semidominance

[ sem-ee-dom-uh-nuhns, sem-ahy- ]

/ ˌsɛm iˈdɒm ə nəns, ˌsɛm aɪ- /

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Question 1 of 12

On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

Here they are semi-touching at a grocery store; she likes kombucha.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Melissa Leon|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Brinsley stepped up to the passenger side of the patrol car, raised a silver Taurus semi-automatic pistol and began firing.
'Please Don't Die!': The Frantic Battle to Save Murdered Cops|Michael Daly|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Tiger Lily and her tribe, however, were outfitted in semi-realistic outfits (read: nearly naked).
‘Peter Pan Live!’ Review: No Amount of Clapping Brings It to Life|Kevin Fallon|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For the next hour and half I was the willing sex slave of a semi-professional Master I had met through a friend.
Whip It: Secrets of a Dominatrix|Justin Jones|November 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Assertions of dominance over the wards, Dr. Edwards, and the other officers are pretty much all she has left.
The Walking Dead’s ‘Crossed’: The Stage Is Now Set for a Bloody, Deadly Midseason Finale|Melissa Leon|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Our troops have done all that flesh and blood can do against semi-permanent works, and they are not able to carry them.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
The stop-keys will be seen arranged in an inclined semi-circle overhanging and just above the keyboards.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building|George Laing Miller
There are four types: bituminous (soft), anthracite (hard), semi-bituminous and semi-anthracite.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
There were semi-savage native chiefs, and there were others, like Aguinaldo himself, with humane instincts.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The brilliant light of a policeman's torch sliced through the semi-darkness and spotted him.
Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942|Various