Words that rhyme with cannon

  • famine
    n 1: an acute insufficiency [syn: dearth, famine, shortage] 2: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death
  • an
    n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]
  • backgammon
    n 1: a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
  • canon
    n 1: a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society" 2: a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter 3: a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall [syn: canyon, canon] 4: a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts 5: a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church 6: a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
  • epiphenomenon
    n 1: a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
  • feminine
    adj 1: associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" [ant: masculine] 2: of grammatical gender [ant: masculine, neuter] 3: befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion" [syn: womanly, feminine] [ant: unwomanly] 4: (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending" n 1: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
  • gammon
    n 1: meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked) [syn: ham, jambon, gammon] 2: hind portion of a side of bacon
  • mammon
    n 1: wealth regarded as an evil influence 2: (New Testament) a personification of wealth and avarice as an evil spirit; "ye cannot serve God and Mammon"
  • pennon
    n 1: a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon, streamer, waft] 2: wing of a bird [syn: pennon, pinion]
  • phenomenon
    n 1: any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning 2: a remarkable development
  • prolegomenon
    n 1: a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise
  • salmon
    adj 1: of orange tinged with pink [syn: pink-orange, pinkish- orange, salmon] n 1: any of various large food and game fishes of northern waters; usually migrate from salt to fresh water to spawn 2: a tributary of the Snake River in Idaho [syn: Salmon, Salmon River] 3: flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae 4: a pale pinkish orange color
  • shaman
    n 1: in societies practicing shamanism: one acting as a medium between the visible and spirit worlds; practices sorcery for healing or divination [syn: shaman, priest-doctor]
  • tannin
    n 1: any of various complex phenolic substances of plant origin; used in tanning and in medicine [syn: tannin, tannic acid]
  • canaan
    n 1: an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism [syn: Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land]
  • shannon
    n 1: United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001) [syn: Shannon, Claude Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon]
  • buchanan
    n 1: 15th President of the United States (1791-1868) [syn: Buchanan, James Buchanan, President Buchanan]
  • montanan
    n 1: a native or resident of Montana
  • alabaman
    n 1: a native or resident of Alabama [syn: Alabaman, Alabamian]
  • arizonan
    n 1: a native or resident of Arizona [syn: Arizonan, Arizonian]
  • 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
  • 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
  • saarinen
    n 1: Finnish architect and city planner who moved to the United States in 1923; father of Eero Saarinen (1873-1950) [syn: Saarinen, Eliel Saarinen] 2: United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961) [syn: Saarinen, Eero Saarinen]
  • finnan
    n 1: haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter [syn: finnan haddie, finnan haddock, finnan, smoked haddock]
  • lebanon
    n 1: an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean [syn: Lebanon, Lebanese Republic]
  • colcannon
  • ammon
  • annan
  • annen
  • bannan
  • bannon
  • beynon
  • brannan
  • brannen
  • brannon
  • branon
  • cannan
  • channon
  • dannen
  • eynon
  • fannon
  • gannon
  • grannan
  • hannan
  • hannen
  • hannon
  • lannan
  • lannen
  • lannon
  • mannen
  • mannon
  • tanen
  • tannen
  • yannone
  • atlantan
  • bohannan
  • buchannan
  • buchanon
  • clackmannan
  • concannon
  • cunanan
  • fincannon
  • kincannon
  • mccannon
  • mcgannon
  • vanlanen
  • voncannon
  • vuncannon
  • nomocanon
  • conan
  • onan
  • ronan
  • memnon
  • dunsinane
  • brennan
  • mclennan
  • algernon
  • noonan
  • keenan
  • rhiannon
  • mckinnon
  • vernon

See also cannon definition and cannon synonyms