a style of cursive script used in Chinese calligraphy).

caouknoun

a high stiff Turkish hat around which a turban is typically wound or folded

caoutchinnoun

An inflammable, volatile, oily liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.

caoutchoucnoun

Latex; natural rubber.

caoxitenoun

A triclinic-pinacoidal colorless mineral containing calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.

capnoun

A close-fitting hat, either brimless or peaked.

cap and tradenoun

A market-based approach to control pollution by providing economic incentives for achieving reductions in emissions, participating companies being assigned an emissions quota that can be traded with others if not used.

Cap Blanc-Nezname

A headland in Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France, France.

Cap Bonname

A peninsula in northeastern Tunisia.

cap in handadv

In a humble and respectful manner.

cap it all offverb

To finish or complete something; to add a finishing touch.

cap offverb

To finish by making one last addition.

cap onverb

To spread caps (lies) or false rumors (about someone); to slander (someone); to insult (someone's) family.

cap over the windmilladv

In a bizarre or eccentric manner.

cap productnoun

A method of adjoining a chain of degree p with a cochain of degree q, such that q ≤ p, to form a composite chain of degree p − q.

cap snatchingnoun

Removal of the start of a strand of host cell RNA to serve as the 5' cap of viral mRNA.

cap stealingnoun

Synonym of cap snatching.

CAP syndromenoun

An autosomal-recessive cutaneous condition involving craniosynostosis, anal anomalies, and porokeratosis.

cap tablenoun

A document which details the distribution of equity in a company.

cap upverb

To divide (a drug) into capsules.

cap'innoun

Pronunciation spelling of captain.

cap'nnoun

Contraction of captain used as a title.

Cap'n Obviousnoun

Informal form of Captain Obvious.

cap-a-pieadv

From head to toe, especially of armor or other military accoutrements.

cap-apéeadj

Armoured; in full armour, from head to toe.

Cap-enesenoun

dishonesty.

cap-flapnoun

One of the earflaps of a cap.

Cap-Haïtienname

A city on the north coast of Haiti.

capanoun

A Spanish cloak.

capabilitynoun

The power or ability to generate an outcome.

capability overhangnoun

Capabilities and potential applications of existing artificial intelligence systems that have not yet been discovered.

capableadj

Able and efficient; having the ability needed for a specific task; having the disposition to do something; permitting or being susceptible to something.

capablenessnoun

The state or quality of being capable.

capablyadv

In a capable manner.

capacifyverb

To qualify, to allow.

capaciousadj

Having a lot of space inside; roomy.

capaciouslyadv

In a capacious manner.

capaciousnessnoun

The quality of being capacious.

capacitancenoun

The property of an electric circuit or its element that permits it to store charge, defined as the ratio of stored charge to potential over that element or circuit (Q/V); SI unit: farad (F).

capacitateverb

To make capable of functioning in a given capacity.

capacitatedadj

Constrained by maximum throughput, often applied to physical networks transporting flows.

capacitationnoun

Enablement; giving the capacity to do something.

capacitativelyadv

In a capacitive manner

capacitatornoun

capacitor

capacitiveadj

Of or pertaining to electrostatic capacitance.

capacitivelyadv

In relation to or in terms of capacitance

capacitornoun

An electronic component capable of storing electrical energy in an electric field; especially one consisting of two conductors separated by a dielectric.

capacitorlessadj

Without capacitors.

capacitousadj

Having the legal capacity to do something.

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