| CATATONICS | • catatonics n. Plural of catatonic. • CATATONIC n. one suffering from catatonia. |
| HEPTATONIC | • heptatonic adj. (Music) Describing a mode or scale that has seven pitches in an octave. • HEPTATONIC adj. of a musical scale, containing seven notes. |
| HYPERTONIC | • hypertonic adj. (Of a solution) Having a greater osmotic pressure than another. • hypertonic adj. (Anatomy) Having a very high muscular tension; spastic. • HYPERTONIC adj. having excessive muscle tone. |
| ORTHOTONIC | • orthotonic adj. Orthotone. • ORTHOTONIC adj. taking an accent in certain positions but not in others, also ORTHOTONE. |
| PENTATONIC | • pentatonic adj. (Music) Based on five tones. • pentatonic n. (Music) The pentatonic scale. • PENTATONIC adj. consisting of five tones or notes. |
| PHOTOTONIC | • phototonic adj. Relating to phototonus. • PHOTOTONIC adj. relating to phototonus, the sensitivity of a living organism to light. |
| PLANKTONIC | • planktonic adj. Of or pertaining to plankton. • planktonic adj. Floating in the open sea rather than living on the seafloor. • PLANKTONIC adj. relating to plankton. |
| PLEUSTONIC | • pleustonic adj. Relating to the pleuston. • PLEUSTONIC adj. relating to pleuston. |
| SANTONICAS | • santonicas n. Plural of santonica. • SANTONICA n. the dried unexpanded flower-heads of a species of wormwood. |
| SKELETONIC | • skeletonic adj. Like a skeleton. • SKELETONIC adj. of or like a skeleton. |
| SUPERTONIC | • supertonic n. (Music) The second note in a diatonic scale. • SUPERTONIC n. the note next above the keynote; the second of the scale. |
| TONICITIES | • tonicities n. Plural of tonicity. • TONICITY n. normal, healthy bodily condition. |