Words that rhyme with aitchbone

• alone 0
  adv 1: without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him" [syn: entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only] 2: without anybody else or anything else; "the child stayed home alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he flew solo" [syn: alone, solo, unaccompanied] adj 1: isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room"; "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone" 2: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" [syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary] 3: exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only" [syn: alone(p), only] 4: radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history" [syn: alone(p), unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled]
• atone 0
  v 1: make amends for; "expiate one's sins" [syn: expiate, aby, abye, atone] 2: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: repent, atone]
• backbone 0
  n 1: a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin] 2: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption] 3: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis] 4: the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book" [syn: spine, backbone] 5: the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
• bemoan 0
  v 1: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan]
• blown 0
  adj 1: being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor; "blown clouds of dust choked the riders"; "blown soil mounded on the window sill" 2: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: blown, pursy, short-winded, winded]
• bone 0
  adj 1: consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body" n 1: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates [syn: bone, os] 2: the porous calcified substance from which bones are made [syn: bone, osseous tissue] 3: a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: bone, ivory, pearl, off-white] v 1: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone] 2: remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it" [syn: bone, debone]
• breastbone 0
  n 1: the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs [syn: sternum, breastbone]
• cheekbone 0
  n 1: the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek [syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]
• clone 0
  n 1: a person who is almost identical to another [syn: ringer, dead ringer, clone] 2: a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction [syn: clone, clon] 3: an unauthorized copy or imitation [syn: knockoff, clone] v 1: make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays"
• collarbone 0
  n 1: bone linking the scapula and sternum [syn: clavicle, collarbone]
• cologne 0
  n 1: a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League [syn: Cologne, Koln] 2: a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol [syn: cologne, cologne water, eau de cologne]
• condone 0
  v 1: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" [syn: excuse, condone]
• cone 0
  n 1: any cone-shaped artifact 2: a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point [syn: cone, conoid, cone shape] 3: cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts [syn: cone, strobilus, strobile] 4: a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color [syn: cone, cone cell, retinal cone] v 1: make cone-shaped; "cone a tire"
• crone 0
  n 1: an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone]
• cyclone 0
  n 1: (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern [ant: anticyclone] 2: a violent rotating windstorm
• herringbone 0
  n 1: a twilled fabric with a herringbone pattern 2: a pattern of columns of short parallel lines with all the lines in one column sloping one way and lines in adjacent columns sloping the other way; it is used in weaving, masonry, parquetry, embroidery [syn: herringbone, herringbone pattern]
• hipbone 0
  n 1: large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis [syn: hipbone, innominate bone]
• jawbone 0
  n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth [syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl] v 1: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way [syn: shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone]
• marrowbone 0
  n 1: a bone containing edible marrow; used especially in flavoring soup
• shinbone 0
  n 1: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle [syn: tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin]
• thighbone 0
  n 1: the longest and thickest bone of the human skeleton; extends from the pelvis to the knee [syn: femur, thighbone, femoris]
• trombone 0
  n 1: a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
• whalebone 0
  n 1: a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets [syn: whalebone, baleen]
• wishbone 0
  n 1: the furcula of a domestic fowl [syn: wishbone, wishing bone]
• bowne 2
• bon 0
• cuttlebone 0
• knucklebone 0
• tailbone 0
• boan 0
• boehne 0
• boen 0
• bohn 0
• bohne 0
• bown 0
• beaune 0
• hambone 0
• rathbone 0

See also aitchbone definition