Words that rhyme with cationic

  • anionic
    adj 1: of or relating to anions [ant: cationic] n 1: a class of synthetic detergents in which the molecules do not ionize in aqueous solutions [syn: anionic detergent, anionic, non-ionic detergent]
  • architectonic
    adj 1: of or pertaining to construction or architecture [syn: tectonic, architectonic]
  • avionic
    adj 1: of or relating to avionics
  • bionic
    adj 1: of or relating to bionics 2: having particular physiological functions augmented or replaced by electronic or electromechanical components
  • bubonic
    adj 1: of or evidencing buboes; "bubonic plague"
  • carbonic
    adj 1: relating to or consisting of or yielding carbon [syn: carbonaceous, carbonous, carbonic, carboniferous]
  • catatonic
    adj 1: characterized by catatonia especially either rigidity or extreme laxness of limbs
  • chronic
    adj 1: being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering; "chronic indigestion"; "a chronic shortage of funds"; "a chronic invalid" [ant: acute] 2: of long duration; "chronic money problems" [syn: chronic, continuing] 3: habitual; "a chronic smoker" [syn: chronic, inveterate]
  • diatonic
    adj 1: based on the standard major or minor scales consisting of 5 tones and 2 semitones without modulation by accidentals [ant: chromatic] 2: based on or using the five tones and two semitones of the major or minor scales of western music
  • embryonic
    adj 1: of an organism prior to birth or hatching; "in the embryonic stage"; "embryologic development" [syn: embryonic, embryologic, embryonal] 2: in an early stage of development; "the embryonic government staffed by survivors of the massacre"; "an embryonic nation, not yet self-governing" [syn: embryonic, embryotic]
  • hedonic
    adj 1: devoted to pleasure; "a hedonic thrill"; "lives of unending hedonistic delight"; "epicurean pleasures" [syn: hedonic, hedonistic, epicurean]
  • histrionic
    adj 1: characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected; "histrionic gestures"; "an attitude of melodramatic despair"; "a theatrical pose" [syn: histrionic, melodramatic]
  • iconic
    adj 1: relating to or having the characteristics on an icon
  • ionic
    adj 1: containing or involving or occurring in the form of ions; "ionic charge"; "ionic crystals"; "ionic hydrogen" [ant: nonionic, nonpolar] 2: of or pertaining to the Ionic order of classical Greek architecture 3: of or relating to Ionia or its inhabitants or its language n 1: the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia [syn: Attic, Ionic, Ionic dialect, Classical Greek]
  • isotonic
    adj 1: (used of solutions) having the same or equal osmotic pressure [syn: isotonic, isosmotic] [ant: hypertonic, hypotonic] 2: relating to or characterized by the equal intervals of a musical scale; "isotonic tuning" 3: of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes [ant: isometric] 4: of two or more muscles; having equal tension
  • laconic
    adj 1: brief and to the point; effectively cut short; "a crisp retort"; "a response so curt as to be almost rude"; "the laconic reply; `yes'"; "short and terse and easy to understand" [syn: crisp, curt, laconic, terse]
  • monotonic
    adj 1: of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value [syn: monotonic, monotone] [ant: nonmonotonic] 2: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" [syn: flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous]
  • pentatonic
    adj 1: relating to a pentatonic scale
  • pharaonic
    adj 1: of or relating to the ancient Egyptian kings
  • platonic
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy; "Platonic dialogues" 2: free from physical desire; "platonic love"
  • plutonic
    adj 1: of igneous rock that has solidified beneath the earth's surface; granite or diorite or gabbro [syn: irruptive, plutonic]
  • sardonic
    adj 1: disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists"- Frank Schoenberner; "a wry pleasure to be...reminded of all that one is missing"- Irwin Edman
  • sonic
    adj 1: (of speed) having or caused by speed approximately equal to that of sound in air at sea level; "a sonic boom" [syn: sonic, transonic] [ant: subsonic, supersonic] 2: relating to audible sound; "a sonic wave"
  • subtonic
    n 1: (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale [syn: subtonic, leading tone]
  • supertonic
    n 1: (music) the second note of a diatonic scale
  • tectonic
    adj 1: pertaining to the structure or movement of the earth's crust; "tectonic plates"; "tectonic valleys" 2: of or pertaining to construction or architecture [syn: tectonic, architectonic]
  • thermionic
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of thermions; "thermionic cathode"
  • planktonic
    adj 1: of or relating to plankton
  • teutonic
    adj 1: of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germanic mythology" [syn: Teutonic, Germanic]
  • hydroponic
    adj 1: of or relating to aquiculture; "aquacultural methods"; "hydroponic lettuce" [syn: aquicultural, aquacultural, hydroponic]
  • hypertonic
    adj 1: (of living tissue) in a state of abnormally high tension; "hypertonic muscle tissue" [ant: hypotonic] 2: (of a solution) having a higher osmotic pressure than a comparison solution [ant: hypotonic, isosmotic, isotonic]
  • napoleonic
    adj 1: of or relating to or like Napoleon Bonaparte; "Napoleonic Wars"
  • clonic
    adj 1: of or relating to abnormal neuromuscular activity characterized by rapidly alternating muscle contraction and relaxation; "clonic spasm"
  • atonic
    adj 1: characterized by a lack of tonus 2: used of syllables; "an atonic syllable carries no stress" [syn: atonic, unaccented] [ant: accented, tonic]
  • cosmogonic
    adj 1: pertaining to the branch of astronomy dealing with the origin and history and structure and dynamics of the universe; "cosmologic science"; "cosmological redshift"; "cosmogonic theories of the origin of the universe" [syn: cosmologic, cosmological, cosmogonic, cosmogonical, cosmogenic]
  • isogonic
    adj 1: having or making equal angles
  • agonic
  • baryonic
  • chalcedonic
  • chameleonic
  • leptonic
  • miltonic
  • neoplatonic
  • cinchonic
  • paeonic
  • pionic
  • protonic
  • aniconic
  • telegonic
  • amphictyonic
  • somatotonic
  • viscerotonic
  • myotome

See also cationic definition