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Longitude :: Longitude (n.) The arc or portion of the equator intersected between the meridian of a given place and the meridian of some other place from which longitude is reckoned, as from Greenwich, England, or sometimes from the capital of a country, as from Washington or Paris. The longitude of a place is expressed either in degrees or in time; as, that of New York is 74¡ or 4 h. 56 min. west of Greenwich..

Helix :: Helix (n.) A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.

Collectivism :: Collectivism (n.) The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism.

Capital :: Capital (a.) See Capital letter, under Capital, a..

Cauliculus :: Cauliculus (n.) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian..

Minuscule :: Minuscule (n.) A small Roman letter which is neither capital nor uncial; a manuscript written in such letters.

Capital :: Capital (n.) Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a..

Edh :: Edh (n.) The name of the Anglo-Saxon letter /, capital form /. It is sounded as English th in a similar word: //er, other, d//, doth..

Echinus :: Echinus (n.) The rounded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature..

Capital :: Capital (a.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production..

Coussinet :: Coussinet (n.) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute..

Stalk :: Stalk (n.) An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring..

Havana :: Havana (a.) Of or pertaining to Havana, the capital of the island of Cuba; as, an Havana cigar.

Majuscule :: Majuscule (n.) A capital letter; especially, one used in ancient manuscripts. See Majusculae..

Capital :: Capital (a.) Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.

Capitalist :: Capitalist (n.) One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business..

Province :: Province (n.) A country or region dependent on a distant authority; a portion of an empire or state, esp. one remote from the capital..

Capital :: Capital (n.) First in importance; chief; principal.

W :: W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal

Floating :: Floating (a.) Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt..

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