n. [ L. abdomen (a word of uncertain etymol.): cf. F. abdomen. ] 1. (Anat.) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, smoke, vapor + -meter; cf. F. atmidomètre. ] An instrument for measuring the evaporation from water, ice, or snow. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. brachy`s short + E. dome. ] (Crystallog.) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Embryology) the area of the mesoderm that forms the notochord. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. kli`nein to incline + E. dome. ] (Crystallog.) See under Dome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Doom. ] Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. dôme, It. duomo, fr. L. domus a house, domus Dei or Domini, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Gr. &unr_; house, &unr_; to build, and E. timber. See Timber. ] 1. A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Approach the dome, the social banquet share. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A cupola formed on a large scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola.” Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Crystallog.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal (macrodiagonal) of the prism, it is called a macrodome; if parallel to the shorter (brachydiagonal), it is a brachydome; if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a monoclinic crystal, it is called a clinodome; if parallel to the orthodiagonal axis, an orthodome. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dome doom + book. ] (O. Eng. Law) 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. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with a dome; shaped like a dome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A day of judgment. See Doomsday. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Domesday Book, the ancient record of the survey of most of the lands of England, made by order of William the Conqueror, about 1086. It consists of two volumes, a large folio and a quarto, and gives the proprietors' tenures, arable land, woodland, etc. [ Written also Doomsday Book. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Domesmen [ See Doom. ] A judge; an umpire. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. domesticus, fr. domus use: cf. F. domestique. See 1st Dome. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

His fortitude is the more extraordinary, because his domestic feelings were unusually strong. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. 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. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Remaining much at home; devoted to home duties or pleasures; as, a domestic man or woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Living in or near the habitations of man; domesticated; tame as distinguished from wild; as, domestic animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Made in one's own house, nation, or country; as, domestic manufactures, wines, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who lives in the family of an other, as hired household assistant; a house servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The master labors and leads an anxious life, to secure plenty and ease to the domestic. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Com.) Articles of home manufacture, especially cotton goods. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Domestic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Our private and domestical matter. Sir. P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A family; a household. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a domestic manner; privately; with reference to domestic affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Forming part of the same family. [ Obs. ] Sir E. Dering. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Domesticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Domesticating. ] [ LL. domesticatus, p. p. of domesticare to reside in, to tame. See Domestic, a. ] 1. To make domestic; to habituate to home life; as, to domesticate one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to be, as it were, of one's family or country; as, to domesticate a foreign custom or word. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To tame or reclaim from a wild state; as, to domesticate wild animals; to domesticate a plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. tame, tamed; -- of animals. Opposite of wild.
Syn. -- domestic. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. accustomed to home life; as, some men think it unmanly to be domesticated; others find gratification in it. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. acclimated to a new environment; -- of plants or animals.
Syn. -- naturalized, nonnative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. domestication. ] The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who domesticates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. domesticitas: cf. F. domesticité. ] The state of being domestic; domestic character; household life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of baize of which the ward is cotton and the weft woolen. Blakely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after Domeyko, a mineralogist of Chili. ] (Min.) A massive mineral of tin-white or steel-gray color, an arsenide of copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cover as with a dome. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Endometrium, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the endometrium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ndon within + mh`tra the womb. ] (Anat.) The membrane lining the inner surface of the uterus, or womb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'epi`pedos on the ground, level ('epi` + pe`don ground) + -metry. ] (Geom.) The mensuration of figures standing on the same base. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A domelike structure invented by R. Buckminster Fuller, in which straight structural parts are connected to form interlocking polygons, affording great strength and rigidity combined with light weight. The typical form has the outlines of the top half of an icosahedron, with the triangular spaces filled with structural members forming triangles, hexagons, and squares. [ PJC ]

n. Same as Halidom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "odo`metron, "odo`metros, an instrument for measuring distance; "odo`s way, path, road + me`tron measure: cf. F. odométre, hodométre. See also odometer.] A device for measuring the length of a path, consisting of a wheel of known circumference attached to a rod held in the hand, and pushed along a surface, which is usually the ground or a floor. The number of times the wheel makes a complete circle multiplied by the circumference is a measure of the length of the path traversed. It may be used to measure distances on curved as well as straight paths. A variant which registers the miles and rods traversed is sometimes used by surveyors. [PJC + 1913 Webster]

n. (Chem., Med.) A nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory, antipyretic and analgesic substance (C19H16ClNO4) prepared synthetically and used for the treatment of pain and arthritis. It blocks prostaglandin biosynthesis. Chemically, it is 1-(4-chlorobenzoyl)-5-methoxy-2-methyl-1H-indole-3-acetic acid. [ PJC ]

n. (Arch.) The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a kingdom. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Twixt his mental and his active parts,
Kingdom'd Achilles in commotion rages
And batters down himself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. labi`s, -i`dos, a forceps + meter: cf. F. labidometre. ] (Med.) A forceps with a measuring attachment for ascertaining the size of the fetal head. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + me`las, me`laina, black. ] (Min.) An iron-potash mica, of a raven-black color, usually found in granitic rocks in small six-sided tables, or as an aggregation of minute opaque scales. See Mica. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + Gr. do`mos house: cf. F. lithodome. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of bivalves, which form holes in limestone, in which they live; esp., any species of the genus Lithodomus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Macro- + dome. ] (Crystallog.) A dome parallel to the longer lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. See Dome, n., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. nefe`lh a cloud + "odo`s way + -meter.] (Meteorol.) An instrument for reckoning the distances or velocities of clouds. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. "odo`metron, "odo`metros, an instrument for measuring distance; "odo`s way + me`tron measure: cf. F. odométre, hodométre. See also hodometer.] An instrument attached to a vehicle or connected, as by a flexible cable, to the wheel of a vehicle, which measures the distance traversed. [1913 Webster]

2. A hodometer. [1913 Webster +PJC]

a. [ Cf. F. odométrique, hodométrique. ] Of or pertaining to the odometer, or to measurements made with it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving to measure distance on a road. [ R. ] Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Measurement of distances by the odometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. onde wave, L. unda + -mater. ] An electric wave meter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Architecture) A dome with a pointed top, its width often extending beyond the width of the tower it covers; -- a style of architecture characteristic of Russian Orthodox churches. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. opisthodomus, Gr. &unr_;; 'o`pisqen behind + do`mos house: cf. F. opisthodome. ] (Arch.) A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ortho- + dome. ] (Crystallog.) See the Note under Dome, 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pedi-, pedo- + -meter: cf. F. pédomètre. ] (Mech.) An instrument for including the number of steps in walking, and so ascertaining the distance passed over. It is usually in the form of a watch; an oscillating weight by the motion of the body causes the index to advance a certain distance at each step. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or measured by, a pedometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. post- + abdomen. ] (Zool.) That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]