capital

capital has 24 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. Of or pertaining to the head.
• n.. Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.
• n.. First in importance; chief; principal.
• n.. 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.
• n.. Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song.
• n.. 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.
• n.. The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis.
• n.. 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.
• a.. That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production.
• a.. Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.
• a.. An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.
• a.. A chapter, or section, of a book.