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Answer for the clue "The property of using one hand more than the other ", 10 letters:
handedness

Word definitions for handedness in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Handedness is a better (faster or more precise) performance or individual preference for use of a hand , known as the dominant hand . Handedness is not a discrete variable (right or left), but a continuous one that can be expressed at levels between strong ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the property of using one hand more than the other [syn: laterality ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chemistry physics English) The property that distinguishes an asymmetric object from its mirror image. For example, the essential difference between a left and right glove. 2 A preference for using one hand rather than the other.

Usage examples of handedness.

Clan Delevan was not known for its lightfootedness or handedness, which was probably one reason why he thought that image of his father so nimbly catching his mother on the way down had stuck with him, and might forever).

Then mathematical considerations had shown that of all the possibilities, only two of them, SO(32) and E8xE8, exhibited handedness rather than mirror symmetry.