domaladj.n.
/ˈdəʊməl/ 1. Astrology. Of or pertaining to a dome or ‘house’.
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the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > [adjective] > house
angulara1398
cardinal?1585
domal1716
the world > the universe > heavenly body > as influence on mankind > [adjective] > planet > house
domal1716
1716 J. Addison Drummer iii. 27 Mars is now entring into the first House, and will shortly appear in all his Domal Dignities.
1819 J. Wilson Compl. Dict. Astrol. Domal dignity, when a planet is in its own house.
2. Of or pertaining to houses; domestic.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > [adjective] > of or belonging to home
homelyc1384
householdc1384
meniala1387
hamald?a1400
domestical1459
home1552
householdly1557
homish1561
housal1611
domestica1616
domal1728
fireside1740
householdy1863
hearthrug1864
1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. 3 Templar and Domal Architecture.
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 98/1 Principles of sanitation—personal, municipal, domal, etc.
3. Phonetics. (See quots.) Hence as n.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > speech sound by place or organ > [adjective] > lingual > articulation by
cacuminal1862
retracted1874
inverted1877
coronal1890
retroflex1915
domal1919
retroflexed1932
1919 C. R. Lanman in Festgabe Adolf Kaegi 101 The derivative, domal..is useable as adjective or as substantive (domals).
1919 C. R. Lanman in Festgabe Adolf Kaegi 101 The best English equivalent for mūrdhanya, ‘produced at the dome (of the palate)’, is clearly domal.
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vi. 98 Apical articulation in the domal position (the tip of the tongue touching almost the highest point in the roof of the mouth).
1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. vi. 98 In Sanskrit.., postdentals..and domals..are distinct phonemes.
1943 K. L. Pike Phonetics vii. 123 A domal sound (i.e. cerebral, or cacuminal) implies that the tongue tip articulates somewhere behind the alveolar arch.
1962 B. M. H. Strang Mod. Eng. Struct. iii. 30 Positions of articulation..domal (tongue tip to dome of palate).
4. Of, pertaining to, or shaped like a dome.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [adjective] > dome or cupola
coupled1615
cupolated1645
cupola'd1673
domic1823
dome-shaped1832
domy1833
domical1846
domed1855
domal1928
1928 E. R. Lilley Geol. Petroleum & Nat. Gas xii. 274 The Bald Hill Dome is one of the larger domal structures that are so common in northeastern Oklahoma.
1954 W. D. Thornbury Princ. Geomorphol. ix. 208 Most large domal structures are of rather ancient geologic age.
1971 Nature 19 Feb. 538/1 A broad domal uplift of central Kenya of about 300 m in the late Miocene was suceeded by a major uplift of 1,400 m.
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