Words that rhyme with boron

  • 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
  • ignitron
  • whereon
  • caron
  • bowron
  • auberon
  • kenotron
  • megaron
  • oberon
  • thyratron
  • diatessaron
  • natron
  • hebron
  • fleuron
  • pleuron
  • heilbronn

See also boron definition and boron synonyms