abdomen | (noun) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis | Synonyms: belly, stomach, venter |
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(noun) the cavity containing the major viscera; in mammals it is separated from the thorax by the diaphragm | Synonyms: abdominal cavity |
abdominal | (adjective) of or relating to or near the abdomen | - |
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(noun) the muscles of the abdomen | Synonyms: ab, abdominal muscle |
abdominocentesis | (noun) centesis of the belly to remove fluid for diagnosis | Synonyms: paracentesis |
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abdominoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach | Synonyms: tummy tuck |
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abdominous | (adjective) having a large belly | Synonyms: paunchy, potbellied |
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abdominousness | (noun) the bodily property of a protruding belly | Synonyms: paunchiness |
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abdominovesical | (adjective) of or relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder | - |
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astrodome | (noun) a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations | - |
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boredom | (noun) the feeling of being bored by something tedious | Synonyms: ennui, tedium |
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chordomesoderm | (noun) the area of mesoderm that forms the notochord | Synonyms: chordamesoderm |
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coccidioidomycosis | (noun) an infection of the lungs and skin characterized by excessive sputum and nodules | Synonyms: coccidiomycosis, desert rheumatism, valley fever |
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condom | (noun) contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse | Synonyms: prophylactic, rubber, safe, safety |
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condominium | (noun) housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned | - |
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(noun) one of the dwelling units in a condominium | Synonyms: condo |
corundom | (noun) very hard mineral used as an abrasive | Synonyms: corundum |
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cuckoldom | (noun) the state of a husband whose wife has committed adultery | - |
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domain | (noun) the content of a particular field of knowledge | Synonyms: knowledge base, knowledge domain |
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(noun) people in general; especially a distinctive group of people with some shared interest | Synonyms: world |
(noun) (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined | Synonyms: domain of a function |
(noun) territory over which rule or control is exercised | Synonyms: demesne, land |
(noun) a particular environment or walk of life | Synonyms: area, arena, field, orbit, sphere |
domatium | (noun) a part of a plant (e.g., a leaf) that has been modified to provide protection for insects or mites or fungi | - |
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dombeya | (noun) any of various shrubs or small trees of the genus Dombeya grown for their rounded clusters of exquisite often sweet-scented flowers usually hanging beneath the leaves | - |
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dome | (noun) a hemispherical roof | - |
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(noun) a stadium that has a roof | Synonyms: covered stadium, domed stadium |
(noun) informal terms for a human head | Synonyms: attic, bean, bonce, noggin, noodle |
(noun) a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward | - |
domed | (adjective) having a hemispherical vault or dome | Synonyms: vaulted |
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domestic | (adjective) of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation | - |
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(adjective) of or involving the home or family | - |
(adjective) of or relating to the home | - |
(adjective) produced in a particular country | - |
(adjective) converted or adapted to domestic use | Synonyms: domesticated |
(noun) a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household | Synonyms: domestic help, house servant |
domestically | (adverb) with respect to home or family | - |
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(adverb) with respect to the internal affairs of a government | - |
domesticate | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticise, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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(verb) adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment | Synonyms: cultivate, naturalise, naturalize, tame |
(verb) make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans | Synonyms: tame |
domesticated | (adjective) accustomed to home life | - |
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(adjective) converted or adapted to domestic use | Synonyms: domestic |
domestication | (noun) accommodation to domestic life | - |
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(noun) the attribute of having been domesticated | Synonyms: tameness |
(noun) adaptation to intimate association with human beings | - |
domesticise | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticize, reclaim, tame |
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domesticity | (noun) domestic activities or life | - |
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(noun) the quality of being domestic or domesticated | - |
domesticize | (verb) overcome the wildness of; make docile and tractable | Synonyms: domesticate, domesticise, reclaim, tame |
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domicile | (noun) housing that someone is living in | Synonyms: abode, dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home |
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(noun) (law) the residence where you have your permanent home or principal establishment and to where, whenever you are absent, you intend to return; every person is compelled to have one and only one domicile at a time | Synonyms: legal residence |
(verb) make one's home in a particular place or community | Synonyms: domiciliate, reside, shack |
domiciliary | (adjective) of or relating to or provided in a domicile | - |
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domiciliate | (verb) provide someone with accomodation | Synonyms: house, put up |
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(verb) make one's home in a particular place or community | Synonyms: domicile, reside, shack |
domiciliation | (noun) temporary living quarters | Synonyms: diggings, digs, lodgings, pad |
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dominance | (noun) the power or right to give orders or make decisions | Synonyms: authorisation, authority, authorization, potency, say-so |
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(noun) superior development of one side of the body | Synonyms: laterality |
(noun) the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not | - |
(noun) the state that exists when one person or group has power over another | Synonyms: ascendance, ascendancy, ascendence, ascendency, control |
dominant | (adjective) exercising influence or control | - |
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(adjective) (of genes) producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar | - |
(adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: predominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife |
(noun) an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different | Synonyms: dominant allele |
(noun) (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale | - |
dominate | (verb) have dominance or the power to defeat over | Synonyms: master |
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(verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: predominate, prevail, reign, rule |
(verb) be in control | - |
(verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, overlook, overtop |
(verb) be greater in significance than | Synonyms: eclipse, overshadow |
dominated | (adjective) controlled or ruled by superior authority or power | - |
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(adjective) harassed by persistent nagging | Synonyms: henpecked |
dominating | (adjective) most powerful or important or influential | Synonyms: ascendant, ascendent |
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(adjective) offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power | Synonyms: autocratic, bossy, high-and-mighty, magisterial, peremptory |
(adjective) used of a height or viewpoint | Synonyms: commanding, overlooking |
domination | (noun) social control by dominating | - |
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(noun) power to dominate or defeat | Synonyms: mastery, supremacy |
dominatrix | (noun) a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship) | - |
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domine | (noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson | Synonyms: dominee, dominie, dominus |
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dominee | (noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson | Synonyms: domine, dominie, dominus |
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domineer | (verb) rule or exercise power over (somebody) in a cruel and autocratic manner | Synonyms: tyrannise, tyrannize |
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domineering | (adjective) tending to domineer | - |
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domineeringly | (adverb) in a domineering manner | - |
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domineeringness | (noun) the trait of being imperious and overbearing | Synonyms: imperiousness, overbearingness |
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dominical | (adjective) of or relating to Sunday as the Lord's Day | - |
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(adjective) of or relating to or coming from Jesus Christ | - |
dominie | (noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson | Synonyms: domine, dominee, dominus |
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dominion | (noun) a region marked off for administrative or other purposes | Synonyms: district, territorial dominion, territory |
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(noun) dominance or power through legal authority | Synonyms: rule |
domino | (noun) a small rectangular block used in playing the game of dominoes; the face of each block has two equal areas that can bear 0 to 6 dots | - |
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(noun) a mask covering the upper part of the face but with holes for the eyes | Synonyms: eye mask, half mask |
(noun) a loose hooded cloak worn with a half mask as part of a masquerade costume | - |
dominoes | (noun) any of several games played with small rectangular blocks | Synonyms: dominos |
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dominos | (noun) any of several games played with small rectangular blocks | Synonyms: dominoes |
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dominus | (noun) a clergyman; especially a settled minister or parson | Synonyms: domine, dominee, dominie |
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dukedom | (noun) the domain controlled by a duke or duchess | Synonyms: duchy |
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(noun) the dignity or rank or position of a duke | - |
earldom | (noun) the domain controlled by an earl or count or countess | - |
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(noun) the dignity or rank or position of an earl or countess | - |
endometrial | (adjective) of or relating to the endometrium | - |
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endometriosis | (noun) the presence of endometrium elsewhere than in the lining of the uterus; causes premenstrual pain and dysmenorrhea | Synonyms: adenomyosis |
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endometritis | (noun) inflammation of the lining of the uterus (of the endometrium) | Synonyms: metritis |
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endometrium | (noun) (pregnancy) the mucous membrane that lines the uterus; thickens under hormonal control and (if pregnancy does not occur) is shed in menstruation; if pregnancy occurs it is shed along with the placenta at parturition | - |
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endomorph | (noun) a heavy person with a soft and rounded body | - |
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endomorphic | (adjective) having a squat and fleshy build | Synonyms: pyknic |
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endomorphy | (noun) round, fat, and heavy | Synonyms: pyknic type |
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fandom | (noun) the fans of a sport or famous person | - |
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fiefdom | (noun) an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group | - |
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(noun) the domain controlled by a feudal lord | - |
filmdom | (noun) the personnel of the film industry | Synonyms: screen, screenland |
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findom | (noun) pejorative term for when a man gives money to a woman | - |
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(noun) a fetish where the submissive is forced to give money to a dominant | - |
freedom | (noun) the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints | - |
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(noun) immunity from an obligation or duty | Synonyms: exemption |
gangdom | (noun) underworld organizations | Synonyms: gangland, organized crime |
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hebdomad | (noun) any period of seven consecutive days | Synonyms: week |
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hebdomadal | (adjective) of or occurring every seven days | Synonyms: hebdomadary, weekly |
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hebdomadally | (adverb) without missing a week | Synonyms: each week, every week, weekly |
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hebdomadary | (adjective) of or occurring every seven days | Synonyms: hebdomadal, weekly |
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hodometer | (noun) a meter that shows mileage traversed | Synonyms: mileometer, milometer, odometer |
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hybridoma | (noun) a hybrid cell resulting from the fusion of a lymphocyte and a tumor cell; used to culture a specific monoclonal antibody | - |
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indomethacin | (noun) a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (trade name Indocin) | Synonyms: Indocin |
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indomitability | (noun) the property being difficult or impossible to defeat | Synonyms: invincibility |
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indomitable | (adjective) impossible to subdue | Synonyms: never-say-die, unsubduable |
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kingdom | (noun) a basic group of natural objects | - |
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(noun) a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state | - |
(noun) the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia | - |
(noun) the domain ruled by a king or queen | Synonyms: realm |
(noun) a country with a king as head of state | - |
(noun) a domain in which something is dominant | Synonyms: land, realm |
lepidomelane | (noun) a mica that is a biotite containing iron | - |
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martyrdom | (noun) death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause | - |
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(noun) any experience that causes intense suffering | Synonyms: calvary |
nonrandom | (adjective) not random | - |
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odometer | (noun) a meter that shows mileage traversed | Synonyms: hodometer, mileometer, milometer |
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oedometer | (noun) an instrument for measuring the rate and amount of consolidation of a soil specimen under pressure. | - |
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officialdom | (noun) people elected or appointed to administer a government | Synonyms: government officials |
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pedometer | (noun) measuring instrument for recording the number of steps taken in walking | - |
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predominance | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predomination |
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(noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predomination, prepotency |
predominant | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
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(adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: dominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife |
predominantly | (adverb) much greater in number or influence | Synonyms: preponderantly |
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predominate | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, preponderant, preponderating |
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(verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, prevail, reign, rule |
(verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position | Synonyms: hulk, loom, tower |
predomination | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predominance |
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(noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predominance, prepotency |
princedom | (noun) territory ruled by a prince | Synonyms: principality |
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(noun) the dignity or rank or position of a prince | - |
pseudomonad | (noun) bacteria usually producing greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment; some pathogenic for plants and animals | - |
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radome | (noun) a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves | Synonyms: radar dome |
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random | (adjective) lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance | - |
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randomisation | (noun) a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance | Synonyms: randomization |
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randomise | (verb) arrange in random order | Synonyms: randomize |
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randomised | (adjective) set up or distributed in a deliberately random way | Synonyms: randomized |
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randomization | (noun) a deliberately haphazard arrangement of observations so as to simulate chance | Synonyms: randomisation |
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randomize | (verb) arrange in random order | Synonyms: randomise |
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randomized | (adjective) set up or distributed in a deliberately random way | Synonyms: randomised |
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randomly | (adverb) in a random manner | Synonyms: arbitrarily, at random, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, willy-nilly |
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