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Gerund :: Gerund (n.) A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases of the singular number, and governing cases like a participle..

Leading :: Leading (n.) The act of guiding, directing, governing, or enticing; guidance..

Hinge :: Hinge (n.) That on which anything turns or depends; a governing principle; a cardinal point or rule; as, this argument was the hinge on which the question turned..

Gubernative :: Gubernative (a.) Governing.

Dominion :: Dominion (n.) Sovereign or supreme authority; the power of governing and controlling; independent right of possession, use, and control; sovereignty; supremacy..

Ascendency :: Ascendency (n.) Governing or controlling influence; domination; power.

Gubernation :: Gubernation (n.) The act of governing; governmen.

Governing :: Governing (a.) Holding the superiority; prevalent; controlling; as, a governing wind; a governing party in a state..

Kingcraft :: Kingcraft (n.) The craft of kings; the art of governing as a sovereign; royal policy.

Regent :: Regent (a.) One of a governing board; a trustee or overseer; a superintendent; a curator; as, the regents of the Smithsonian Institution..

Rule :: Rule (a.) That which is prescribed or laid down as a guide for conduct or action; a governing direction for a specific purpose; an authoritative enactment; a regulation; a prescription; a precept; as, the rules of various societies; the rules governing a school; a rule of etiquette or propriety; the rules of cricket..

Dominative :: Dominative (a.) Governing; ruling; imperious.

Senate :: Senate (n.) The governing body of the Universities of Cambridge and London.

Bencher :: Bencher (n.) One of the senior and governing members of an Inn of Court.

Regnative :: Regnative (a.) Ruling; governing.

Dominant :: Dominant (a.) Ruling; governing; prevailing; controlling; predominant; as, the dominant party, church, spirit, power..

Executive :: Executive (n.) An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body..

Energetics :: Energetics (n.) That branch of science which treats of the laws governing the physical or mechanical, in distinction from the vital, forces, and which comprehends the consideration and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena..

Placet :: Placet (n.) A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, of an ecclesiastical council, etc..

Autocracy :: Autocracy (n.) Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat..

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