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Teutonic :: Teutonic (a.) Of or pertaining to any of the Teutonic languages, or the peoples who speak these languages..

Gradation :: Gradation (n.) A diatonic ascending or descending succession of chords.

Fifth :: Fifth (n.) The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five diatonic degrees of the scale; the dominant of any key..

Platonical :: Platonical (a.) Of or pertaining to Plato, or his philosophy, school, or opinions..

Atonic :: Atonic (n.) A word that has no accent.

Tonic :: Tonic (n.) A medicine that increases the strength, and gives vigor of action to the system..

Metonic :: Metonic (a.) Pertaining to, or discovered by, Meton, the Athenian..

Purl :: Purl (n.) Malt liquor, medicated or spiced; formerly, ale or beer in which wormwood or other bitter herbs had been infused, and which was regarded as tonic; at present, hot beer mixed with gin, sugar, and spices..

Ketonic :: Ketonic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, a ketone; as, a ketonic acid..

Betony :: Betony (n.) A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).

Plotinist :: Plotinist (n.) A disciple of Plotinus, a celebrated Platonic philosopher of the third century, who taught that the human soul emanates from the divine Being, to whom it reunited at death..

Architectonical :: Architectonical (a.) Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive..

Maltonic :: Maltonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, maltose; specif., designating an acid called also gluconic or dextronic acid. See Gluconic..

Cadence :: Cadence (n.) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord..

Peal :: Peal (n.) A set of bells tuned to each other according to the diatonic scale; also, the changes rung on a set of bells..

Platonic :: Platonic (a.) Alt. of Platonica.

Stich :: Sticcado (n.) An instrument consisting of small bars of wood, flat at the bottom and rounded at the top, and resting on the edges of a kind of open box. They are unequal in size, gradually increasing from the smallest to the largest, and are tuned to the diatonic scale. The tones are produced by striking the pieces of wood with hard balls attached to flexible sticks..

Ophelic :: Ophelic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a substance (called ophelic acid) extracted from a plant (Ophelia) of the Gentian family as a bitter yellowish sirup, used in India as a febrifuge and tonic..

Sixth :: Sixth (n.) The interval embracing six diatonic degrees of the scale.

Copperas :: Copperas (n.) Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate..

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