n. wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value

n. a native or inhabitant of Maldives

n. the capital city of a nation

n. assets available for use in the production of further assets

n. the upper part of a column that supports the entablature

n. one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"

n. a seat of government

adj. related to the Maldives

adj. uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"

n. an abundance of material possessions and resources

n. money in the form of bills or coins; "there is a desperate shortage of hard cash"

n. considerable capital (wealth or income); "he is a man of means"

n. the most common medium of exchange; functions as legal tender; "we tried to collect the money he owed us"

n. a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"

n. an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"

n. the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center"

adj. having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

adj. greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"

adj. being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"

adj. serving as an essential component; "a cardinal rule"; "the central cause of the problem"; "an example that was fundamental to the argument"; "computers are fundamental to modern industrial structure"

adj. basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"

adj. most important element; "the chief aim of living"; "the main doors were of solid glass"; "the principal rivers of America"; "the principal example"; "policemen were primary targets"

adj. performing an essential function in the living body; "vital organs"; "blood and other vital fluids"; "the loss of vital heat in shock"; "a vital spot"; "life-giving love and praise"

n. the characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case