Capital ¹

Definition: Of or pertaining to the head.

Capital ²

Definition: Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.

Capital ³

Definition: First in importance; chief; principal.

Capital ⁴

Definition: Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.

Capital ⁵

Definition: Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.

Capital ⁶

Definition: The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.

Capital ⁷

Definition: The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.

Capital ⁸

Definition: Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.

Capital ⁹

Definition: That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.

Capital ¹⁰

Definition: An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.

Capital ¹¹

Definition: A chapter, or section, of a book.

Capital ¹²

Definition: See Capital letter, under Capital, a.

capital ¹³

Definition: the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

Capital ¹⁴

Definition: a book written by Karl Marx describing his economic theories

capital ¹⁵

Definition: one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the

capital ¹⁶

Definition: a seat of government

capital ¹⁷

Definition: wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

capital ¹⁸

Definition: assets available for use in the production of further assets

capital ¹⁹

Definition: uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"

capital ²⁰

Definition: of primary important; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"

capital ²¹

Definition: punishable by death; "a capital offense"

capital ²²

Definition: first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"