Words that rhyme with clone

• acetone 0
  n 1: the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics [syn: acetone, propanone, dimethyl ketone]
• aitchbone 0
  n 1: a cut of beef including the H-shaped rump bone
• allophone 0
  n 1: (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
• alone 0
  adv 1: without any others being included or involved; "was entirely to blame"; "a school devoted entirely to the needs of problem children"; "he works for Mr. Smith exclusively"; "did it solely for money"; "the burden of proof rests on the prosecution alone"; "a privilege granted only to him" [syn: entirely, exclusively, solely, alone, only] 2: without anybody else or anything else; "the child stayed home alone"; "the pillar stood alone, supporting nothing"; "he flew solo" [syn: alone, solo, unaccompanied] adj 1: isolated from others; "could be alone in a crowded room"; "was alone with her thoughts"; "I want to be alone" 2: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" [syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary] 3: exclusive of anyone or anything else; "she alone believed him"; "cannot live by bread alone"; "I'll have this car and this car only" [syn: alone(p), only] 4: radically distinctive and without equal; "he is alone in the field of microbiology"; "this theory is altogether alone in its penetration of the problem"; "Bach was unique in his handling of counterpoint"; "craftsmen whose skill is unequaled"; "unparalleled athletic ability"; "a breakdown of law unparalleled in our history" [syn: alone(p), unique, unequaled, unequalled, unparalleled]
• anklebone 0
  n 1: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint [syn: anklebone, astragal, astragalus, talus]
• anticyclone 0
  n 1: (meteorology) winds spiraling outward from a high pressure center; circling clockwise in the northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern [ant: cyclone]
• atone 0
  v 1: make amends for; "expiate one's sins" [syn: expiate, aby, abye, atone] 2: turn away from sin or do penitence [syn: repent, atone]
• backbone 0
  n 1: a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin] 2: fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it" [syn: backbone, grit, guts, moxie, sand, gumption] 3: the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back" [syn: spinal column, vertebral column, spine, backbone, back, rachis] 4: the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved; "the title and author were printed on the spine of the book" [syn: spine, backbone] 5: the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"
• baritone 0
  adj 1: lower in range than tenor and higher than bass; "a baritone voice"; "baritone oboe" n 1: a male singer [syn: baritone, barytone] 2: the second lowest adult male singing voice [syn: baritone, baritone voice] 3: the second lowest brass wind instrument [syn: baritone, baritone horn]
• bemoan 0
  v 1: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan]
• bloodstone 0
  n 1: green chalcedony with red spots that resemble blood [syn: bloodstone, heliotrope]
• blown 0
  adj 1: being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor; "blown clouds of dust choked the riders"; "blown soil mounded on the window sill" 2: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: blown, pursy, short-winded, winded]
• bone 0
  adj 1: consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body" n 1: rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates [syn: bone, os] 2: the porous calcified substance from which bones are made [syn: bone, osseous tissue] 3: a shade of white the color of bleached bones [syn: bone, ivory, pearl, off-white] v 1: study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" [syn: cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone] 2: remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it" [syn: bone, debone]
• breastbone 0
  n 1: the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first seven pairs of ribs [syn: sternum, breastbone]
• brimstone 0
  n 1: an old name for sulfur [syn: brimstone, native sulfur, native sulphur]
• brownstone 0
  n 1: a reddish brown sandstone; used in buildings 2: a row house built of brownstone; reddish brown in color
• capstone 0
  n 1: a final touch; a crowning achievement; a culmination [syn: finishing touch, capstone, copestone] 2: a stone that forms the top of wall or building [syn: capstone, copestone, coping stone, stretcher]
• chaperon 0
  n 1: one who accompanies and supervises a young woman or gatherings of young people [syn: chaperon, chaperone] v 1: accompany as a chaperone [syn: chaperone, chaperon]
• cheekbone 0
  n 1: the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek [syn: cheekbone, zygomatic bone, zygomatic, malar, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum]
• cherrystone 0
  n 1: small quahog larger than a littleneck; eaten raw or cooked as in e.g. clams casino [syn: cherrystone, cherrystone clam] 2: a half-grown quahog [syn: cherrystone, cherrystone clam]
• cobblestone 0
  n 1: rectangular paving stone with curved top; once used to make roads [syn: cobble, cobblestone, sett] v 1: pave with cobblestones [syn: cobble, cobblestone]
• collarbone 0
  n 1: bone linking the scapula and sternum [syn: clavicle, collarbone]
• cologne 0
  n 1: a commercial center and river port in western Germany on the Rhine River; flourished during the 15th century as a member of the Hanseatic League [syn: Cologne, Koln] 2: a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol [syn: cologne, cologne water, eau de cologne]
• condone 0
  v 1: excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities" [syn: excuse, condone]
• cone 0
  n 1: any cone-shaped artifact 2: a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point [syn: cone, conoid, cone shape] 3: cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts [syn: cone, strobilus, strobile] 4: a visual receptor cell in the retina that is sensitive to bright light and to color [syn: cone, cone cell, retinal cone] v 1: make cone-shaped; "cone a tire"
• cornerstone 0
  n 1: the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained; "the whole argument rested on a basis of conjecture" [syn: basis, base, foundation, fundament, groundwork, cornerstone] 2: a stone in the exterior of a large and important building; usually carved with a date and laid with appropriate ceremonies 3: a stone at the outer corner of two intersecting masonry walls
• cortisone 0
  n 1: a corticosteroid hormone (trade name Cortone Acetate) normally produced by the adrenal cortex; is converted to hydrocortisone [syn: cortisone, Cortone Acetate]
• crone 0
  n 1: an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone]
• cyclone 0
  n 1: (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern [ant: anticyclone] 2: a violent rotating windstorm
• dethrone 0
  v 1: remove a monarch from the throne; "If the King does not abdicate, he will have to be dethroned" [ant: enthrone, throne]
• disown 0
  v 1: prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting [syn: disinherit, disown] [ant: bequeath, leave, will] 2: cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" [syn: disown, renounce, repudiate]
• drone 0
  n 1: stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen 2: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning] 3: someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind [syn: dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, trailer, poke] 4: an aircraft without a pilot that is operated by remote control [syn: drone, pilotless aircraft, radio- controlled aircraft] 5: a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone [syn: drone, drone pipe, bourdon] v 1: make a monotonous low dull sound; "The harmonium was droning on" 2: talk in a monotonous voice [syn: drone, drone on]
• earphone 0
  n 1: electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked" [syn: earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone]
• enthrone 0
  v 1: provide with power and authority; "They vested the council with special rights" [syn: invest, vest, enthrone] [ant: disinvest, divest] 2: put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago" [syn: enthrone, throne] [ant: dethrone]
• fieldstone 0
  n 1: stone that occurs naturally in fields; often used as building material
• flagstone 0
  n 1: stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones [syn: flag, flagstone]
• flyblown 0
  adj 1: spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies; "flyblown meat"; "a sack of maggoty apricots" [syn: flyblown, maggoty] 2: foul and run-down and repulsive; "a flyblown bar on the edge of town"; "a squalid overcrowded apartment in the poorest part of town"; "squalid living conditions"; "sordid shantytowns" [syn: flyblown, squalid, sordid] 3: especially of reputation; "a flyblown reputation"
• freestone 0
  n 1: fruit (especially peach) whose flesh does not adhere to the pit
• gallstone 0
  n 1: a calculus formed in the gall bladder or its ducts [syn: gallstone, bilestone]
• gemstone 0
  n 1: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones" [syn: gem, gemstone, stone]
• gone 0
  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"
• gravestone 0
  n 1: a stone that is used to mark a grave [syn: gravestone, headstone, tombstone]
• grindstone 0
  n 1: a revolving stone shaped like a disk; used to grind or sharpen or polish edge tools
• groan 0
  n 1: an utterance expressing pain or disapproval [syn: groan, moan] v 1: indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened" [syn: groan, moan]
• grown 0
  adj 1: (of animals) fully developed; "an adult animal"; "a grown woman" [syn: adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup]
• hailstone 0
  n 1: small pellet of ice that falls during a hailstorm
• halftone 0
  n 1: a print obtained from photoengraving 2: an engraving used to reproduce an illustration [syn: halftone, halftone engraving, photoengraving]
• headphone 0
  n 1: electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked" [syn: earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone]
• headstone 0
  n 1: the central building block at the top of an arch or vault [syn: keystone, key, headstone] 2: a stone that is used to mark a grave [syn: gravestone, headstone, tombstone]
• hearthstone 0
  n 1: a stone that forms a hearth
• hipbone 0
  n 1: large flaring bone forming one half of the pelvis; made up of the ilium and ischium and pubis [syn: hipbone, innominate bone]
• hone 0
  n 1: a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors v 1: sharpen with a hone; "hone a knife" 2: make perfect or complete; "perfect your French in Paris!" [syn: perfect, hone]
• hormone 0
  n 1: the secretion of an endocrine gland that is transmitted by the blood to the tissue on which it has a specific effect [syn: hormone, endocrine, internal secretion]
• ingrown 0
  adj 1: growing abnormally into the flesh; "an ingrown toenail" [syn: ingrowing, ingrown]
• intone 0
  v 1: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" [syn: tone, chant, intone] 2: recite with musical intonation; recite as a chant or a psalm; "The rabbi chanted a prayer" [syn: chant, intone, intonate, cantillate] 3: speak carefully, as with rising and falling pitch or in a particular tone; "please intonate with sadness" [syn: intonate, intone]
• jawbone 0
  n 1: the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth [syn: lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone, jowl] v 1: talk idly or casually and in a friendly way [syn: shmooze, shmoose, schmooze, schmoose, jawbone]
• keystone 0
  n 1: a central cohesive source of support and stability; "faith is his anchor"; "the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money"; "he is the linchpin of this firm" [syn: anchor, mainstay, keystone, backbone, linchpin, lynchpin] 2: the central building block at the top of an arch or vault [syn: keystone, key, headstone]
• known 0
  adj 1: apprehended with certainty; "a known quantity"; "the limits of the known world"; "a musician known throughout the world"; "a known criminal" [ant: unknown]
• limestone 0
  n 1: a sedimentary rock consisting mainly of calcium that was deposited by the remains of marine animals
• loadstone 0
  n 1: a permanent magnet consisting of magnetite that possess polarity and has the power to attract as well as to be attracted magnetically [syn: lodestone, loadstone]
• loan 0
  n 1: the temporary provision of money (usually at interest) 2: a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English [syn: loanword, loan] v 1: give temporarily; let have for a limited time; "I will lend you my car"; "loan me some money" [syn: lend, loan] [ant: borrow]
• lone 0
  adj 1: lacking companions or companionship; "he was alone when we met him"; "she is alone much of the time"; "the lone skier on the mountain"; "a lonely fisherman stood on a tuft of gravel"; "a lonely soul"; "a solitary traveler" [syn: alone(p), lone(a), lonely(a), solitary] 2: characterized by or preferring solitude; "a lone wolf"; "a lonely existence"; "a man of a solitary disposition"; "a solitary walk" [syn: lone(a), lonely(a), solitary] 3: being the only one; single and isolated from others; "the lone doctor in the entire county"; "a lonesome pine"; "an only child"; "the sole heir"; "the sole example"; "a solitary instance of cowardice"; "a solitary speck in the sky" [syn: lone(a), lonesome(a), only(a), sole(a), solitary(a)]
• microphone 0
  n 1: device for converting sound waves into electrical energy [syn: microphone, mike]
• milestone 0
  n 1: stone post at side of a road to show distances [syn: milestone, milepost] 2: a significant event in your life (or in a project)
• millstone 0
  n 1: (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck" [syn: albatross, millstone] 2: any load that is difficult to carry 3: one of a pair of heavy flat disk-shaped stones that are rotated against one another to grind the grain
• moan 0
  n 1: an utterance expressing pain or disapproval [syn: groan, moan] v 1: indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure; "The students groaned when the professor got out the exam booklets"; "The ancient door soughed when opened" [syn: groan, moan]
• monotone 0
  adj 1: of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value [syn: monotonic, monotone] [ant: nonmonotonic] 2: sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" [syn: flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous] n 1: an unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning] 2: a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)
• moonstone 0
  n 1: a transparent or translucent gemstone with a pearly luster; some specimens are orthoclase feldspar and others are plagioclase feldspar
• mown 0
  adj 1: (used of grass or vegetation) cut down with a hand implement or machine; "the smell of newly mown hay" [syn: mown, cut] [ant: uncut, unmown]
• oilstone 0
  n 1: a whetstone for use with oil
• overblown 0
  adj 1: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek [syn: grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous] 2: past the stage of full bloom; "overblown roses"
• overgrown 0
  adj 1: covered with growing plants 2: abounding in usually unwanted vegetation
• own 0
  adj 1: belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive; "for your own use"; "do your own thing"; "she makes her own clothes"; "`ain' is Scottish" [syn: own(a), ain] v 1: have ownership or possession of; "He owns three houses in Florida"; "How many cars does she have?" [syn: own, have, possess]
• ozone 0
  n 1: a colorless gas (O3) soluble in alkalis and cold water; a strong oxidizing agent; can be produced by electric discharge in oxygen or by the action of ultraviolet radiation on oxygen in the stratosphere (where it acts as a screen for ultraviolet radiation)
• phone 0
  n 1: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone" [syn: telephone, phone, telephone set] 2: (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language [syn: phone, speech sound, sound] 3: electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear; "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked" [syn: earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone] v 1: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone; "I tried to call you all night"; "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" [syn: call, telephone, call up, phone, ring]
• pone 0
  n 1: cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern) [syn: cornpone, pone]
• postpone 0
  v 1: hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off]
• prone 0
  adj 1: having a tendency (to); often used in combination; "a child prone to mischief"; "failure-prone" 2: lying face downward [syn: prone, prostrate]
• rhinestone 0
  n 1: an imitation diamond made from rock crystal or glass or paste
• roan 0
  adj 1: (used of especially horses) having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or grey; "a roan horse" n 1: a soft sheepskin leather that is colored and finished to resemble morocco; used in bookbinding 2: a horse having a brownish coat thickly sprinkled with white or gray
• sandstone 0
  n 1: a sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.)
• scone 0
  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
• sewn 0
  adj 1: fastened with stitches [syn: sewed, sewn, stitched]
• shinbone 0
  n 1: the inner and thicker of the two bones of the human leg between the knee and ankle [syn: tibia, shinbone, shin bone, shin]
• silicone 0
  n 1: any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation [syn: silicone, silicone polymer]
• soapstone 0
  n 1: a soft heavy compact variety of talc having a soapy feel; used to make hearths and tabletops and ornaments [syn: soapstone, soaprock, soap-rock, steatite]
• sown 0
  adj 1: sprinkled with seed; "a seeded lawn" [syn: seeded, sown]
• stone 0
  adj 1: of any of various dull tannish or grey colors n 1: a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me" [syn: rock, stone] 2: building material consisting of a piece of rock hewn in a definite shape for a special purpose; "he wanted a special stone to mark the site" 3: material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries" [syn: rock, stone] 4: a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones" [syn: gem, gemstone, stone] 5: an avoirdupois unit used to measure the weight of a human body; equal to 14 pounds; "a heavy chap who must have weighed more than twenty stone" 6: the hard inner (usually woody) layer of the pericarp of some fruits (as peaches or plums or cherries or olives) that contains the seed; "you should remove the stones from prunes before cooking" [syn: stone, pit, endocarp] 7: United States jurist who was named chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1941 by Franklin D. Roosevelt (1872-1946) [syn: Stone, Harlan Stone, Harlan F. Stone, Harlan Fisk Stone] 8: United States filmmaker (born in 1946) [syn: Stone, Oliver Stone] 9: United States feminist and suffragist (1818-1893) [syn: Stone, Lucy Stone] 10: United States journalist who advocated liberal causes (1907-1989) [syn: Stone, I. F. Stone, Isidor Feinstein Stone] 11: United States jurist who served on the United States Supreme Court as chief justice (1872-1946) [syn: Stone, Harlan Fiske Stone] 12: United States architect (1902-1978) [syn: Stone, Edward Durell Stone] 13: a lack of feeling or expression or movement; "he must have a heart of stone"; "her face was as hard as stone" v 1: kill by throwing stones at; "People wanted to stone the woman who had a child out of wedlock" [syn: stone, lapidate] 2: remove the pits from; "pit plums and cherries" [syn: pit, stone]
• throne 0
  n 1: the chair of state for a monarch, bishop, etc.; "the king sat on his throne" 2: a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination [syn: toilet, can, commode, crapper, pot, potty, stool, throne] 3: the position and power of an exalted person (a sovereign or bishop) who is entitled to sit in a chair of state on ceremonial occasions v 1: sit on the throne as a ruler 2: put a monarch on the throne; "The Queen was enthroned more than 50 years ago" [syn: enthrone, throne] [ant: dethrone]
• thrown 0
  adj 1: caused to fall to the ground; "the thrown rider got back on his horse"; "a thrown wrestler"; "a ball player thrown for a loss" 2: twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread; "thrown silk is raw silk that has been twisted and doubled into yarn" [syn: thrown, thrown and twisted]
• tombstone 0
  n 1: a stone that is used to mark a grave [syn: gravestone, headstone, tombstone]
• tone 0
  n 1: the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice" [syn: tone, tone of voice] 2: (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones" 3: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet" [syn: timbre, timber, quality, tone] 4: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason" [syn: spirit, tone, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, look, smell] 5: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted" [syn: shade, tint, tincture, tone] 6: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long" [syn: note, musical note, tone] 7: a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies" [syn: tone, pure tone] 8: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity" [syn: tonicity, tonus, tone] [ant: amyotonia, atonia, atonicity, atony] 9: a musical interval of two semitones [syn: tone, whole tone, step, whole step] 10: the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome" v 1: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" [syn: tone, chant, intone] 2: vary the pitch of one's speech [syn: tone, inflect, modulate] 3: change the color or tone of; "tone a negative" 4: change to a color image; "tone a photographic image" 5: give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles" [syn: tone, tone up, strengthen]
• touchstone 0
  n 1: a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated; "the schools comply with federal standards"; "they set the measure for all subsequent work" [syn: standard, criterion, measure, touchstone]
• trombone 0
  n 1: a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
• unbeknown 0
  adv 1: without someone's knowledge; "unbeknownst to me, she made all the arrangements" [syn: unbeknown, unbeknownst] adj 1: (usually used with `to') occurring or existing without the knowledge of; "a crisis unbeknown to me"; "she had been ill for months, unbeknownst to the family" [syn: unbeknown(p), unbeknownst(p)]
• unknown 0
  adj 1: not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source" [ant: known] 2: being or having an unknown or unnamed source; "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor" [syn: nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamed] 3: not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from unknown depths" 4: not famous or acclaimed; "an obscure family"; "unsung heroes of the war" [syn: obscure, unknown, unsung] 5: not known before; "used many strange words"; "saw many strange faces in the crowd"; "don't let anyone unknown into the house" [syn: strange, unknown] n 1: an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown" [syn: unknown, unknown region, terra incognita] 2: anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found [syn: stranger, alien, unknown] [ant: acquaintance, friend] 3: a variable whose values are solutions of an equation [syn: unknown, unknown quantity]
• whalebone 0
  n 1: a horny material from the upper jaws of certain whales; used as the ribs of fans or as stays in corsets [syn: whalebone, baleen]
• whetstone 0
  n 1: a flat stone for sharpening edged tools or knives
• windblown 0
  adj 1: used especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds
• wishbone 0
  n 1: the furcula of a domestic fowl [syn: wishbone, wishing bone]

See also clone definition and clone synonyms