carpetbagging
- s presumptuously seeking success or a position in a new locality
capetian
- n a member of the Capetian dynasty
- a of or relating to the French dynasty founded by Hugh Capet
carcinogenic
- a causing or tending to cause cancer
the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals
captious
- s tending to find and call attention to faults
a captious pedant
caparisoned
- v put a caparison on
- s clothed in finery (especially a horse in ornamental trappings)
carcinomatous
- a being or relating to carcinoma
a carcinomatous lesion
capillary
- n a tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid by capillary action
- n any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules
- a of or relating to hair
- s long and slender with a very small internal diameter
a capillary tube
capital
- n assets available for use in the production of further assets
- n wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value
- n a seat of government
- n one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases - n a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product
the crime capital of Italy
the drug capital of Columbia - n the federal government of the United States
- n a book written by Karl Marx (1867) describing his economic theories
- n the upper part of a column that supports the entablature
- s first-rate
a capital fellow
a capital idea - s of primary importance
our capital concern was to avoid defeat - s uppercase
capital A
capitalist
- n a conservative advocate of capitalism
- n a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
- a of or relating to capitalism or capitalists
a capitalist nation
capitalistic methods and incentives - a favoring or practicing capitalism
capitalistic
- a favoring or practicing capitalism
- a of or relating to capitalism or capitalists
capitalistic methods and incentives