| capital offense | a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate |
execution
executing
capital punishment
death penalty | putting a condemned person to death |
amphetamine
pep pill
upper speed | a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite, used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression |
capital
chapiter
cap | the upper part of a column that supports the entablature |
| capital ship | a warship of the first rank in size and armament |
| fixer-upper | a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price) |
rerebrace
upper cannon | cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm |
second balcony
family circle
upper balcony
peanut gallery | rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats |
| upper | piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot, Uppers come in many styles |
upper berth
upper | the higher of two berths |
| upper deck | a higher deck |
| upper surface | the side that is uppermost |
| stiff upper lip | selfestraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief), the British like to keep a stiff upper lip |
upper hand
whip hand | position of advantage and control |
upper jaw
upper jawbone
maxilla
maxillary | the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium |
| upper respiratory tract | the nose and throat and trachea |
capital
capital letter
uppercase
upperase letter
majuscule | 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 upperase letters |
small capital
small cap | a character having the form of an upperase letter but the same height as lowerase letters |
block letter
block capital | a plain hand-drawn letter |
Das Kapital
Capital | a book written by Karl Marx () describing his economic theories |
Capital
Washington | the federal government of the United States |
upper class
upper crust | the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy |
| capital | a seat of government |
| capital | a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product, the crime capital of Italy, the drug capital of Columbia |
| upper limit | the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something |
top
top side
upper side
upside | the highest or uppermost side of anything, put your books on top of the desk, only the top side of the box was painted |
| national capital | the capital city of a nation |
| provincial capital | the capital city of a province |
| state capital | the capital city of a political subdivision of a country |
Kabul
capital of Afghanistan | the capital and largest city of Afghanistan, located in eastern Afghanistan |
Tirana
Albanian capital | the capital and largest city of Albania in the center of the country |
Algiers
Algerian capital | an ancient port on the Mediterranean, the capital and largest city of Algeria |
Luanda
Angolan capital | port city on Atlantic coast, the capital and largest city of Angola |
| St. John's Saint John's capital of Antigua and Barbuda | the capital and largest city of Antigua and Barbuda, located on the island of Antigua |
Buenos Aires
capital of Argentina | capital and largest city of Argentina, located in eastern Argentina near Uruguay, Argentina's chief port and industrial and cultural center |
Sofia
Serdica
Bulgarian capital | capital and largest city of Bulgaria located in western Bulgaria |
Bujumbura
Usumbura
capital of Burundi | the capital and largest city of Burundi, Usumbura was renamed Bujumbura when Burundi became independent in |
Phnom Penh
Pnom Penh
Cambodian capital | the capital and largest city of Kampuchea |
Yaounde
capital of Cameroon | the capital of Cameroon |
Praia
Cidade de Praia
capital of Cape Verde | the capital of Cape Verde on Sao Tiago Island |
Bangui
capital of Central Africa | the capital and largest city of the Central African Republic |
Colombo
capital of Sri Lanka | the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka, has one of the largest harbors in the world, is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon |
N'Djamena
Ndjamena
Fort-Lamy
capital of Chad | the capital and largest city of Chad, located in the southwestern on the Shari river |
Gran Santiago
Santiago
Santiago de Chile
capital of Chile | the capital and largest city of Chile, located in central Chile, one of the largest cities in South America |
Beijing
Peking
Peiping
capital of Red China | capital of the People's Republic of China in the Hebei province in northeastern China, nd largest Chinese city |
Taipei
Taipeh
capital of Taiwan | the capital of Nationalist China, located in northern Taiwan |
Bogota
capital of Colombia | capital and largest city of Colombia, located in central Colombia on a high fertile plain |
San Jose
capital of Costa Rica | the capital and largest city of Costa Rica |
Guatemala City
capital of Guatemala | the capital and largest city of Guatemala |
Tegucigalpa
Honduran capital | the capital and largest city of Honduras |