[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

capital \cap"ital\, a. f. capital, l. capitalis capital in
   senses 1  2, fr. caput head. see chief, and cf.
   capital, n.
   1. of or pertaining to the head. obs.
      1913 webster

            needs must the serpent now his capital bruise
            expect with mortal pain.              --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the
      head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as,
      capital trials; capital punishment.
      1913 webster

            many crimes that are capital among us. --swift.
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            to put to death a capital offender.   --milton.
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   3. first in importance; chief; principal.
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            a capital article in religion         --atterbury.
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            whatever is capital and essential in christianity.
                                                  --i. taylor.
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   4. 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.
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   5. of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or
      song. colloq.
      1913 webster

   capital letter f, lettre capitale print., a leading or
      heading letter, used at the beginning of a sentence and as
      the first letter of certain words, distinguished, for the
      most part, both by different form and larger size, from
      the small lower-case letters, which form the greater
      part of common print or writing.

   small capital letters have the form of capital letters and
      height of the body of the lower-case letters.

   capital stock, money, property, or stock invested in any
      business, or the enterprise of any corporation or
      institution. --abbott.

   syn: chief; leading; controlling; prominent.
        1913 webster
see also:
chief capital capital letter small capital letters capital stock 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

capital letter
     n : 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 type case and so became
         known as upper-case letters" syn: capital, upper case,
          upper-case letter, majuscule ant: small letter
see also:
capital upper case upper-case letter majuscule small letter 

Capital Letter >> C Words
Capital Letter, definition of term: Capital Letter
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Capital >> C Words
Capital, definition of term: Capital
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Capital Hill >> C Words
Capital Hill, definition of term: Capital Hill
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Capital Stock >> C Words
Capital Stock, definition of term: Capital Stock
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Capital Punishm >> C Words
Capital Punishm, definition of term: Capital Punishm
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Capital Gain >> C Words
Capital Gain, definition of term: Capital Gain
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Capital Expendi >> C Words
Capital Expendi, definition of term: Capital Expendi
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Capital Account >> C Words
Capital Account, definition of term: Capital Account
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Capital Crime >> C Words
Capital Crime, definition of term: Capital Crime
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Capital Offense >> C Words
Capital Offense, definition of term: Capital Offense
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