Helen Fenton

Capitulation: Definition and part of speech

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Capitulation

  1. n. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.
  2. n. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.
  3. n. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Capillaire: Definition and part of speech

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Capillaire

  1. n. Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers.
  2. n. A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Capillament: Definition and part of speech

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Capillament

  1. n. Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.
  2. n. A filament.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Capillarity: Definition and part of speech

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Capillarity

  1. n. The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction.
  2. n. The quality or condition of being capillary.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Capillary: Definition and part of speech

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Capillary

  1. n. A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.
  2. a. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
  3. a. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action.
  4. n. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.