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Answer for the clue "A dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship) ", 10 letters:
dominatrix

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
__NOTOC__ Dominatrix was a synthpop band from New York City , best remembered for their 1984 club hit, "The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight". Although the group was short lived, their lone hit single was highly influential in the freestyle genre.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a dominating woman (especially one who plays that role in a sadomasochistic sexual relationship)

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A dominating woman; a female dominator. The '''Concise Oxford English Dictionary''' [Eleventh Edition] 2 A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices. The '''Concise Oxford English Dictionary''' [Eleventh Edition]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"dominant female entity," attested since 1560s, though not in quite the usual modern sense ("Rome ... dominatrix of nations" [1561]). See domination + -trix . Modern BDSM sense attested by 1976.

Usage examples of dominatrix.

The dominatrix fingered the cleft of the climaxing girl, probing the hot sphincter and launching Chloe into renewed spasms of delight.

Each whore's name was murmured in throaty voiceover, along with a superimposed facial: coy little girls, dominatrixes, stubbled stallions and a few from cultural stock that was completely alien to me.

She knew she wanted to part ways with Durbin, but what about her life as a dominatrix?

Even before I reached second shape, when I was no more than postlarval, Atvar H'sial was named my dominatrix.

I was taken on a tour of one of New York's more startling S&M bars once by Maureen Hooker, a farmer pro dominatrix (among many other skills), and I found it fascinating, trying to psych out all the different patrons, pick out the tops from the bottoms.