dom-, domo-, domat-, domato- +
(Greek > Latin: house, home ["master, lord" of the house])
domain
1. The scope of a subject.
2. An area of activity over which somebody has influence.
3. Territory ruled by a government or a leader.
4. An area of land owned and controlled by a person, family, or organization.
5. In law, rights relating to the ownership of land.
6. In computerese, domain name, the sequence of words, phrases, abbreviations, or characters that identifies a specific computer or network on the internet and serves as its address.
7. Etymology: from Latin dominium, "right of ownership, dominion" (from dominus, "a lord"); "a territory under one government or ruler; dominion; supreme ownership".
domatium
A small structure developed in certain plants; especially on their leaves, serving as a shelter for insects, mites, or fungi.
domatologist
One who studies houses.
domatology
The science or study of houses.
domatophobia
An excessive, or irrational, fear of being confined in a house or in one's home; a form of claustrophobia.
domatophobiac
Someone who has an uncontrollable fear of being confined in a house.
dome
1. A mansion or stately building.
2. Etymology: from Latin domus, "house" from Greek doma, "housetop, house, temple".
domestic
1. Relating to or used in the home or everyday life within a household.
2. Relating to or involving the family or people living together within a household.
3. In agriculture, not wild, kept as a farm animal or as a pet; to tame, or adapt, animals, plants, etc., to home use or cultivation.
4. Produced, distributed, sold, or occurring within a country.
5. Relating to the internal affairs of a nation or country.
6. Enjoying home and family life.
7. A domestic is someone who is employed to do housework in another person's home or other duties in a large household.
8. Etymology: from Middle French domestique, from Latin domesticus, "belonging to the household"; from domus, "house".
domesticate, domesticated, domestication, domesticable, domestically
1. In agriculture, to accustom an animal to living with or near people, usually as a farm animal or pet.
2. To bring animals or plants under human control in order to provide food, power or companionship.
3. To accustom someone to home life or housework.
4. In biology, to cultivate plants or raise animals, selectively breeding them to increase their suitability for human requirements.
5. The adaptation of plants and animals for life in intimate association with man.
domesticity
1. Life as it is lived at home.
2. A fondness for home life or familiarity with home life.
3. The concerns of the home and family; family life.
domicile, domiciled, domiciling, domiciles
1. The house, apartment, or other place where someone lives; a dwelling.
2. In law, someone's true, fixed, and legally recognized place of residence, especially in cases of prolonged absence that require the person to prove a continuing and significant connection with the place.
domiciliary
1. Relating to a home or homes.
2. Provided for or attending to people in their own homes.
domicolous, domicole
Living in a tube, nest, or other domicile.
domiculture
That which relates to household affairs; the art of housekeeping, cookery, etc.; domestic economy; home economics.
domify
To divide (the heavens) into twelve equal parts or "houses" by means of great circles; to locate (the planets) in their respective "houses". Also domifying and domification.
Related "home; house" word units:
ecdemo-;
eco-;
nosto-.
Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "master, lead, leading, ruler, ruling, govern":
-agogic;
agon-;
arch-;
-crat;
gov-;
magist-;
poten-;
regi-;
tyran-.