dominant: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 11 letter points · starts with D · ends with T
Meaning of dominant
noun
The fifth major tone of a musical scale (five major steps above the note in question); thus G is the dominant of C, A of D, and so on.
The triad built on the dominant tone.
Of an allele, that a heterozygote for the allele has the same phenotype as the homozygote.
A species or organism that is dominant.
Listed forms: dominants.
Source: Wiktionary — dominant.
adj
Ruling; governing; prevailing
Example: The dominant party controlled the government.
Predominant, common, prevalent, of greatest importance.
Example: The dominant plants of the Carboniferous were lycopods and early conifers.
Of a body part, preferred and used with greater dexterity than the other, as the right hand of a right-handed person or the left hand of a left-handed one.
Designating the follicle which will survive atresia and permit ovulation.
Source: Wiktionary — dominant.
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Synonyms by meaning
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adjective
most frequent or common
noun
an allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different
- dominant allele
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
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Letter-value score of dominant
D(2) + O(1) + M(3) + I(1) + N(1) + A(1) + N(1) + T(1) = 11 points.
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Anagrams of dominant
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from dominant
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