Words that rhyme with agamemnon
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anon
adv 1: at another time; "ever and anon" 2: (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon" -
baton
n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir [syn: baton, wand] 2: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn: truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club] 3: a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority 4: a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette 5: a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race -
cannon
n 1: a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels 2: heavy gun fired from a tank 3: (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm 4: heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane 5: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals [syn: cannon, shank] 6: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other [syn: carom, cannon] v 1: make a cannon 2: fire a cannon -
canon
n 1: a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society" 2: a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter 3: a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall [syn: canyon, canon] 4: a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts 5: a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church 6: a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired -
canton
n 1: a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port [syn: Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton] 2: a small administrative division of a country v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton] 2: divide into cantons, of a country -
chiffon
n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon -
con
adv 1: in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con" [ant: pro] n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro] 2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird] 3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con] 2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con, learn] -
cretonne
n 1: an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies -
croissant
n 1: very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll [syn: crescent roll, croissant] -
epiphenomenon
n 1: a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon -
feminine
adj 1: associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" [ant: masculine] 2: of grammatical gender [ant: masculine, neuter] 3: befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion" [syn: womanly, feminine] [ant: unwomanly] 4: (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending" n 1: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female -
guenon
n 1: small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face [syn: guenon, guenon monkey] -
pennon
n 1: a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon, streamer, waft] 2: wing of a bird [syn: pennon, pinion] -
phenomenon
n 1: any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning 2: a remarkable development -
prolegomenon
n 1: a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise -
xenon
n 1: a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts [syn: xenon, Xe, atomic number 54] -
canaan
n 1: an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism [syn: Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land] -
shannon
n 1: United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001) [syn: Shannon, Claude Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon] -
buchanan
n 1: 15th President of the United States (1791-1868) [syn: Buchanan, James Buchanan, President Buchanan] -
montanan
n 1: a native or resident of Montana -
arizonan
n 1: a native or resident of Arizona [syn: Arizonan, Arizonian] -
bonn
n 1: a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989 -
conn
v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane -
ceylon
n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India 2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon] -
anne
n 1: Queen of England and Scotland and Ireland; daughter if James II and the last of the Stuart monarchs; in 1707 she was the last English ruler to exercise the royal veto over parliament (1665-1714) -
noumenon
n 1: the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception [syn: noumenon, thing-in-itself] -
organon
n 1: a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge -
parthenon
n 1: the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture -
olecranon
n 1: process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended [syn: olecranon, olecranon process] -
lennon
n 1: English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980) [syn: Lennon, John Lennon] -
tenon
n 1: a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint -
maintenon
n 1: French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719) [syn: Maintenon, Marquise de Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon] -
ninon
n 1: a fine strong sheer silky fabric made of silk or rayon or nylon -
saarinen
n 1: Finnish architect and city planner who moved to the United States in 1923; father of Eero Saarinen (1873-1950) [syn: Saarinen, Eliel Saarinen] 2: United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961) [syn: Saarinen, Eero Saarinen] -
finnan
n 1: haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter [syn: finnan haddie, finnan haddock, finnan, smoked haddock] -
lebanon
n 1: an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean [syn: Lebanon, Lebanese Republic] -
bon
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colcannon
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phonon
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beynon
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channon
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eynon
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gannon
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hannon
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clackmannan
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concannon
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conan
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onan
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ronan
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memnon
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xoanon
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dunsinane
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brennan
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mclennan
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algernon
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noonan
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keenan
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rhiannon
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mckinnon
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vernon
See also agamemnon definition
