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Answer for the clue "Subject to external controls ", 12 letters:
heteronomous

Word definitions for heteronomous in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Heteronomous means 'having different laws' and is used in two contexts: Heteronomous annulation , an important character in arthropod evolution; Heteronomous language , linguistic dialects.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 arising from an external influence, force, or agency; not autonomous 2 (context biology of parts of an organism English) differing in development or in specialization 3 (context linguistics of a language English) being a dialect of an autonomous language ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Heteronomous \Het`er*on"o*mous\, a. [Hetero- + Gr. no`mos law.] Subject to the law of another. --Krauth-Fleming.