Words that rhyme with aiton

n 1: the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics [syn: acetone, propanone, dimethyl ketone]

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]

adj 1: lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; "a baritone voice"; "baritone oboe" n 1: a male singer [syn: baritone, barytone] 2: the second lowest adult male singing voice [syn: baritone, baritone voice] 3: the second lowest brass wind instrument [syn: baritone, baritone horn]

n 1: green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood [syn: bloodstone, heliotrope]

n 1: an old name for sulfur [syn: brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur]

n 1: a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings 2: a row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color

n 1: a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination [syn: finishing touch, capstone, copestone] 2: a stone that forms the top of wall or building [syn: capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher]

n 1: small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino [syn: cherrystone, cherrystone clam] 2: a half-grown quahog [syn: cherrystone, cherrystone clam]

n 1: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads [syn: cobble, cobblestone, sett] v 1: pave with cobblestones [syn: cobble, cobblestone]

n 1: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone] 2: a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies 3: a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls

n 1: an imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste

n 1: a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)

n 1: a fine-grained sandstone of consolidated silt

n 1: a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments [syn: soapstone, soaprock, soap-rock, steatite]

n 1: a stone that is used to mark a grave [syn: gravestone, headstone, tombstone]

n 1: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" [syn: standard, criterion, measure, touchstone]

n 1: migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food

n 1: a quiet or hushed tone of voice; "spoke in undertones" 2: a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning [syn: undertone, undercurrent] 3: a pale or subdued color [syn: undertone, tinge]

n 1: a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives

n 1: any of a class of organic compounds having a carbonyl group linked to a carbon atom in each of two hydrocarbon radicals

n 1: a paving stone forming part of a curb [syn: curbstone, kerbstone]