pastime interest pursuit | a diversion that occupies one's time and thoughts (usually pleasantly), sailing is her favorite pastime, his main pastime is gambling, he counts reading among his interests, they criticized the boy for his limited pursuits |
capital offense | a crime so serious that capital punishment is considered appropriate |
execution executing capital punishment death penalty | putting a condemned person to death |
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 |
egoism egocentrism self-interest selfoncern selfenteredness | concern for your own interests and welfare |
opportunism self-interest self-seeking expedience | taking advantage of opportunities without regard for the consequences for others |
sake interest | a reason for wanting something done, for your sake, died for the sake of his country, in the interest of safety, in the common interest |
interest interestingness | the power of attracting or holding one's attention (because it is unusual or exciting etc.), they said nothing of great interest, primary colors can add interest to a room |
interest involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something, an interest in music |
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 |
interest interest group | (usually plural) a social group whose members control some field of activity and who have common aims, the iron interests stepped up production |
special interest | an individual or group who are concerned with some particular part of the economy and who try to influence legislators or bureaucrats to act in their favor |
vested interest | groups that seek to control a social system or activity from which they derive private benefit |
Capital Washington | the federal government of the United States |
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 |
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 |
San Salvador Salvadoran capital | the capital and largest city of El Salvador, has suffered from recurrent earthquakes |
Managua capital of Nicaragua Nicaraguan capital | the capital and largest city of Nicaragua |
Panama City capital of Panama Panamanian capital | the capital and largest city of Panama |
Mexico City Ciudad de Mexico Mexican capital capital of Mexico | the capital and largest city of Mexico is a political and cultural and commercial and industrial center, one of the world's largest cities |
Havana capital of Cuba Cuban capital | the capital and largest city of Cuba, located in western Cuba, one of the oldest cities in the Americas |
Port-au-Prince Haitian capital | the capital and largest city of Haiti |