| NOUN | artifact | capillary, capillary tube, capillary tubing | a tube of small internal diameter |
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| body | capillary, capillary vessel | any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules | |
| ADJECTIVE | pert | capillary | of or relating to hair |
| all | capillary, hairlike | long and slender with a very small internal diameter |
| Sounds | kae'pahleh.riy | |
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| Rhymes | accusatory ... zealotry: 432 rhymes with riy... | |
| Meaning | Of or relating to hair. | |
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| Spanish | capilar | |
| Catalan | capil·lar | |
| Nouns | hair | a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head) |
| Meaning | long and slender with a very small internal diameter. | |
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| Example | "a capillary tube" | |
| Synonym | hairlike | |
| Broader | thin | Of relatively small extent from one surface to the opposite or in cross section |
| Spanish | capilar | |
| Nouns | capillarity | a phenomenon associated with surface tension and resulting in the elevation or depression of liquids / liquids in capillaries |
| Meaning | A tube of small internal diameter; holds liquid / liquid by capillary action. | |
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| Synonyms | capillary tube, capillary tubing | |
| Part of | thermometer | measuring instrument for measuring temperature |
| Broader | tube, tubing | conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids / liquids or gases |
| Spanish | capilar | |
| Catalan | capilar, vas capil·lar | |
| Meaning | Any of the minute blood vessels connecting arterioles with venules. | |
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| Synonym | capillary vessel | |
| Narrower | glomerulus | A small intertwined group of capillaries in the malpighian body |
| tomentum, tomentum cerebri | A network of tiny blood vessels between the cerebral surface of the pia mater and the cerebral cortex | |
| Broader | blood vessel | A vessel in which blood circulates |
| Spanish | capilar, capilar sanguíneo, tubo capilar | |
| Catalan | capilar, capil·lar, capil·lar sanguini | |
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