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To deprive of capacity or natural power; to disable; to render incapable or unfit; to disqualify; as, his age incapacitated him for war.

The act of incapacitating or state of being incapacitated; incapacity; disqualification. Burke.

Want of capacity; lack of physical or intellectual power; inability.

To inclose completely, as in a membrane.

The process of becoming, or the state or condition of being, incapsulated; as, incapsulation of the ovum in the uterus.

Not escapable.

Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.

Between the scapulæ or shoulder blades.

The interscapular feathers of a bird.

A kind of full sleeveless cape, fitting closely about the neck.

Of or pertaining to the ischium and the capsule of the hip joint; as, the ischiocapsular ligament.

A cap or protection for the knee.

The pictorial aspect of a country. The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart. Macaulay. Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.

A painter of landscapes.

clined to wild sports; delighting in rash, absurd, or dangerous amusements. "The merry madcap

Any one of a series of compounds of mercaptans with aldehydes.

ids having a strong, repulsive, garlic odor. The name is specifically applied to ethyl mercaptan, C2H5SH. So called from its avidity for mercury, and other metals.

A compound of mercaptan formed by replacing its sulphur hydrogen by a metal; as, potassium mercaptide, C2H5SK.

A process from the middle of the scapula in some animals; the spine of the scapula.

Of or pertaining to the mesoscapula.