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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..

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

Subduable :: Subdominant (n.) The fourth tone above, or fifth below, the tonic; -- so called as being under the dominant..

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

Predominantly :: Predominantly (adv.) In a predominant manner.

Prepotent :: Prepotent (a.) Very powerful; superior in force, influence, or authority; predominant..

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..

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

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

Ideo-motor :: Ideo-motor (a.) Applied to those actions, or muscular movements, which are automatic expressions of dominant ideas, rather than the result of distinct volitional efforts, as the act of expressing the thoughts in speech, or in writing, while the mind is occupied in the composition of the sentence..

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

Prevail :: Prevail (v. i.) To be in force; to have effect, power, or influence; to be predominant; to have currency or prevalence; to obtain; as, the practice prevails this day..

Harmonical :: Harmonical (a.) Relating to harmony, -- as melodic relates to melody; harmonious; esp., relating to the accessory sounds or overtones which accompany the predominant and apparent single tone of any string or sonorous body..

Belles-lettres :: Belles-lettres (n. pl.) Polite or elegant literature; the humanities; -- used somewhat vaguely for literary works in which imagination and taste are predominant.

Turk :: Turk (n.) A member of any of numerous Tartar tribes of Central Asia, etc.; esp., one of the dominant race in Turkey..

Blue Jay :: Blue jay () The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue..

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

Supereminence :: Superdominant (n.) The sixth tone of the scale; that next above the dominant; -- called also submediant.

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

Worldliness :: Worldliness (n.) The quality of being worldly; a predominant passion for obtaining the good things of this life; covetousness; addictedness to gain and temporal enjoyments; worldly-mindedness.

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