Preponderance
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

SAY
Recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'"

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BULK
The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"

HOLD
The act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"

LEAD
A soft heavy toxic malleable metallic element; bluish white when freshly cut but tarnishes readily to dull grey; "the children were playing with lead soldiers"

MAST
A vertical spar for supporting sails

MOST
Used to form the superlative; "the king cobra is the most dangerous snake"

RULE
(mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems; "he determined the upper bound with Descartes' rule of signs"; "he gave us a general formula for attacking polynomials"

SWAY
Pitching dangerously to one side

MASS
(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist

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REIGN
Royal authority; the dominion of a monarch

CLOUT
(boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"

FAVOR
An act of gracious kindness

FORCE
An act of aggression (as one against a person who resists); "he may accomplish by craft in the long run what he cannot do by force and violence in the short one"

POWER
Physical strength

CHARM
Something believed to bring good luck

SKILL
An ability that has been acquired by training

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CREDIT
Used in the phrase `to your credit' in order to indicate an achievement deserving praise; "she already had several performances to her credit";

EFFECT
An impression (especially one that is artificial or contrived); "he just did it for effect"

FAVOUR
An act of gracious kindness

MOMENT
A turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)

REPUTE
The state of being held in high esteem and honor

WEIGHT
An oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"

ESTEEM
An attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him"

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POTENCY
The power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"

SUCCESS
An attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success"

SUASION
The act of persuading (or attempting to persuade); communication intended to induce belief or action

PRIMACY
The state of being first in importance

BALANCE
A wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat

CONTROL
The activity of managing or exerting control over something; "the control of the mob by the police was admirable"

MASTERY
The act of mastering or subordinating someone

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WHIPHAND
Position of advantage and control

STRENGTH
The amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"

MAJORITY
The property resulting from being or relating to the greater in number of two parts; the main part; "the majority of his customers prefer it"; "the bulk of the work is finished"

PRESSURE
The act of pressing; the exertion of pressure; "he gave the button a press"; "he used pressure to stop the bleeding"; "at the pressing of a button"

HEGEMONY
The dominance or leadership of one social group or nation over others; "the hegemony of a single member state is not incompatible with a genuine confederation"; "to say they have priority is not to say they have complete hegemony"; "the consolidation of the United States' hegemony over a new international economic system"

LEVERAGE
Investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses)

EMINENCE
A protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

CHARISMA
A personal attractiveness or interestingness that enables you to influence others

DEANSHIP
The position or office of a dean

DOMINION
One of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth

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SUPREMACY
Power to dominate or defeat; "mastery of the seas"

PLULARITY

MAGNETISM
Attraction for iron; associated with electric currents as well as magnets; characterized by fields of force

MASTERDOM

INFLUENCE
Causing something without any direct or apparent effort

GREATNESS
Unusual largeness in size or extent or number

DOMINANCY

DOMINANCE
Superior development of one side of the body

AUTHORITY
The power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"

ADVANTAGE
Benefit resulting from some event or action; "it turned out to my advantage"; "reaping the rewards of generosity"

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

PRESTIDGE

PRIOPRITY

SENIORITY
The property of being long-lived

UPPERHAND
Position of advantage and control

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ASCENDANCY
The state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

VIRTUOSITY
Technical skill or fluency or style exhibited by a virtuoso

SUZERAINTY
The position or authority of a suzerain; "under the suzerainty of..."

SUGGESTION
The act of inducing hypnosis

RIGHTOFWAY
The passage consisting of a path or strip of land over which someone has the legal right to pass

PREPOTENCY
The state of being predominant over others

PREPOTENCE

PRECEDENCE
The act of preceding in time or order or rank (as in a ceremony)

PERSUASION
A personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"

LEADERSHIP
The body of people who lead a group; "the national leadership adopted his plan"

IMPORTANCE
The quality of being important and worthy of note; "the importance of a well-balanced diet"

EXCELLENCE
The quality of excelling; possessing good qualities in high degree

DOMINATION
Social control by dominating

PREVALENCE
The quality of prevailing generally; being widespread; "he was surprised by the prevalence of optimism about the future"

PRIVILEGED
Blessed with privileges; "the privileged few"

ASCENDANCE
The state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

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SUPERIORITY
The quality of being superior

WEIGHTINESS
The property of being comparatively great in weight; "the heaviness of lead"

SOVEREIGNTY
The authority of a state to govern another state

PREROGATIVE
A right reserved exclusively by a particular person or group (especially a hereditary or official right); "suffrage was the prerogative of white adult males"

PREEMINENCE
High status importance owing to marked superiority; "a scholar of great eminence"

PERSONALITY
The complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual; "their different reactions reflected their very different personalities"; "it is his nature to help others"

INSINUATION
The act of gaining acceptance or affection for yourself by persuasive and subtle blandishments; "she refused to use insinuation in order to gain favor"

GOODFEELING

ENCHANTMENT
A magical spell

CONSEQUENCE
The outcome of an event especially as relative to an individual

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SUZERAINSHIP

PRINCIPALITY
Territory ruled by a prince

PREDOMINANCY

PREDOMINANCE
The quality of being more noticeable than anything else; "the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone"

OVERLORDSHIP
The position of overlord

ONEUPMANSHIP

MORETHANHALF

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TRANSCENDENCY
The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits

TRANSCENDENCE
The state of excelling or surpassing or going beyond usual limits

PREPONDERANCY

PREPONDERANCE
Superiority in power or influence; "the preponderance of good over evil"; "the preponderance of wealth and power"

PREDOMINATION
The quality of being more noticeable than anything else; "the predomination of blues gave the painting a quiet tone"

INIMITABILITY

EMINENTDOMAIN
The right of the state to take private property for public use; the Fifth Amendment that was added to the Constitution of the United States requires that just compensation be made

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INFLUENTIALITY

BALANCEOFPOWER
An equilibrium of power between nations

ACCOMPLISHMENT
The action of accomplishing something

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SUBTLEINFLUENCE

INCOMPARABILITY