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CAP (abbreviation) : Community-Acquired Pneumonia

The student nurse was infected with CAP after her exposure to a patient.

Submitted by: paula from Philippines on Apr. 29, 2009 12:19

cap-and-trade (adjective) : of or relating to a system in which a cap is placed on the amount of carbon emissions a company may emit and an auction is established for buying rights to emit greenhouse gases

Submitted by: Anonymous on Mar. 16, 2009 13:12

Capetent (capetence) (adjective) : the quality of being both competent and capable.

Example 2: (capetent) Example 1: The capetent Joan was picked over the capable but incompetent Jack and the competent, but incapable Jill. Example 2: (Capetence) Despite John's competence, he was incapable of taking on the problem; Joan's capetence however, eminently qualified her for the task

Submitted by: Sharat from Texas on Jan. 09, 2007 15:24

capex (noun) : capital expenditure

Submitted by: Anonymous on Jul. 03, 2006 07:32

capitate (verb) : To attach a head to something, esp. a body. Recently made relevant to fictional and speculative discussions of the future of human cloning and headless clones.

[Formerly Headless Shane Diesel's] earliest memory was immediately after he was capitated and his head was turned on. —John Paul Gaunt, Joe discovers pain, unpublished

Submitted by: John Paul Gaunt from California on Feb. 20, 2007 18:44

capiz (noun) : marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell

Capiz shells make beautiful lamps!

Submitted by: Jackie from Michigan on Jan. 27, 2006 15:46

capiz shell (noun) : the flat, semi-transparent outer shell of the marine mollusk Placuna placenta that is found in shallow coastal waters of the Philippines

Many retailers have large selections of capiz shell bath accessories.

Submitted by: Marcia Barum from Colorado on Aug. 06, 2008 15:20

cappuccinoy (adjective) : Tasting like cappuccino

This drink is very cappuccinoy!

Submitted by: Anonymous on Jun. 02, 2006 10:55

cappy (adjective) : emphasized as if by yelling or showing strong emotion by using all caps in an email or electronic communication

Leo's email was so cappy; I didn't appreciate Leo's cappy email; Why are you being so cappy? —Kyle D. Stutzman, stutzman.org, 3/9/2008

Submitted by: Anonymous on Mar. 09, 2008 14:21

caprants (noun) : too long to be capris, too short to be pants

look at that kid, hes wearing caprants

Submitted by: rysa from Delaware on May. 31, 2008 10:41

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