caper¹ /kāˈpər/

1. A thorny S European shrub (Capparis spinosa), with edible flower-buds (also capˈer-bush)
2. A flower-bud of this shrub, pickled and used in cooking as a flavouring or garnish

cāˈper-sauce noun

A sauce for boiled mutton, etc, made with capers

cāˈper-spurge noun

A kind of spurge whose capsules are sometimes pickled

cāˈper-tea noun

A black tea with a knotty curled leaf

caper² /kāˈpər/

1. To leap or skip like a goat
2. To dance playfully
3. To frolic

1. A leap
2. A gambol
3. An escapade
4. Any activity or pursuit (slang)
5. An illegal or questionable act, a crime (slang)

cāˈperer noun

cut a caper or cut capers

1. To gambol
2. To attempt to attract attention by one's behaviour

capercailzie or capercaillie /ka-pər-kāˈlyi, -li or (non-standard) -lzi, also kāˈpər-/

A large European woodland grouse (Tetrao urogallus), the male of which has dark plumage and a fan-shaped tail (also caˈper)

• omnirange
• omniranges
• omniscience
• omnisciences
• omniscient
• omnisciently
• omnishambles
• omnium
• omnium-gatherum
• omnium-gatherums
• omniums
• omnivore
• omnivores
• omnivories
• omnivorous
• omnivorously
• omnivorousness
• omnivory
• omohyoid
• omohyoids
• omophagia
• omophagias
• omophagic
• omophagous
• omophagy