Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
domanial |
adjective |
Of or relating to a domain or to domains. |
domebook |
noun |
A book said to have been compiled under the direction of King Alfred. It is supposed to have contained the principal maxims of the common law, the penalties for misdemeanors, and the forms of judicial proceedings. Domebook was probably a general name for book of judgments. |
domesday |
noun |
A day of judgment. See Doomsday. |
domesmen |
plural |
of Domesman |
domesman |
noun |
A judge; an umpire. |
domestic |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to one’s house or home, or one’s household or family; relating to home life; as, domestic concerns, life, duties, cares, happiness, worship, servants., Of or pertaining to a nation considered as a family or home, or to one’s own country; intestine; not foreign; as, foreign wars and domestic dissensions., Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman., Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals., Made in one’s own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc., One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant., Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. |
domicile |
noun |
An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family., A residence at a particular place accompanied with an intention to remain there for an unlimited time; a residence accepted as a final abode., To establish in a fixed residence, or a residence that constitutes habitancy; to domiciliate. |
dominant |
adjective |
Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power., The fifth tone of the scale; thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on. |
dominate |
verb t. |
To predominate over; to rule; to govern., To be dominant. |
domineer |
verb t. |
To rule with insolence or arbitrary sway; to play the master; to be overbearing; to tyrannize; to bluster; to swell with conscious superiority or haughtiness; — often with over; as, to domineer over dependents. |
dominion |
noun |
Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy., Superior prominence; predominance; ascendency., That which is governed; territory over which authority is exercised; the tract, district, or county, considered as subject; as, the dominions of a king. Also used figuratively; as, the dominion of the passions., A supposed high order of angels; dominations. See Domination, 3. |
dominoes |
plural |
of Domino |