| domestic relations court |
in some U.S. states, a court with jurisdiction limited to matters involving a family or household, esp. disputes involving the custody, support, and welfare of children; family court. |
| domestic science |
see "home economics." |
| domical |
of or resembling a dome. [2 definitions] |
| domicile |
(formal) a place of residence; home. [2 definitions] |
| dominance |
the state of being dominant. [2 definitions] |
| dominant |
most in control; ruling; leading. [4 definitions] |
| dominate |
to control or govern by the use of power or influence; rule. [5 definitions] |
| domination |
the act of dominating. [2 definitions] |
| dominatrix |
a prostitute who punishes and humiliates her customers at their request. |
| domineer |
to rule or exercise power in an arrogant or arbitrary manner; tyrannize. [3 definitions] |
| domineering |
overbearing, despotic, or tyrannical. |
| Dominica |
an island country in the West Indies. |
| Dominican |
of or relating to St. Dominic or the Dominican friars. [6 definitions] |
| Dominican Republic |
a country that occupies the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola in the West Indies. (Cf. Haiti.) |
| dominion |
the power or authority to govern or control; sovereignty. [3 definitions] |
| Dominion Day |
see "Canada Day." |
| dominium |
in law, the ownership, control, and disposition of property, esp. of land. |
| domino1 |
one of a set of small, flat, rectangular game pieces, the faces of which bear different numbers of dots. [2 definitions] |
| domino2 |
a long, loose cloak or robe with a hood, worn by clergymen or, often with an eye mask, by masqueraders. [3 definitions] |
| domino theory |
a theory that if one event occurs, such as the fall of one country under Communist control, a chain of related events will be triggered thereby, such as the fall of neighboring countries. |
| don1 |
(cap.) Sir; a title formerly attached to the name of a Spanish aristocrat or gentleman, now used as a courtesy title. [2 definitions] |