capsule

capsule is a 7-letter English word with 16 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 16 senses

Definitions

1. noun. a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.
2. noun. A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
3. noun. a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
4. noun. A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.
5. noun. A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.
6. noun. A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.
7. noun. A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
8. noun. a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
9. noun. a small container
10. noun. a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
11. noun. a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
12. noun. a structure that encloses a body part
13. noun. a shortened version of a written work

    Synonyms: abridgement, abridgment, condensation

14. noun. a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
15. verb. put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

    "capsulize the news"

    Synonyms: capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate

16. verb. enclose in a capsule

    Synonyms: capsulate, capsulise, capsulize

Synonyms

abridgement, abridgment, condensation, capsulise, capsulize, encapsulate, capsulate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in capsule:

scaleup, specula, upscale

Common word forms

capsuled, capsuler, capsules, capsuling

Words from these letters

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