Words that rhyme with housatonic
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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] -
conic
adj 1: relating to or resembling a cone; "conical mountains"; "conelike fruit" [syn: conic, conical, conelike, cone-shaped] n 1: (geometry) a curve generated by the intersection of a plane and a circular cone [syn: conic section, conic] -
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 -
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 -
pentatonic
adj 1: relating to a pentatonic scale -
phonic
adj 1: pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading 2: relating to speech 3: of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription" [syn: phonetic, phonic] -
platonic
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Plato or his philosophy; "Platonic dialogues" 2: free from physical desire; "platonic love" -
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" -
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" -
tonic
adj 1: of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction" 2: employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words; "Chinese is a tonal language" [syn: tonic, tonal] 3: used of syllables; "a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word" [syn: tonic, accented] [ant: atonic, unaccented] 4: relating to or being the keynote of a major or minor scale; "tonic harmony" 5: imparting vitality and energy; "the bracing mountain air" [syn: bracing, brisk, fresh, refreshing, refreshful, tonic] n 1: lime- or lemon-flavored carbonated water containing quinine [syn: tonic, tonic water, quinine water] 2: a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics" [syn: pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic] 3: (music) the first note of a diatonic scale [syn: tonic, keynote] 4: a medicine that strengthens and invigorates [syn: tonic, restorative] -
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 -
leptonic
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miltonic
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neoplatonic
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cinchonic
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pionic
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protonic
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telegonic
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somatotonic
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viscerotonic
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