Words that rhyme with anon
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won
adj 1: not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game" [ant: lost] n 1: the basic unit of money in South Korea [syn: South Korean won, won] 2: the basic unit of money in North Korea [syn: North Korean won, won] -
aileron
n 1: an airfoil that controls lateral motion -
an
n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN] -
argon
n 1: a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere [syn: argon, Ar, atomic number 18] -
axon
n 1: long nerve fiber that conducts away from the cell body of the neuron [syn: axon, axone] -
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 -
bonbon
n 1: a candy that usually has a center of fondant or fruit or nuts coated in chocolate -
cabochon
n 1: a highly polished gem that is cut convexly but without facets -
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 -
carillon
n 1: set of bells hung in a bell tower 2: playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower [syn: bell ringing, carillon, carillon playing] -
chiffon
n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon -
chon
n 1: 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea 2: 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea -
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] -
crayon
n 1: writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing [syn: crayon, wax crayon] v 1: write, draw, or trace with a crayon -
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] -
cyclotron
n 1: an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles -
dacron
n 1: a kind of polyester fabric [syn: Dacron, Terylene] -
decagon
n 1: a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles -
demijohn
n 1: large bottle with a short narrow neck; often has small handles at neck and is enclosed in wickerwork -
denouement
n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events 2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work -
don
n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman 2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don] 3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father] 4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu 5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov [syn: Don, Don River] 6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto" v 1: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on, get into, don, assume] -
guenon
n 1: small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face [syn: guenon, guenon monkey] -
ion
n 1: a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons -
john
n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom] 2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: John, King John, John Lackland] 3: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine] 4: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick] 5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: John, Gospel According to John] -
khan
n 1: a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries 2: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans [syn: caravansary, caravanserai, khan, caravan inn] -
micron
n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter [syn: micron, micrometer] -
moron
n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard] 2: a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires -
neutron
n 1: an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus -
non
adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non] -
nylon
n 1: a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers 2: a synthetic fabric -
on
adv 1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on" [syn: along, on] 2: indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?" 3: in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on" adj 1: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position" [ant: off] 2: (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" [ant: cancelled, off] -
pecan
n 1: wood of a pecan tree 2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis] 3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States -
phenomenon
n 1: any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning 2: a remarkable development -
photon
n 1: a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle -
pompon
n 1: decoration consisting of a ball of tufted wool or silk; usually worn on a hat [syn: pompon, pom-pom] 2: dusky grey food fish found from Louisiana and Florida southward [syn: pompon, black margate, Anisotremus surinamensis] -
prolegomenon
n 1: a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise -
proton
n 1: a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron -
pylon
n 1: a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race 2: a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines; "power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists" [syn: pylon, power pylon] -
radon
n 1: a radioactive gaseous element formed by the disintegration of radium; the heaviest of the inert gasses; occurs naturally (especially in areas over granite) and is considered a hazard to health [syn: radon, Rn, atomic number 86] -
salon
n 1: gallery where works of art can be displayed 2: a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon, beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop] 3: elegant sitting room where guests are received -
scone
n 1: small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle -
spawn
n 1: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn] 2: lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn" -
swan
n 1: stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult v 1: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear] 2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 3: sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains" -
thereon
adv 1: on that; "text and commentary thereon" [syn: thereon, on it, on that] -
wan
adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn: pale, pallid, wan, sick] 2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan] 3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile" n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN] v 1: become pale and sickly -
xenon
n 1: a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts [syn: xenon, Xe, atomic number 54] -
yon
adv 1: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: yonder, yon] adj 1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn: yonder, yon] -
huron
n 1: the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes [syn: Lake Huron, Huron] -
nippon
n 1: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon, Nihon] -
yuan
n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai] 2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan, Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty] -
mon
n 1: the second day of the week; the first working day [syn: Monday, Mon] 2: a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand 3: the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon -
amman
n 1: the capital and largest city of Jordan [syn: Amman, capital of Jordan] -
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 -
hahn
n 1: German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968) [syn: Hahn, Otto Hahn] -
han
n 1: imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization [syn: Han, Han dynasty] -
kahn
n 1: United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) [syn: Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn] -
ron
n 1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: Ron, Bokkos, Daffo] -
xian
n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian] -
aton
n 1: the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten [syn: Aten, Aton] -
bataan
n 1: the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945 [syn: Bataan, Corregidor] -
bhutan
n 1: a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India [syn: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan] -
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] -
dhahran
n 1: an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people -
gabon
n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Gabun] -
golan
n 1: a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria; "artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel" [syn: Golan Heights, Golan] -
iran
n 1: a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia] -
javan
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language; "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects" [syn: Javanese, Javan] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: Javanese, Javan] -
koran
n 1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book] -
milan
n 1: the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages [syn: Milan, Milano] -
oman
n 1: a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil [syn: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman] -
oran
n 1: a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city -
saigon
n 1: a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina [syn: Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon] -
sichuan
n 1: a populous province of south central China [syn: Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province] -
sorbonne
n 1: a university in Paris; intellectual center of France [syn: Paris University, University of Paris, Sorbonne] -
taiwan
n 1: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China, Nationalist China, Republic of China] 2: an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea [syn: Taiwan, Formosa] -
tehran
n 1: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian capital] -
kazakhstan
n 1: a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 [syn: Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak] -
moldovan
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Moldova or its people or culture -
teheran
n 1: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian capital] -
azerbaijan
n 1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet [syn: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Republic, Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic] -
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) -
schwann
n 1: German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882) [syn: Schwann, Theodor Schwann] -
pion
n 1: a meson involved in holding the nucleus together; produced as the result of high-energy particle collision [syn: pion, pi-meson] -
tucson
n 1: a city in southeastern Arizona ringed by mountain ranges; long known as a winter and health resort but the population shift from industrial states to the Sunbelt resulted in rapid growth late in the 20th century -
yukon
n 1: a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea [syn: Yukon, Yukon River] 2: a territory in northwestern Canada; site of the Klondike gold rush in the 1890s [syn: Yukon, Yukon Territory] -
actinon
n 1: any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103 [syn: actinoid, actinide, actinon] -
amazon
n 1: a large strong and aggressive woman [syn: amazon, virago] 2: (Greek mythology) one of a nation of women warriors of Scythia (who burned off the right breast in order to use a bow and arrow more effectively) 3: a major South American river; arises in the Andes and flows eastward into the South Atlantic; the world's 2nd longest river (4000 miles) [syn: Amazon, Amazon River] 4: mainly green tropical American parrots -
babylon
n 1: the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia -
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 -
agamemnon
n 1: (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War -
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] -
paregmenon
n 1: juxtaposing words having a common derivation (as in `sense and sensibility') -
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]
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