Dictionary 1. (n.) A kind of hood worn by the canons of a cathedral church; a sort of amice.2. (n.) A mourning veil formerly worn by women. 3. (n.) A kind of mask; particularly, a half mask worn at masquerades, to conceal the upper part of the face. Dominos were formerly worn by ladies in traveling. 4. (n.) A costume worn as a disguise at masquerades, consisting of a robe with a hood adjustable at pleasure. 5. (n.) A person wearing a domino. 6. (n.) A game played by two or more persons, with twenty-eight pieces of wood, bone, or ivory, of a flat, oblong shape, plain at the back, but on the face divided by a line in the middle, and either left blank or variously dotted after the manner of dice. The game is played by matching the spots or the blank of an unmatched half of a domino already played 7. (n.) One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played. Thesaurus bad copy bad likeness becloud befog belie blanket blind burlesque caricature cloak cloud color conceal concealment contrast cover cover up cover-up curtain deception difference dim disguise disparity dissemblance dissemble dissimilarity dissimilate dissimilation dissimilitude dissimulate distort distract attention from divergence diversity domino dress up eclipse embellish embroider ensconce enshroud envelop exaggerate facade false colors false face false front falsify fudge garble gild gloss gloss over guise hide incognito incommensurability incomparability keep under cover makeup mask masque masquerade mere caricature miscite miscolor misquote misreport misrepresent misstate misteach mummery nonuniformity obfuscate obscure occult overdraw overstate parody pervert poor imitation protective coloration screen shade show shroud slant slur over smoke screen strain titivate travesty trick out trickery twist understate unlikeness unresemblance unsameness unsimilarity varnish vary veil visor vizard vizard mask warp whitewash wrench |