Dominant

Definition: Dominant

Dominant

Adjective

1. Exercising influence or control; "television plays a dominant role in molding public opinion"; "the dominant partner in the marriage".

2. Of genes; producing the same phenotype whether its allele is identical or dissimilar.

Noun

1. (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale.

Date "dominant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Specialty Definition: Dominant

Domain	Definition
Biology & Biotechnology	A)(ecology)that component of a community, typically a species, which exerts the greatest influence on its character because of its life-form and/or great abundance; b)(ecology/silviculture)generally, an individual or species of the upper layers of the canopy; c)(silviculture)more particularly, one of the 4 main crown classes recognised, on a basis of relative status and condition in the crop, for establishing thinning grades for pure regular crops; the trees have their crowns in the uppermost layers of the canopy and are largely free-growing; d)(silviculture)of a species in a mixed crop, that is the most numerous and vigorous. Source: European Union. (references)
	An individual or species of the upper layer of the forest canopy. Source: European Union. (references)
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Specialty Definition: Dominant

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

The word dominant has several possible meanings:

In music theory, the dominant or dominant note of a key is that which is a perfect fifth above the tonic; the note whose pitch is 1.5 times the frequency of the tonic note's pitch.
A dominant gene is one that is expressed when heterozygous with a recessive allele of the gene.
In BDSM, Dominant is a more precise term for a top in BDSM - see dominant (BDSM)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dominant."

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Antonyms: recessive (adj), subordinate (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Dominant

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Authority	Adjective: at the head, dominant, paramount, supreme, predominant, preponderant, in the ascendant, influential; arbitrary; compulsory; : stringent.
Influence	Adjective: influential, effective; important; weighty; prevailing; Verb: prevalent, rife, rampant, dominant, regnant, predominant, in the ascendant, hegemonical.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Dominant

English words defined with "dominant": Amharic, ascendant, ascendent, association, Attendant keys, autosomal dominant disease, autosomal dominant disorder ♦ Balance of power, Bible Belt, biome ♦ cerebrum, chromaticity, class Reptilia, current ♦ demandingly, Demicadence, Dominant chord, dominant gene, dominantly ♦ Ethiopian language ♦ flow ♦ grassland ♦ Half cadence, Hindooism, Hinduism, home rule, homophony, hue, hydroid, hydrozoan ♦ Ideo-motor ♦ kingdom ♦ land ♦ Marfan's syndrome, mediant ♦ neurofibromatosis ♦ Organ point, Osmanli, osteogenesis imperfecta ♦ Perfect cadence, placoderm, Plagal, precariously ♦ Rajpoot, Rajput, realm, reign, Reptilia ♦ Saxon, scholasticism, scrub oak, scyphozoan, Servient tenement, Sparta, stream, Superdominant ♦ von Recklinghausen's disease ♦ X-linked dominant inheritance. (references)

Specialty definitions using "dominant": Adenomatous Polyposis Coli, Adiposis Dolorosa, adjustment test, alpha-Fetoproteins, Aniridia, annular corneal dystrophy, associated or affiliated undertaking, ataxic motor aphasia ♦ Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome, book titles, Bueckler's annular corneal dystrophy, Bueckler's corneal dystrophy type IV ♦ capital-intensive, character test, Chondrodysplasia Punctata, Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis, Commodity Exchange Incorporated New York, Commodity Exchange of New York, common control, Corneal Dystrophies, Hereditary, cuspate delta, cut a tape ♦ Dolman test, dolmans, Dolman's test, dystrophia annularis, dystrophia annularis corneae ♦ EFNet, Elliptocytosis, Hereditary, Epidermolysis Bullosa Dystrophica, Epidermolysis Bullosa Simplex, E-plane T junction, eustatic, Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary ♦ false cleavage, familistic society, Focal Dermal Hypoplasia ♦ Gardner Syndrome, Gilbert Disease ♦ H bend, hereditary annular dystrophy, highly capitalised, H-plane bend, H-plane T junction, Hyperkeratosis, Epidermolytic, Hyperlipoproteinemia Type IV ♦ Ichthyosis Vulgaris, IDIOT, Intel Corporation ♦ Keratoderma, Palmoplantar, Diffuse ♦ Langer-Giedion Syndrome, Li-Fraumeni Syndrome, Long QT Syndrome, Lutheran Blood-Group System ♦ methaemoglobinaemia ♦ Nail-Patella Syndrome, N-channel MOS, Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary, Neurofibromatosis 2, Novell, Inc. ♦ ogg, Oncogene Proteins v-erbA, Oncogene Proteins v-rel, Orofaciodigital Syndromes, Osteoarthritis, Hip ♦ Pemphigus, Benign Familial, Piebaldism, Polycystic Kidney, Autosomal Dominant, Porokeratosis, Pseudohypoaldosteronism, psychophysical chromatic color, psychophysical chromatic colour ♦ Retinal Drusen, ring-shaped corneal dystrophy, Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome ♦ Saliens, sendmail, series T, shunt T, single program multiple data, soevite, Spinocerebellar Degenerations ♦ talc schist, test of personality, Transport, in Plasmas, twisted hair ♦ unified control ♦ von Willebrand Disease ♦ Waardenburg's Syndrome ♦ Zonal Flow. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Dominant" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (dominant), French (chief, commanding, dominant, dominating, governing, main, major, most important, outstanding, prevailing, prevalent, principal, ruling, superior), German (dominant, dominantly, dominating), Romanian (characteristic, commanding, dominant, prevailing, towering), Swedish (dominant), Turkish (dominant).

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Modern Usage: Dominant

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	That must be why they're such a dominant global power. (Black Books; writing credit: Graham Linehan; Arthur Mathews) So dominant. (The Rocky Horror Picture Show; writing credit: Richard O'Brien; Jim Sharman) It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. (X-Men; writing credit: Tom DeSanto; Bryan Singer)
Movie/TV Titles	The Dominant Sex (1937) His Dominant Passion (1914)
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Commercial Usage: Dominant

Domain	Title
Books	Greatest Teams: The Most Dominant Powerhouses in Sports (reference) The Loving Dominant (reference) Uncanny X-Men: Dominant Species (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	The Dominant Pitcher: Exploiting the Batter's Weakness (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Dominant Domain (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
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Photo Album: Dominant

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Anchovies, Anchoa sp., are dominant members of fish communities in Southeastern United States estuaries. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).		Stromatolites are club-shaped structures formed by a slow buildup of microbial mats trapping ooid sands. These form in high energy channels where migrating sand dunes and chemical precipitation of carbonate cement are dominant seafloor processes. Credit: National Undersea Research Program (NURP).
	Dominant Kiger Stallion in Kiger HMA. Credit: Mark Armstrong.		Lazarus, the dominant Stallion in West Warm Springs HMA. Credit: Mark Armstrong.
	Dominant Stallion on the range in South Steens HMA. Credit: Connie Dellera.		Lazarus," the dominant stallion in East Warm Springs Herd Management Area in the Burns District, Oregon. Credit: Mark Armstrong.
	-- Made their contributions to the chairman of the state central committee of the dominant party. Credit: Library of Congress.
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Sounds Captioned with "Dominant".

Play	Caption	Play	Caption
	Typical digital melody with percussion being dominant and supporting strings.		A dominant seven chord strummed on an acoustic guitar.
	A dominant seventh chord played on a soft Rhodes-sounding electric piano.
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Familiar Quotations: Dominant

Author	Quotation
Henri Frederic Amiel	To depersonalize man is the dominant drift of our times.
James Allen	You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration.
Soren Kierkegaard	Our life always expresses the result of our dominant thoughts.
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Use in Literature: Dominant

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	The dominant expression on the uncovered foreheads of most of those present, was one of subdued enthusiasm.
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Non-Fiction Usage: Dominant

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		See dominant, gene, recessive. (references)
		At least one is autosomal dominant. (references)
		A dominant allele prevails over a normal allele. (references)
Business		China is dominant in the import market. (references)
		BP Solar is the dominant company in the UK market. (references)
		Presently, credit cards are the dominant form of settlement. (references)
Children	Guatemala	The PDH reported that the National Hospital for Mental Health, the dominant healthcare provider for persons with mental illness, lacks basic supplies and equipment. (references)
Civil Liberties	Portugal	The Roman Catholic Church is the dominant religion. (references)
	Ireland	While Roman Catholicism is the clearly dominant religion, it is not favored officially or in practice. (references)
Economic History	Japan	Domestic makers are dominant. (references)
	South Korea	Confucianism remains a dominant cultural influence. (references)
	Singapore	In this category, frozen fries is the dominant product. (references)
Human Rights	Armenia	This authority gives the President dominant influence in appointing and dismissing judges at all levels. (references)
	Burundi	Most citizens assume that the courts promote the interests of the dominant Tutsi minority; members of the Hutu majority believe that the judicial system is biased against them. (references)
	East Timor	Rivalries between members of the politically dominant CNRT and the small opposition group known as the Democratic Republic of East Timor (RDTL) occasionally led to intimidation and violence. (references)
Indigenous People	Taiwan	More than 70 percent are Christian, while the dominant Han Chinese are largely Buddhist or Taoist. (references)
	Indonesia	A large percentage of the population of Papua consists of migrants, who are economically and politically dominant. (references)
Minorities	Niger	It supported the 1995 peace accord calling for special development efforts in the north where the Tuareg population is dominant. (references)
Political Economy	Peru	Peru is a republic with a dominant executive branch. (references)
	GUATEMALA	Agriculture and commerce are the dominant economic activities. (references)
	Peru	It is the dominant force in the 2001 legislature with 45 seats. (references)
Political Rights	Rwanda	The RPF is the dominant political force in the country. (references)
	Tonga	They assert authority largely through control of substantial landholdings and their dominant numbers in the Legislative Assembly (Parliament). (references)
	India	In the northeastern states, indigenous people are a large proportion of the population and consequently exercise a dominant influence in the political process. (references)
Trade	Taiwan	These banks, cooperatives, and credit unions have traditionally played a dominant role in finance on the island. (references)
	Moldova	The fund also owns 85.59 percent of stock worth in Vitanta, a dominant producer of Moldovan beer, flavored alcoholic beverages, and soft drinks. (references)
	Azerbaijan	Smaller private banks such as Azerigazbank and Mostbank are also issuing credit cards, but cash remains the dominant form of payment in Azerbaijan. (references)
Travel	Turkey	English is the dominant language for international business. (references)
	Eq. Guinea	Spanish is the dominant business language in Equatorial Guinea, although French has been declared a second official language and is often understood. (references)
Women	Comoros	Men have the dominant role in society. (references)
Worker Rights	Tajikistan	The Federation of Trade Unions remained the dominant labor organization. (references)
	Cape Verde	However, as the country's largest employer, the Government continued to play the dominant role in setting wages. (references)
	Congo	The employment of children of all ages is common in the informal sector and in subsistence agriculture, which are the dominant portions of the economy. (references)
Lexicography	Devil's Dictionary	IDIOT, n. A member of a large and powerful tribe whose influence in human affairs has always been dominant and controlling. The Idiot's activity is not confined to any special field of thought or action, but "pervades and regulates the whole." He has the last word in everything; his decision is unappealable. He sets the fashions and opinion of taste, dictates the limitations of speech and circumscribes conduct with a dead-line.
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Dominant

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Mark Shields	We have to take a break now. Robert Novak and I will be back with White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card to ask if President Bush, the compelling commander in chief, is still dominant politically at home.
Rush Limbaugh	Remember, two of the many characteristics of the dominant media culture today are arrogance and superiority, by design.
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Speeches: Dominant

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Harry S. Truman	1945-1953	The great and dominant objective of United States foreign policy is to build and preserve a just peace.
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Usage Frequency: Dominant

"Dominant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "Dominant" is used about 3,048 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	99.9%	3,045	3,079
Noun (singular)	0.1%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	3,048	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Dominant

Expressions using "dominant": autosomal dominant disease ♦ autosomal dominant disorder ♦ Dominant chord ♦ Dominant estate ♦ dominant formative discharge ♦ dominant gene ♦ dominant influence ♦ Dominant owner ♦ Dominant tenement ♦ enterprise having a dominant position in the market. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "dominant": dominant-negative, dominant-party, dominant-tonic.
	Ending with "dominant": non-dominant, speech-dominant.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dominant

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
dominant woman	1,153	trait dominant	12
dominant wife	121	divas dominant	12
dominant mistress	94	dominant woman submissive man	11
dominant	88	cat dominant	11
dominant female	56	dominant tall very woman	10
dominant toilet mistress	38	autosomal dominant	10
dominant shemale	28	black dominant woman	10
dominant and submissive	26	dominant expression medium self	10
dominant and recessive gene	24	sexually dominant woman	10
capital dominant nitzan	23	dominant man	9
dominant gene	23	dominant bitch	9
dominant wife story	20	dominant personals woman	9
dominant black mistress	18	dominant growl	9
dominant wife submissive husband	15	dominant nurse	8
male dominant	15	disciplinary dominant wife	7
lesbian dominant	14	dominant tall woman	7
dominant eye	13	dominant foot	7
dominant girl	13	dominant lady	7
dominant and recessive trait	12	bdsm dominant mistress	7
dominant transvestite	12	story of dominant woman	7
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Modern Translation: Dominant

Language		Translations for "dominant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		dominues (imperious, magisterial, masterful, prevalent, regnant, upmost), dominante, dominant, zotërues (cardholder, holder, overlord, owner, possessive, possessor, possessory, proprietor), sundues (prevailing, prevalent, ruling, sovereign), mbizotëruese, mbizotërues (ascendant, predominant, prevalent). (various references)

Arabic		‏مهيمن (controlling, predominant), ‏مسيطر (commanding, controlling, governing, predominant, prevailing, prevalent, ruler, ruling), ‏مطل على, ‏مشرف (commanding, honorable, honorific, honourable, overlooking), ‏غالب (predominant, predominating, preponderant, triumphant, victorious), ‏الصفة الغالبة. (various references)

Bulgarian		господствуващ (ascendant, hegemonic, prevailing), доминантен (prepotent), доминанта, доминиращо чувство, доминиращ белег, доминиращ (ascendant, commanding, hegemonic, predominant, ruling, uppermost). (various references)

Chinese		龍� �老大 (big boss, leader of a group), 统治 (dominantly, governance, Reigned, reigning, ruled, ruling), 優勢 (superior). (various references)

Czech		dominantní (commanding, prepotent), převládající (predominant, prevailing, prevalent, regnant). (various references)

Danish		dominerende, dominant, lysmæssigt dominerende område (dominant area), herskende træklasse, herskende. (various references)

Dutch		dominante, dominant, heersend. (various references)

Farsi		مقتدر (Authoritative, Mighty), متعادل , مسلط (Predominant, Preponderant), مافوق (Above, Overlord, Superior, Trancscendent, Ultra, Upmost), مشرف (Verge), چیره (Proficient), نمایان (Egregious, Ostensible, Seeming, Visible), نافذ (Incisive, Pervasive, Predominant, Trenchant), حکمفرما (Predominant, Rampant), غالب (Conqueror, Overbearing, Predominant), عمده (Chief, Essential, Gross, Head, Main, Major, Material, On, Only, Predominant, Primary, Prime, Principal, Significant), برتر (Above, Excelsior, Paramount, Preferable, Premier(Re), Preponderant, Prevalent, Superior), برجسته (Boss, Egregious, Eminent, Illustrious, Laureate, Masterwork, Outstanding, Palmary, Palmy, Predominant, Prime, Profile, Prominent, Saleint, Swell, Tyupical). (various references)

Finnish		vallitseva (dominating, prevailing, prevalent). (various references)

French		dominant (dominating). (various references)

German		herrschend (commandingly, current, dominantly, dominating, established, prevailing, prevailingly, prevalent, regent, regently, reigning, ruling), beherrschend (controlling, governing, governmental, predominant, ruling), dominant (dominantly, dominating). (various references)

Greek		επικρατών (ascedent, ascendant, predominant, preponderant, prevailing, prevalent), υπερισχύων (predominant). (various references)

Hebrew		שלט� י (ruling), שתלט� י (bossy, domineering, high and mighty, imperious, masterful, overbearing), שולט (masterful, overriding, predominant), �"ומי� � טי, �"ומי� � ט�". (various references)

Hungarian		uralkodó (domineering, governing, hegemonic, imp, majesty, monarch, pervading, potentate, predominant, preponderant, prepotent, presence, prevailing, prevalent, queen consort, rampant, regnant, ruler, ruling, sceptered, sceptred, sovereign), túlsúlyban levő (predominant, preponderant, prevailing), domináns (mode). (various references)

Indonesian		dominan, berkuasa (hold the power, sovereign). (various references)

Italian		dominante (dominating, leading, prevailing, ruling). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ドイツ連邦共�'�国 (a do-it-yourself store, cancel at the last minute, Debussy, dock, docking, doctor, doctor course, doctrine, document, documental, documentary, documentary drama, documentation, dodecaphony, dodge ball, doeskin, dog racing, dogfight, doggie bag, dogma, dogmatic, dogmatism, dogmatist, doily, do-it-yourself, domino, donor, doom, doo-wop, dot, dot map, dot matrix, dot printer, dwell, dwelling, Federal Republic of Germany, referee's stop, thud, to be noisy, to make noise, yakuza sword), �"�配的 (ruling). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ドミナント , しはいてき (ruling). (various references)

Korean		지배 (Bossing, Dominating, Domination, governance, mastering, mastery, reign, ruling). (various references)

Manx		kionyssagh (authoritative, hectoring, self-assertive, sovereign), ard- (advanced, arch-, chief, great, prefix arch-, prime). (various references)

Pig Latin		ominantday

Portuguese		dominante (authoritative, bossy, commanding, dictatorial, prepotent, prevailing, prevalent, ruling), dominandor (domineering). (various references)

Romanian		dominant (characteristic, commanding, prevailing, towering), predominant (predominant, prevailing, prevalent, ruling), care dominã (topping). (various references)

Russian		господствующий (ascendant, prevailing, ruling), преобладающий (predominant, preponderant, prevalent, uppermost), доминантный, доминанта. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		dominantan (commanding, uppermost). (various references)

Spanish		dominante (besetting, bossy, commanding, dominating, domineering, masterful, ruling, towering). (various references)

Swedish		dominant. (various references)

Thai		ที่มีอำนาจครอบครอง. (various references)

Turkish		dominant özellik, dominant, nüfuzlu (ascendant, ascendent, important, influential, of weight, potent, powerful, weighty), hakim (adjudicator, beak, commanding, dominating, judge, justice, magisterial, predominant, recorder, ruler, savant, solon, sov'ran), hükmeden (commanding, determinant, domineering, governing, masterful, regnant, suzerain), etken (active, agent, determinant, effective, factor, ingredient), egemen (ascendant, ascendent, prevailing, regnant, ruling, sovereign, sov'ran), baskın karakter, baskın (descent, forage, foray, heavy, incursion, inroad, irruption, overpowering, predominant, preponderant, prepotent, raid, sudden attack, surprise, swoop), başat karakter, başat. (various references)

Ukrainian		правлячий (governing, ruling), панівний (ascendant, commanding, domineering, predominant, reigning, ruling), домінанта. (various references)

Vietnamese		trội, chi phối thống trị vượt cao hơn cả, có ưu thế hơn; có ảnh hưởng lớn, át. (various references)

Welsh		llywodraethol (governing). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Dominant

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	magistralis. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Dominant

Derivations
	Words beginning with "dominant": dominantly, dominants. (additional references)
	Words ending with "dominant": codominant, nondominant, overdominant, predominant, semidominant, subdominant. (additional references)
	Words containing "dominant": codominants, nondominants, predominantly, subdominants. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Dominant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Domangart, Domina, dominans, dominante, dominent, donnant, Dromina, forminant. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Dominant"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "dominant" (pronounced dÄ"mununt)
8	d Ä" m u n u n t	predominant.
7	-Ä" m u n u n t	prominent.
6	-m u n u n t	contaminant, determinant, eminent, immanent, imminent, permanent, preeminent, ruminant, semipermanent.
5	-u n u n t	abstinent, consonant, continent, covenant, dissonant, impertinent, incontinent, pertinent, recombinant, resonant, subcontinent.
4	-n u n t	complainant, component, exponent, indignant, lieutenant, malignant, opponent, pennant, pregnant, proponent, remnant, repugnant, stagnant, tenant.
3	-u n t	abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complaisant, complement, compliant, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contentment, contestant, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immigrant, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, percipient, persistent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, pronouncement, propellant, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Dominant

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-d-i-m-n-n-o-t"
	-2 letters: amnion, anoint, daimon, diatom, domain, manito, mantid, nation, nomina, tinman.
	-3 letters: admit, amido, amino, amnio, anion, danio, donna, matin, monad, niton, nomad, toman, tondi.
	-4 letters: adit, amid, amin, anon, anti, atom, damn, dato, dint, dita, doat, doit, dona, into, iota, maid, main, mano, mina, mind, mint, moan, moat, modi, naoi, nodi, noma, nona.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-i-m-n-n-o-t"
	+1 letter: badminton, damnation, dominants, nominated.
	+2 letters: admonition, antimodern, antimonide, badmintons, codominant, damnations, denominate, dominantly, dominating, domination, emendation, mordanting, ordainment.
	+3 letters: admonitions, antimoderns, antimonides, codominants, condimental, deamination, denominated, denominates, denominator, dominations, emendations, mandolinist, nondogmatic, nondominant, nondramatic, ordainments, predominant, renominated, subdominant.
	+4 letters: admonishment, commendation, condemnation, contaminated, deaminations, delamination, demonization, denominating, denomination, denominative, denominators, indomethacin, intimidation, mandolinists, midafternoon, mountainside, nicotinamide, nondominants, overdominant, prenominated, semidominant, subdominants.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.