Words that rhyme with aleurone

  • chaperone
    n 1: one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people [syn: chaperon, chaperone] v 1: accompany as a chaperone [syn: chaperone, chaperon]
  • dethrone
    v 1: remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned" [ant: enthrone, throne]
  • enthrone
    v 1: provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" [syn: invest, vest, enthrone] [ant: disinvest, divest] 2: put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago" [syn: enthrone, throne] [ant: dethrone]
  • ingrown
    adj 1: growing abnormally into the flesh; "an ingrown toenail" [syn: ingrowing, ingrown]
  • overgrown
    adj 1: covered with growing plants 2: abounding in usually unwanted vegetation
  • progesterone
    n 1: a steroid hormone (trade name Lipo-Lutin) produced in the ovary; prepares and maintains the uterus for pregnancy [syn: progesterone, Lipo-Lutin]
  • saffron
    n 1: Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food [syn: saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus] 2: dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus 3: a shade of yellow tinged with orange [syn: orange yellow, saffron]
  • testosterone
    n 1: a potent androgenic hormone produced chiefly by the testes; responsible for the development of male secondary sex characteristics
  • tetrahedron
    n 1: any polyhedron having four plane faces
  • akron
    n 1: a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry
  • homegrown
    adj 1: grown or originating in a particular place; "stands selling homegrown fruits and vegetables"
  • catherine
    n 1: first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536) [syn: Catherine of Aragon, Catherine] 2: empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796) [syn: Catherine II, Catherine, Catherine the Great]
  • aldosterone
    n 1: a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of the adrenal gland; regulates salt (sodium and potassium) and water balance
  • androsterone
    n 1: an androgenic hormone that is less active than testosterone
  • hymenopteran
    n 1: insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing [syn: hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter]
  • lepidopteran
    n 1: insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales [syn: lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron, lepidopteran]
  • pentahedron
    n 1: any polyhedron having five plane faces
  • rhombohedron
    n 1: a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
  • outgrown
  • overthrown
  • tyrone
  • hexameron
  • dextran
  • natron
  • unthrone
  • camaron
  • tautochrone
  • kathryn
  • katherine
  • trihedron

See also aleurone definition