Words that rhyme with bygone
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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] -
awn
n 1: slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses -
brawn
n 1: possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness] -
coupon
n 1: a negotiable certificate that can be detached and redeemed as needed [syn: coupon, voucher] 2: a test sample of some substance -
dawn
n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset] 2: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: dawn, morning] 3: an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" v 1: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place] 2: appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned" 3: become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up" -
decagon
n 1: a polygon with 10 sides and 10 angles -
dodecagon
n 1: a twelve-sided polygon -
drawn
adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn] 2: having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug" -
estragon
n 1: aromatic perennial of southeastern Russia [syn: tarragon, estragon, Artemisia dracunculus] 2: fresh leaves (or leaves preserved in vinegar) used as seasoning [syn: tarragon, estragon] -
foregone
adj 1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone] -
gone
adj 1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)] 2: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone] 3: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone] 4: no longer retained; "gone with the wind" -
heptagon
n 1: a seven-sided polygon -
nonagon
n 1: a nine-sided polygon -
polygon
n 1: a closed plane figure bounded by straight sides [syn: polygon, polygonal shape] -
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" -
trogon
n 1: forest bird of warm regions of the New World having brilliant lustrous plumage and long tails -
withdrawn
adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn] 2: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man" [syn: indrawn, withdrawn] -
woebegone
adj 1: worn and broken down by hard use; "a creaky shack"; "a decrepit bus...its seats held together with friction tape"; "a flea-bitten sofa"; "a run-down neighborhood"; "a woebegone old shack" [syn: creaky, decrepit, derelict, flea-bitten, run-down, woebegone] 2: affected by or full of grief or woe; "his sorrow...made him look...haggard and...woebegone"- George du Maurier [syn: woebegone, woeful] -
yawn
n 1: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" [syn: yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy] v 1: utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance" 2: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn, yaw] -
saigon
n 1: a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina [syn: Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon] -
tetragon
n 1: a four-sided polygon [syn: quadrilateral, quadrangle, tetragon] -
undecagon
n 1: an eleven-sided polygon -
tigon
n 1: offspring of a male tiger and a female lion [syn: tiglon, tigon] -
dagon
n 1: god of agriculture and the earth; national god of Philistines -
trigon
n 1: a three-sided polygon [syn: triangle, trigon, trilateral] 2: (astrology) one of four groups of the zodiac where each group consists of three signs separated from each other by 120 degrees [syn: triplicity, trigon] 3: a triangular lyre of ancient Greece and Rome -
doggone
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hendecagon
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sawn
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undergone
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aune
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begone
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parergon
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elgon
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sargon
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wobegon
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