(medicine, obsolete) An instrument for removing foreign bodies from a cavity, such as placental remnants from the uterus.

(economics) A tax levied on the profit made from selling any "capital" (i.e. non-inventory) asset.

The refilling of empty capillaries by blood / (emergency medicine) An assessment of the rate of refilling of blood capillaries after having applied pressure; used as a diagnostic procedure.

plural of capillary refill

A wave at a fluid boundary dominated by surface tension (opposed to larger waves dominated by gravity), a ripple.

A federal territory in north-central Pakistan in which the country's capital Islamabad is located.

(derogatory, finance) a takeover artist who loads a venture up with debt while extracting capital for profit, making the firm go bankrupt

plural of capillament

(botany) A filament. / (anatomy) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fibre or filament, as of the nerves.

plural of capias