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cap

take; hold

Related forms: cap · capt · cept · cip · 75 words in this dictionary

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a set of instructions for preparing a particular dish, including a list of the ingredients required

Shared component: cip · take; hold

Having the ability, fitness, or quality necessary to do or achieve a specified thing.

cap+able

Shared component: cap · take; hold

A person who has been taken prisoner or an animal that has been confined.

capt+ive

Shared component: capt · take; hold

an idea or a principle that is connected with something abstract

con+cept

Shared component: cept · take; hold

The maximum amount that something can contain or produce.

cap+acity

Shared component: cap · take; hold

To attract and hold the interest and attention of someone; to charm or enchant.

capt+iv+ate

Shared component: capt · take; hold

A person or thing that is not included in a general statement or rule.

ex+cept+ion

Shared component: cept · take; hold

A fundamental truth or proposition that serves as the foundation for a system of belief or behavior or for a chain of reasoning.

Shared component: cip · take; hold

The act or process of receiving or welcoming guests, clients, or information.

re+cept+ion

Shared component: cept · take; hold

the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.

dis+cip+line

Shared component: cip · take; hold

The process of becoming aware of or understanding something through the senses.

per+cept+ion

Shared component: cept · take; hold

A title or brief explanation printed below or next to a picture, diagram, or illustration.

capt+ion

Shared component: capt · take; hold

To take someone as a prisoner, or to take something into your possession, especially by force.

capt+ure

Shared component: capt · take; hold

A person who believes in and follows the teachings of a religious or philosophical leader.

dis+ciple

Shared component: cip · take; hold

The state of being kept as a prisoner or in a confined space, unable to leave.

capt+iv+ity

Shared component: capt · take; hold

to stop, seize, or interrupt something or someone that is going from one place to another

inter+cept

Shared component: cept · take; hold

Relating to a town or city or its local government.

muni+cip+al

Shared component: cip · take; hold

the action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered.

ac+cept+ance

Shared component: cept · take; hold

The process of conceiving a child in the womb; fertilization.

con+cept+ion

Shared component: cept · take; hold

Quick to notice or understand things.

per+cept+ive

Shared component: cept · take; hold

A container or device used to hold something.

re+cept+acle

Shared component: cept · take; hold

to take part in an activity or event

parti+cip+ate

Shared component: cip · take; hold

a city, town, or other district that has its own local government.

muni+cip+ality

Shared component: cip · take; hold

the state of being easily influenced, harmed, or affected by something

suscept+ibility

Shared component: cept · take; hold

To agree to take or receive something that is offered.

ad+cept

Shared component: cept · take; hold

Not including; other than.

ex+cept

Shared component: cept · take; hold

a general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought.

pre+cept

Shared component: cept · take; hold

Tending to find fault or raise petty objections; overly critical.

capt+ious

Shared component: capt · take; hold

A cell or group of cells that receives stimuli; a sense organ.

re+cept+or

Shared component: cept · take; hold

The act of deliberately making someone believe something that is not true.

de+cept+ion

Shared component: cept · take; hold

Giving an appearance or impression different from the true one; misleading.

decept+ive

Shared component: cept · take; hold

A very steep side of a high cliff, mountain, or rock.

pre+cip+ice

Shared component: cip · take; hold

Willing to consider or accept new suggestions and ideas.

re+cept+ive

Shared component: cept · take; hold

the ability or power to do something

cap+ability

Shared component: cap · take; hold

A person who takes part in or becomes involved in a particular activity.

parti+cip+ant

Shared component: cip · take; hold

Able to be seen, heard, or noticed.

per+cept+ible

Shared component: cept · take; hold

happening or performed in advance of an event, as a feeling or action

anti+cip+atory

Shared component: cip · take; hold

designed to prevent pregnancy

contra+cept+ive

Shared component: cept · take; hold

To state again or summarize the main points of something.

re+cap

Shared component: cap · take; hold

A person who catches or confines another; one who takes or holds someone captive.

capt+or

Shared component: capt · take; hold

In a competent and efficient manner; with skill or ability.

cap+able+ly

Shared component: cap · take; hold

Having gotten free from confinement or control.

es+cap+ed

Shared component: cap · take; hold

An object of perception; something that is perceived.

per+cept

Shared component: cept · take; hold

generally recognized or agreed upon as being valid, correct, or satisfactory.

ac+cept+ed

Shared component: cept · take; hold

(present participle) The act of getting free from confinement or control; breaking loose.

es+cap+ing

Shared component: cap · take; hold

(present participle) Taking someone as a prisoner or taking something into one's possession, especially by force.

capt+ur+ing

Shared component: capt · take; hold

Not including; except.

ex+cept+ing

Shared component: cept · take; hold

Not having the ability, qualification, or strength to do something.

in+cap+able

Shared component: cap · take; hold

A teacher or instructor.

precept+or

Shared component: cept · take; hold

Completely fascinated or enchanted by someone or something.

capt+iv+ated

Shared component: capt · take; hold

A word formed from a verb, used as an adjective or to make compound verb forms.

parti+cip+le

Shared component: cip · take; hold

Relating to the ability to interpret or become aware of something through the senses.

per+cept+ual

Shared component: cept · take; hold

expected or predicted; looked forward to

anti+cip+ated

Shared component: cip · take; hold

Showing a controlled form of behavior or way of working, following rules or a system.

dis+cip+ined

Shared component: cip · take; hold

Past tense and past participle of intercept. To stop, seize, or interrupt something or someone that is going from one place to another.

inter+cept+ed

Shared component: cept · take; hold

A person or thing that stops, catches, or seizes someone or something in transit.

inter+cept+or

Shared component: cept · take; hold

The feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen.

anti+cip+ation

Shared component: cip · take; hold

The present participle or gerund of 'discipline', meaning to train someone to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.

dis+cip+lin+ing

Shared component: cip · take; hold

the act of freeing someone from the control of another, especially from slavery or legal, social, or political restrictions.

e+mancip+ation

Shared component: cip · take; hold

The action of stopping and catching something or someone that is going from one place to another.

inter+cept+ion

Shared component: cept · take; hold

In a way that relates to or involves the ability to become aware of something through the senses.

percept+ual+ly

Shared component: cept · take; hold

(present participle) Taking part in an activity or event.

parti+cip+ating

Shared component: cip · take; hold

the act of taking part in an activity or event

parti+cip+ation

Shared component: cip · take; hold

Relating to or involving the active participation of all members of a group.

parti+cip+ative

Shared component: cip · take; hold

Involving or characterized by the active participation of all members or parties.

parti+cip+atory

Shared component: cip · take; hold

The quality of being good at noticing and understanding things that are not obvious.

per+cept+iveness

Shared component: cept · take; hold

The unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body itself.

propri+cept+ion

Shared component: cept · take; hold

relating to stimuli that are produced and perceived within an organism, especially relating to the unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from within the body

proprio+cept+ive

Shared component: cept · take; hold