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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: dome - dominant</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="dome"> dome, noun, verb, domed, doming.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a large, rounded roof or ceiling on a circular or many-sided base; cupola. Ex. Nearly every state capitol has a dome. <DD> 2. anything shaped like a dome; something high and rounded. Ex. the dome of the sky, the rounded dome of a hill. <DD> 3. (Archaic.) a house; mansion. Ex. In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree (Samuel Taylor Coleridge). <DD> 4. (Crystallography.) a prism whose faces meet in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house. <DD> 5. =dome car. <DD> 6. (Geology.) an anticlinal formation, circular or elliptical in structure, characteristic of oil and salt deposits, extrusions of volcanic lava, etc.. Ex. Most of the world's sulfur today comes from deposits along the Gulf Coast of this country known as "domes" (Wall Street Journal). <DD>v.t. 1. to cover with or as if with a dome. <DD> 2. to shape like a dome. <DD>v.i. to rise or swell like a dome. adj. domelike. </DL> <A NAME="domecar"> dome car,<DL COMPACT><DD> a railroad car with a dome-shaped upper level that is enclosed with glass for sightseeing. Ex. One thing is certain, the dome cars add much to sightseeing (New York Times). </DL> <A NAME="domeliner"> domeliner, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a railroad train having one or more dome cars. </DL> <A NAME="domemountain"> dome mountain,<DL COMPACT><DD> a domical mountain, such as the Black Hills of South Dakota. </DL> <A NAME="domesday"> domesday, noun. =doomsday.</DL> <A NAME="domesdaybook"> Domesday Book,<DL COMPACT><DD> a record of a survey of the lands of England made by order of William the Conqueror in 1086, giving the ownership, value, assessment of taxes, and other facts, of all estates. Also, Doomsday Book. </DL> <A NAME="domeshaped"> dome-shaped, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having the shape of a dome. </DL> <A NAME="domestic"> domestic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of the home, household, or family affairs. Ex. domestic problems, a domestic scene. Mother has many domestic duties. (SYN) household. <DD> 2. fond of home and family life. Ex. The explorer was not a very domestic person. (SYN) domesticated. <DD> 3. not wild; tame; living with man or under the care of man. Cats, dogs, cows, horses, sheep, and pigs are domestic animals. Ex. This herd of horses was domestic, but out on the plains they became wild. (SYN) domesticated. <DD> 4. of one's own country; not foreign. Ex. Most newspapers publish both domestic and foreign news. (SYN) internal. <DD> 5. made in one's own country; native. Ex. domestic woolens, domestic cheese. (SYN) home-grown, homemade, indigenous. <DD> 6. for home consumption. Ex. domestic coal. <DD>noun a servant in a household. A cook or a maid is a domestic. expr. domestics, <DD> a. goods or products made in one's own country. Ex. Competition is increasing between domestics and foreign imports. <DD> b. (U.S.) cloth articles used in the home, such as towels and bed linen. Ex. That store sells fine handmade domestics and dress accessories. </DL> <A NAME="domesticable"> domesticable, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> that can be domesticated. Ex. The potentially domesticable plants and animals were surely available to the bands of food-gatherers who lived in southwestern Asia and similar habitats in various parts of the globe (Scientific American). </DL> <A NAME="domestically"> domestically, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in a domestic manner; so far as concerns domestic affairs. </DL> <A NAME="domesticart"> domestic art, =home economics.</DL> <A NAME="domesticate"> domesticate, verb, -cated, -cating, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. 1. to change (animals, savages, or plants) from a wild to a tame or cultivated state; tame. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) to make fond of home and family life. Ex. A frontier widow ... makes an unsuccessful attempt to domesticate a hero (Newsweek). <DD> 3. (Figurative.) to cause to be or feel at home; naturalize. <DD>v.i. to live much at home; become domestic. Ex. In spite of her efforts, Jessica had not quite domesticated (Jetta Carleton). <DD>noun a plant or animal that has been domesticated. Ex. In the ... phase ... dating from 7000 to 5000 B.C., there are traces of domesticated squash ... and of possible domesticates of peppers, gourds, and small beans (Science). noun domestication. noun do mesticator. </DL> <A NAME="domesticfowl"> domestic fowl,<DL COMPACT><DD> any of various birds, especially chickens, which have been domesticated. </DL> <A NAME="domesticity"> domesticity, noun, pl. -ties.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. home and family life. <DD> 2. fondness for home and family life. expr. domesticities, domestic affairs. </DL> <A NAME="domesticize"> domesticize, transitive verb, -cized, -cizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to make domestic; domesticate. </DL> <A NAME="domesticrelationscourt"> domestic relations court, =court of domestic relations. Ex. Domestic relations courts ... exist in some cities to deal with disputes within a family (Sidonie M. Gruenberg). </DL> <A NAME="domestics"> domestics, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under domestic. </DL> <A NAME="domesticscience"> domestic science, =home economics.</DL> <A NAME="domesticsystem"> domestic system, =cottage industry.</DL> <A NAME="domett"> domett, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> outing flannel; a light cotton flannel. </DL> <A NAME="domical"> domical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. having a dome or domes. <DD> 2. like a dome; domelike; domal. Ex. The boundaries of the domical uplift constituting the Colorado Plateau--actually a series of plateaus--have never been rigidly defined (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists). adv. domically. </DL> <A NAME="domicil"> domicil, noun. =domicile.</DL> <A NAME="domicile"> domicile, noun, verb, -ciled, -ciling.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a dwelling place; house; home; residence. (SYN) habitation, abode. <DD> 2. a place of permanent residence. One may have several residences, but only one legal domicile at a time. <DD>v.t. to settle in a domicile. Ex. Domiciled at 26 Bay Street, ... the society maintained children in sixty-eight homes (New York Times). <DD>v.i. to dwell; reside. Ex. They domiciled in Italy part of the year. </DL> <A NAME="domiciliar"> domiciliar, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Obsolete.) a canon of a minor order, having no voice in a chapter. </DL> <A NAME="domiciliary"> domiciliary, adjective, noun, pl. -aries.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with a domicile. <DD>noun (U.S.) a home for veterans who do not require hospital care, but are unable to earn a living and have no means of support. Ex. All Veterans Administration hospitals and domiciliaries abolished racial segregation (Dorothy B. Porter). </DL> <A NAME="domiciliate"> domiciliate, verb, -ated, -ating.<DL COMPACT><DD>v.t. to settle in a domicile. <DD>v.i. to dwell; reside. </DL> <A NAME="domiciliation"> domiciliation, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act of settling in a domicile. <DD> 2. the state of being settled in a domicile. </DL> <A NAME="dominance"> dominance, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a controlling influence; supreme authority; rule; control. (SYN) ascendancy. <DD> 2. (Biology.) the quality or condition of being or having a dominant character. </DL> <A NAME="dominancy"> dominancy, noun, pl. -cies. =dominance.</DL> <A NAME="dominant"> dominant, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. most powerful or influential; controlling; ruling; governing. Ex. The British were formerly dominant in India. The President was the dominant figure at the cabinet meeting. Football is the dominant sport in the fall. <DD> 2. rising high above its surroundings; occupying a commanding position. Ex. A dominant cliff rose at the bend of the river. <DD> 3. (Music.) based on or having to do with the fifth note of a scale. <DD> 4. (Biology.) of or designating a dominant character. Ex. The character or trait of roundness is dominant over wrinkledness (Beals and Hoijer). <DD>noun 1. (Music.) the fifth note of a scale. G is the dominant in the key of C. <DD> 2. (Biology.) <DD> a. a dominant character or gene. <DD> b. an individual possessing or transmitting a dominant character. <DD> 3. (Botany.) the most extensive and characteristic species in a plant community, determining the type and abundance of other species in the community. adv. dominantly. </DL> <A NAME="dominantcharacter"> dominant character,<DL COMPACT><DD> the one of any pair of contrasting characters that prevails in an animal or plant when both are present in the germ plasm. (Example:) If a child inherits one gene for brown eyes from its mother, and one gene for blue eyes from its father, it will have brown eyes, as brown eyes are dominant and blue eyes are recessive. </DL> <A NAME="dominanttenement"> dominant tenement or estate,<DL COMPACT><DD> (Law.) land in favor of which a servitude exists over another tenement. </DL> <A NAME="dominantwavelength"> dominant wavelength,<DL COMPACT><DD> the wavelength in a spectrum which matches, or most nearly corresponds to, a sample of color under analysis, used as an approximate determinant of the hue of the sample. </DL> <A HREF="dominate.dic">NEXT</A>