Words that rhyme with boron
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huron
n 1: the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes [syn: Lake Huron, Huron] -
aileron
n 1: an airfoil that controls lateral motion -
an
n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN] -
anti
adj 1: not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) [ant: pro] n 1: a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle" -
cyclotron
n 1: an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles -
deuteron
n 1: the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators -
electron
n 1: an elementary particle with negative charge [syn: electron, negatron] -
ephemeron
n 1: anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form [syn: ephemeron, ephemeral] -
interferon
n 1: an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus -
magnetron
n 1: a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators -
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 -
neuron
n 1: a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses [syn: nerve cell, neuron] -
neutron
n 1: an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus -
omicron
n 1: the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet -
oxymoron
n 1: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence') -
photoelectron
n 1: an electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an incident photon -
positron
n 1: an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation [syn: positron, antielectron] -
synchrocyclotron
n 1: cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field -
synchrotron
n 1: cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency -
charon
n 1: (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades -
calderon
n 1: Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great Spanish writers (1600-1681) [syn: Calderon, Calderon de la Barca, Pedro Calderon de la Barca] -
peron
n 1: Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974) [syn: Peron, Juan Domingo Peron] -
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) -
acheron
n 1: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon [syn: Acheron, River Acheron] -
betatron
n 1: accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux [syn: betatron, induction accelerator] -
bevatron
n 1: a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts -
elytron
n 1: either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings [syn: wing case, elytron] -
hyperon
n 1: any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron -
mesotron
n 1: an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0 [syn: meson, mesotron] -
neophron
n 1: a genus of Accipitridae [syn: Neophron, genus Neophron] -
operon
n 1: a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene -
erigeron
n 1: cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally [syn: Erigeron, genus Erigeron] -
hadron
n 1: any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles -
nephron
n 1: any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney [syn: nephron, uriniferous tubule] -
millimicron
n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter [syn: nanometer, nanometre, nm, millimicron, micromillimeter, micromillimetre] -
styron
n 1: United States writer best known for his novels (born in 1925) [syn: Styron, William Styron] -
garonne
n 1: a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay [syn: Garonne, Garonne River] -
dynatron
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ignitron
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whereon
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caron
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bowron
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auberon
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kenotron
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megaron
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oberon
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thyratron
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diatessaron
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natron
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hebron
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fleuron
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pleuron
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heilbronn
See also boron definition and boron synonyms
