Words that rhyme with colan

n 1: herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow [syn: Abutilon, genus Abutilon]

n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]

n 1: set of bells hung in a bell tower 2: playing a set of bells that are (usually) hung in a tower [syn: bell ringing, carillon, carillon playing]

n 1: the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted 2: the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos [syn: colon, El Salvadoran colon] 3: the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos [syn: colon, Costa Rican colon] 4: a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal [syn: Colon, Aspinwall] 5: a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)

n 1: writing implement consisting of a colored stick of composition wax used for writing and drawing [syn: crayon, wax crayon] v 1: write, draw, or trace with a crayon

n 1: a body of troops arranged in a line 2: a diffraction grating consisting of a pile of plates of equal thickness arranged stepwise with a constant offset

n 1: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord [syn: brain, encephalon]

n 1: the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet

n 1: a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers 2: a synthetic fabric

n 1: a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race 2: a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines; "power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists" [syn: pylon, power pylon]

n 1: gallery where works of art can be displayed 2: a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon, beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop] 3: elegant sitting room where guests are received

n 1: a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period

adj 1: characteristic of false pride; having an exaggerated sense of self-importance; "a conceited fool"; "an attitude of self-conceited arrogance"; "an egotistical disregard of others"; "so swollen by victory that he was unfit for normal duty"; "growing ever more swollen-headed and arbitrary"; "vain about her clothes" [syn: conceited, egotistic, egotistical, self- conceited, swollen, swollen-headed, vain]

n 1: the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes [syn: Lake Huron, Huron]

n 1: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon, Nihon]

n 1: a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs [syn: statesman, solon, national leader]

n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai] 2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan, Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty]

n 1: an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of India 2: a republic on the island of Ceylon; became independent of the United Kingdom in 1948 [syn: Sri Lanka, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Ceylon]

n 1: a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer

n 1: the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia

n 1: small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black- spotted brown to white coat

n 1: very large white gannet with black wing tips [syn: solan, solan goose, solant goose, Sula bassana]

n 1: mesentery that holds the lower colon to the dorsal abdominal wall