Predominant
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

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MAIN
A principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage

RIFE
Most frequent or common; "prevailing winds"

STAR
The topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub

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FIRST
Ranking above all others; "was first in her class"; "the foremost figure among marine artists"; "the top graduate"

CHIEF
A person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"

PRIME
A number that has no factor but itself and 1

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FAMOUS
Widely known and esteemed; "a famous actor"; "a celebrated musician"; "a famed scientist"; "an illustrious judge"; "a notable historian"; "a renowned painter"

COMMON
A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park"

STAPLE
(usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant

UPMOST
At or nearest to the top; "the uppermost book in the pile"; "on the topmost step"

MASTER
An original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

RULING
The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

POTENT
Having or wielding force or authority; "providing the ground soldier with increasingly potent weapons"

BETTER
The superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two"

MIGHTY
(Southern regional intensive) very; to a great degree; "the baby is mighty cute"; "he's mighty tired"; "it is powerful humid"; "that boy is powerful big now"; "they have a right nice place"; "they rejoiced mightily"

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PRIMARY
A preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

CENTRAL
A workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

SUPREME
Greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal"

WEIGHTY
Having relatively great weight; heavy; "a weighty load"; "a weighty package"

LEADING
Going or proceeding or going in advance; showing the way; "we rode in the leading car"; "the leading edge of technology"

RAMPANT
(of a plant) having a lush and unchecked growth; "a rampant growth of weeds"

HIGHEST

CAPITAL
The upper part of a column that supports the entablature

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SUPERIOR
Of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students"

ARROGANT
Having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

INFLUENT
Flowing inward

REIGNING
Exercising power or authority

ESPECIAL
Surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?"

OFFICIAL
Someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"

GREATEST
Highest in quality

ABSOLUTE
Something that is conceived or that exists independently and not in relation to other things; something that does not depend on anything else and is beyond human control; something that is not relative; "no mortal being can influence the absolute"

ALMIGHTY
Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

DOMINANT
An allele that produces the same phenotype whether its paired allele is identical or different

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PARAMOUNT
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

UPPERMOST
At or nearest to the top; "the uppermost book in the pile"; "on the topmost step"

ARBITRARY
Based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice; "an arbitrary decision"; "the arbitrary rule of a dictator"; "an arbitrary penalty"; "of arbitrary size and shape"; "an arbitrary choice"; "arbitrary division of the group into halves"

EFFECTIVE
Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"

ESSENTIAL
Anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

PREVALENT
Most frequent or common; "prevailing winds"

IMPERIOUS
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

DIRECTING
Showing the way by conducting or leading; imposing direction on; "felt his mother's directing arm around him"; "the directional role of science on industrial progress"

NECESSARY
Anything indispensable; "food and shelter are necessities of life"; "the essentials of the good life"; "allow farmers to buy their requirements under favorable conditions"; "a place where the requisites of water fuel and fodder can be obtained"

PRINCIPAL
An actor who plays a principal role

IMPORTANT
Having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner"

GOVERNING
The act of governing; exercising authority; "regulations for the governing of state prisons"; "he had considerable experience of government"

SOVEREIGN
A nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right

PROMINENT
Having a quality that thrusts itself into attention; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child"

ASCENDANT
Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

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PREEMINENT
Greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"

OMNIPOTENT
Having unlimited power

DOMINATING
Offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power; "an autocratic person"; "autocratic behavior"; "a bossy way of ordering others around"; "a rather aggressive and dominating character"; "managed the employees in an aloof magisterial way"; "a swaggering peremptory manner"

SURPASSING
Far beyond what is usual in magnitude or degree; "a night of exceeding darkness"; "an exceptional memory"; "olympian efforts to save the city from bankruptcy"; "the young Mozart's prodigious talents"

PREVAILING
Most frequent or common; "prevailing winds"

OVERRIDING
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

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PREDOMINATE
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

EXCEPTIONAL
Deviating widely from a norm of physical or mental ability; used especially of children below normal in intelligence; "special educational provisions for exceptional children"

CONTROLLING
Able to control or determine policy; "a controlling interest in the firm"

INFLUENTIAL
Having or exercising influence or power; "an influential newspaper"; "influential leadership for peace"

SUPERLATIVE
Highest in quality

EFFICACIOUS
Producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law"

OVERBEARING
Having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

OUTSTANDING
Of major significance or importance; "a great work of art"; "Einstein was one of the outstanding figures of the 20th centurey"

SUPERVISORY
Of or limited to or involving supervision; "in a supervisory capacity"

ALLPOWERFUL

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CONVENTIONAL
Unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes"

UNCONTROLLED
Not being under control; out of control; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth"

TRANSCENDENT
Beyond and outside the ordinary range of human experience or understanding; "the notion of any transcendent reality beyond thought"

PREPONDERANT
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"

OVERPOWERING
So strong as to be irresistible; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority"

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AUTHORITATIVE
Having authority or ascendancy or influence; "an important official"; "the captain's authoritative manner"

MOSTIMPORTANT

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PREPONDERATING
Having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"