Words that rhyme with colon

  • abutilon
    n 1: herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow [syn: Abutilon, genus Abutilon]
  • an
    n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]
  • automaton
    n 1: someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way; "only an automaton wouldn't have noticed" [syn: automaton, zombi, zombie] 2: a mechanism that can move automatically [syn: automaton, robot, golem]
  • carillon
    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]
  • crayon
    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
  • crestfallen
    adj 1: brought low in spirit; "left us fatigued and deflated spiritually" [syn: chapfallen, chopfallen, crestfallen, deflated]
  • decathlon
    n 1: an athletic contest consisting of ten different events
  • echelon
    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
  • encephalon
    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]
  • epsilon
    n 1: the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
  • ion
    n 1: a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons
  • none
    adv 1: not at all or in no way; "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"; "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"; "none too prosperous"; "the passage is none too clear" adj 1: not any; "thou shalt have none other gods before me" n 1: a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise 2: a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
  • nylon
    n 1: a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers 2: a synthetic fabric
  • pentathlon
    n 1: an athletic contest consisting of five different events
  • pylon
    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]
  • salon
    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
  • semicolon
    n 1: a punctuation mark (`;') used to connect independent clauses; indicates a closer relation than does a period
  • swollen
    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]
  • won
    adj 1: not subject to defeat; "with that move it's a won game" [ant: lost] n 1: the basic unit of money in South Korea [syn: South Korean won, won] 2: the basic unit of money in North Korea [syn: North Korean won, won]
  • allen
    n 1: United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964) [syn: Allen, Gracie Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie] 2: United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-) [syn: Allen, Woody Allen, Allen Stewart Konigsberg] 3: a soldier of the American Revolution whose troops helped capture Fort Ticonderoga from the British (1738-1789) [syn: Allen, Ethan Allen]
  • chaplin
    n 1: English comedian and film maker; portrayed a downtrodden little man in baggy pants and bowler hat (1889-1977) [syn: Chaplin, Charlie Chaplin, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin]
  • christian
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of Christianity; "Christian rites" 2: following the teachings or manifesting the qualities or spirit of Jesus Christ [ant: unchristian] n 1: a religious person who believes Jesus is the Christ and who is a member of a Christian denomination
  • huron
    n 1: the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes [syn: Lake Huron, Huron]
  • nippon
    n 1: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon, Nihon]
  • roman
    adj 1: relating to or characteristic of people of Rome; "Roman virtues"; "his Roman bearing in adversity"; "a Roman nose" 2: of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome); "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall" [syn: Roman, Romanic] 3: characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions 4: of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church" [syn: Roman, R.C., Romanist, romish, Roman Catholic, popish, papist, papistic, papistical] n 1: a resident of modern Rome 2: an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire 3: a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions [syn: roman, roman type, roman letters, roman print]
  • solon
    n 1: a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs [syn: statesman, solon, national leader]
  • yuan
    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]
  • zeeman
    n 1: Dutch physicist honored for his research on the influence of magnetism on radiation which showed that light is radiated by the motion of charged particles in an atom (1865-1943) [syn: Zeeman, Pieter Zeeman]
  • ceylon
    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]
  • golan
    n 1: a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria; "artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel" [syn: Golan Heights, Golan]
  • 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)
  • halon
    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
  • babylon
    n 1: the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia and capital of the ancient kingdom of Babylonia
  • papillon
    n 1: small slender toy spaniel with erect ears and a black- spotted brown to white coat
  • angolan
    adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Angola or its people; "the Angolan Civil War" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Angola
  • solan
    n 1: very large white gannet with black wing tips [syn: solan, solan goose, solant goose, Sula bassana]
  • mouflon
    n 1: wild mountain sheep of Corsica and Sardinia [syn: mouflon, moufflon, Ovis musimon]
  • stolon
    n 1: a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips [syn: stolon, runner, offset]
  • mesocolon
    n 1: mesentery that holds the lower colon to the dorsal abdominal wall
  • befallen
  • biathlon
  • eidolon
  • etalon
  • stolen
  • alan
  • bastian
  • avalon
  • miquelon
  • petalon
  • propylon
  • semillon
  • marlon
  • margolin
  • tolan
  • bolan
  • bolen
  • bolon
  • bohlen
  • bowlen
  • colan
  • colen
  • dolan
  • dolen
  • folan
  • holan
  • holen
  • molen
  • nolan
  • polan
  • polen
  • rolan
  • rolen
  • rolon
  • tolen
  • chicagoan
  • caslon
  • heptathlon
  • triathlon

See also colon definition and colon synonyms