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noun
A membranous envelope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
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noun
A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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noun
A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: aerospace, astronautics, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A small container containing a dose of medicine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: pharmacy
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noun
in a brief, condensed or compact form
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, figuratively
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noun
The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: beverages, food, lifestyle, oenology, wine
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noun
A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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noun
A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
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noun
One of the very small rooms for guests in a capsule hotel.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: pod
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verb
To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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verb
To encapsulate or summarize.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a pill in the form of a small rounded gelatinous container with medicine inside
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pill, lozenge, tablet, tab
noun
a small container
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: container
Narrower terms: paintball
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ejection seat, ejector seat
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Broader terms: seat
noun
a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: space capsule
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Broader terms: spacecraft, ballistic capsule, space vehicle
noun
a structure that encloses a body part
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: structure, anatomical structure, complex body part, bodily structure, body structure
Narrower terms: malpighian body, malpighian corpuscle, renal corpuscle, eyeball, orb, lens capsule
noun
a shortened version of a written work
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: condensation, abridgement, abridgment
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Broader terms: summary, sum-up
noun
a dry dehiscent seed vessel or the spore-containing structure of e.g. mosses
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: pericarp, seed vessel
Narrower terms: bilocular capsule, boll, silique, siliqua
verb
put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: encapsulate, capsulize, capsulise
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Broader terms: digest, condense, concentrate
verb
enclose in a capsule
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: capsulate, capsulize, capsulise
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Broader terms: envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
History
Borrowed from French capsule, from Latin capsula, diminutive of capsa (“box”).
Across languages
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