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| CAPSULE | | n. - small edible soluble case enclosing medicine.
- detachable compartment of a spacecraft or nose of a rocket.
- enclosing membrane in the body.
- dry fruit that releases its seeds when ripe.
- (attrib.) Concise; condensed. capsular adj. [latin capsa case] | |
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| CAPTAIN | | —n. - a chief, leader. B leader of a team.
- a commander of a ship. B pilot of a civil aircraft.
- army officer next above lieutenant. —v. Be captain of; lead. captaincy n. (pl. -ies). [latin caput head] | |
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| CAPTION | | —n. - wording appended to an illustration, cartoon, etc.
- wording on a cinema or television screen.
- heading of a chapter, article, etc. —v. Provide with a caption. [latin capio take] | |
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| CAPTIVE | | —n. Confined or imprisoned person or animal. —adj. - taken prisoner; restrained.
- unable to escape (captive audience). captivity n. [latin capio capt- take] | |
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| CAPTURE | | —v. (-ring) 1 a take prisoner; seize. B obtain by force or trickery.
- portray; record on film etc.
- absorb (a subatomic particle).
- record (data) for use in a computer. —n. - act of capturing.
- thing or person captured. [latin: related to *captive] | |
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| CARACUL | | var. Of *karakul. | |
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| CARAMEL | | n. - a burnt sugar or syrup as a flavouring or colouring. B a kind of soft toffee.
- light-brown colour. caramelize v. (also -ise) (-zing or -sing). [french from spanish] | |
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| CARAVAN | | —n. - vehicle equipped for living in and usu. Towed by a car.
- people travelling together, esp. Across a desert. —v. (-nn-) travel or live in a caravan. caravanner n. [french from persian] | |
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| CARAVEL | | n. (also carvel) hist. Small light fast ship. [greek karabos, literally ‘horned beetle’] | |
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| CARAWAY | | n. Plant with tiny white flowers. [spanish from arabic]
- seed n. Fruit of the caraway as flavouring and a source of oil. | |
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