1 | noun | superior development of one side of the body 2 | noun | the state that exists when one person or group has power over another 3 | noun | the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not 4 | noun | the power or right to give orders or make decisions

d'omuhnuhns (IPA: dˈɒmənəns)

dom-i-nance (9 letters | 3 syllables)

dominances

laterality | ascendance | ascendancy | ascendence | ascendency | control | authorisation | authority | authorization | potency | say-so (total: 11)

absolutism | ascendant | ascendent | despotism | domination | dominion | mastery | monopoly | predominance | predomination | prepotency | regulation | rule | supremacy | tyranny | ... (total: 22)

bodily property | condition | status | organic phenomenon | control (total: 5)

predominance | prominence (based on typical American pronunciation)

dominants | luminance

(none among common words)

Spanish: | supremacía (power) | dominio (power) | ascendiente (ascendancy) | predominio (ascendancy) | supremacía (ascendancy) French: | suprématie (power) | prédominance (power) | ascendant (ascendancy) | domination (ascendancy) Portuguese: | domínio (power) | supremacia (power) | predominância (power) | ascendência (ascendancy) | supremacia (ascendancy) | domínio (ascendancy) | controle (ascendancy) German: | Überlegenheit (power) | Suprematie (power) | Überlegenheit (ascendancy) | Suprematie (ascendancy) | Oberhoheit (ascendancy) Japanese: | 優性 (common noun) | 顕性 (common noun)

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Unquestioned #1 status (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)

14 (International English) | 14 (North American English)