bell ringer bull's eye mark home run | something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal, the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer, scored a bull's eye, hit the mark, the president's speech was a home run |
homer home run | a base hit on which the batter scores a run |
domestic flight | a flight that begins and ends in the same country |
home game | a game played at home |
domestic terrorism | terrorism practiced in your own country against your own people, the bombing of a federal building in Oklahoma City was an instance of domestic terrorism |
home invasion | burglary of a dwelling while the residents are at home |
home study | a course of study carried out at home rather than in a classroom |
domestic violence | violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner, usually violence by men against women |
harvest harvesting harvest home | the gathering of a ripened crop |
home banking | banking in which transactions are conducted by means of electronic communication (via telephone or computer) |
domestic animal domesticated animal | any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment |
domestic carp Cyprinus carpio | large Old World freshwater bottom-feeding fish introduced into Europe from Asia, inhabits ponds and sluggish streams and often raised for food, introduced into United States where it has become a pest |
domestic fowl fowl poultry | a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl |
domestic pigeon | domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food |
dog domestic dog Canis familiaris | a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times, occurs in many breeds, the dog barked all night |
domestic cat house cat Felis domesticus Felis catus | any domesticated member of the genus Felis |
domestic silkworm moth domesticated silkworm moth Bombyx mori | stocky creamy-white Asiatic moth found almost entirely under human care, the source of most of the silk commerce |
domestic ass donkey Equus asinus | domestic beast of burden descended from the African wild ass, patient but stubborn |
domestic sheep Ovis aries | any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin |
domestic goat Capra hircus | any of various breeds of goat raised for milk or meat or wool |
domestic llama Lama peruana | used in the Andes as a beast of burden and source of wool, considered a domesticated variety of the guanaco |
camper camping bus motor home | a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling |
detention home detention house house of detention detention camp | an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court) |
dwelling home domicile abode habitation dwelling house | housing that someone is living in, he built a modest dwelling near the pond, they raise money to provide homes for the homeless |
funeral home funeral parlor funeral parlour funeral chapel funeral church funeralesidence | a mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects |
headquarters central office main office home office home base | (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise, many companies have their headquarters in New York |
home nursing home rest home | an institution where people are cared for, a home for the elderly |
home appliance household appliance | an appliance that does a particular job in the home |
home computer | a computer intended for use in the home |
home court | (basketball) the court where the host team plays its home games |
home-farm | a farm that supplies the needs of a large estate of establishment |
home plate home base home plate | (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands, it must be touched by a base runner in order to score, he ruled that the runner failed to touch home |
home room homeroom | a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business |
home theater home theatre | television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater |
mental hospital psychiatric hospital mental institution institution mental home insane asylum asylum | a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person |
mobile home manufactured home | a large house trailer that can be connected to utilities and can be parked in one place and used as permanent housing |
soap scoop max liquid ecstasy grievous bodily harm goop Georgia home boy easy lay | street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate |
stately home | a mansion that is (or formerly was) occupied by an aristocratic family |
vacation home | a dwelling (a second home) where you live while you are on vacation |
home truth | an important truth that is unpleasant to acknowledge (as about yourself) |
traumatology accident surgery | the branch of medicine that deals with the surgical repair of injuries and wounds arising from accidents |
home economics home ec domestic science household arts | theory and practice of homemaking |
home page homepage | the opening page of a web site |
home movie | a film made at home by an amateur photographer |
tonic key home key | the basic key in which a piece of music is written |
accident stroke fortuity chance event | anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause, winning the lottery was a happy accident, the pregnancy was a stroke of bad luck, it was due to an accident or fortuity |
accident | an unfortunate mishap, especially one causing damage or injury |
act of God force majeure vis major inevitable accident unavoidable casualty | a natural and unavoidable catastrophe that interrupts the expected course of events, he discovered that his house was not insured against acts of God |
fatal accident casualty | an accident that causes someone to die |
home stand | a series of successive games played at a team's home field or court |