capsule

capsule has 16 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• n.. 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.
• n.. A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
• n.. a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
• n.. A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.
• n.. A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.
• n.. A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle.
• n.. A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
• n.. a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
• n.. a small container
• n.. a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute
• n.. a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
• n.. a structure that encloses a body part