CAPSULE Synonyms

• a small ball with a hole through the middle

• a shape that is spherical and small

• a beaded molding for edging or decorating furniture

• form into beads, as of water or sweat, for example

• decorate by sewing beads onto

• string together like beads

• a small round soft mass (as of chewed food)

• a large pill; used especially in veterinary medicine

• a tight-fitting headdress

• a top (as for a bottle)

• a mechanical or electrical explosive device or a small amount of explosive; can be used to initiate the reaction of a disrupting explosive

• something serving as a cover or protection

• a fruiting structure resembling an umbrella or a cone that forms the top of a stalked fleshy fungus such as a mushroom

• a protective covering that is part of a plant

• an upper limit on what is allowed

• (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

• the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

• lie at the top of

• restrict the number or amount of

• a small globe or ball

• a small aromatic or medicated candy

• a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

• a small rounded mass of a substance

• a solid missile discharged from a firearm

• something that resembles a tablet of medicine in shape or size

• a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

• a unpleasant or tiresome person

• something unpleasant or offensive that must be tolerated or endured

• a contraceptive in the form of a pill containing estrogen and progestin to inhibit ovulation and so prevent conception

• a shape that is generated by rotating an ellipse around one of its axes

• a slab of stone or wood suitable for bearing an inscription

• a number of sheets of paper fastened together along one edge

• a small flat compressed cake of some substance

• a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

• a portable computer with a touchscreen

• A smooth-coated tablet (pill, as in medicine) shaped like a capsule, used as a tamper-resistant alternative to a capsule, or an easy-to-swallow alternative to regular tablets.

• A component of an interest rate cap, a derivative instrument that effectively prevents the interest payments on an otherwise variable-rate loan from exceeding an agreed level (the "cap"). Each "caplet", analysable as a call option, covers one interest accrual period (such as three months); the whole interest rate cap is made up of a series of consecutive caplets.

• enclose in a capsule

• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

• enclose in a capsule

• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

• a shortened version of a written work

• a shortened version of a written work

• used of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule

• enclose in a capsule

• (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams

• the process of changing from a gaseous to a liquid or solid state

• atmospheric moisture that has condensed because of cold

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a shortened version of a written work

• the act of increasing the density of something

• enclose in a capsule or other small container

• put in a short or concise form; reduce in volume

• a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

• a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute

• a spacecraft designed to transport people and support human life in outer space