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Culminant :: Culminant (a.) Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant..

Key :: Key (n.) A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as sharp four, flat seven, etc. Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a key..

Ruling :: Ruling (a.) Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign..

Physiognomy :: Physiognomy (n.) The art and science of discovering the predominant temper, and other characteristic qualities of the mind, by the outward appearance, especially by the features of the face..

Ninth :: Ninth (n.) A chord of the dominant seventh with the ninth added.

Essence :: Essence (n.) The predominant qualities or virtues of a plant or drug, extracted and refined from grosser matter; or, more strictly, the solution in spirits of wine of a volatile or essential oil; as, the essence of mint, and the like..

Prepollent :: Prepollent (a.) Having superior influence or power; prevailing; predominant.

Demicadence :: Demicadence (n.) An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note..

Authentic :: Authentic (n.) Having as immediate relation to the tonic, in distinction from plagal, which has a correspondent relation to the dominant in the octave below the tonic..

Dominate :: Dominate (v. i.) To be dominant.

Solar :: Solar (a.) Born under the predominant influence of the sun.

Hegemonical :: Hegemonical (a.) Leading; controlling; ruling; predominant.

Mediant :: Mediant (n.) The third above the keynote; -- so called because it divides the interval between the tonic and dominant into two thirds.

Submental :: Submediant (n.) The sixth tone of the scale; the under mediant, or third below the keynote; the superdominant..

Sovereign :: Sovereign (a.) Predominant; greatest; utmost; paramount.

Plastic :: plastic (n.) a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905.

Regnant :: Regnant (a.) Having the chief power; ruling; predominant; prevalent.

Prevailing :: Prevailing (a.) Predominant; prevalent; most general; as, the prevailing disease of a climate; a prevailing opinion..

Osmanli :: Osmanli (n.) A Turkish official; one of the dominant tribe of Turks; loosely, any Turk..

Magyar :: Magyar (n.) One of the dominant people of Hungary, allied to the Finns; a Hungarian..

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