Words that rhyme with danton
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an
n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN] -
antiproton
n 1: an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton -
baton
n 1: a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir [syn: baton, wand] 2: a short stout club used primarily by policemen [syn: truncheon, nightstick, baton, billy, billystick, billy club] 3: a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority 4: a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette 5: a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race -
caiman
n 1: a semiaquatic reptile of Central and South America that resembles an alligator but has a more heavily armored belly [syn: caiman, cayman] -
canton
n 1: a city on the Zhu Jiang delta in southern China; the capital of Guangdong province and a major deep-water port [syn: Guangzhou, Kuangchou, Kwangchow, Canton] 2: a small administrative division of a country v 1: provide housing for (military personnel) [syn: quarter, billet, canton] 2: divide into cantons, of a country -
contretemps
n 1: an awkward clash; "he tried to smooth over his contretemps with the policeman" -
cretonne
n 1: an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies -
crouton
n 1: a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads -
daemon
n 1: an evil supernatural being [syn: devil, fiend, demon, daemon, daimon] 2: a person who is part mortal and part god [syn: daemon, demigod] -
graviton
n 1: a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles -
hyperbaton
n 1: reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love') -
krypton
n 1: a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air [syn: krypton, Kr, atomic number 36] -
lepton
n 1: 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece 2: an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0 -
nekton
n 1: the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales -
phlogiston
n 1: a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning -
photon
n 1: a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle -
piton
n 1: a metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold -
plantain
n 1: any of numerous plants of the genus Plantago; mostly small roadside or dooryard weeds with elliptic leaves and small spikes of very small flowers; seeds of some used medicinally 2: a banana tree bearing hanging clusters of edible angular greenish starchy fruits; tropics and subtropics [syn: plantain, plantain tree, Musa paradisiaca] 3: starchy banana-like fruit; eaten (always cooked) as a staple vegetable throughout the tropics -
proton
n 1: a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron -
wonton
n 1: a Chinese dumpling filled with spiced minced pork; usually served in soup [syn: won ton, wonton] 2: a soup with won ton dumplings [syn: won ton, wonton, wonton soup] -
breton
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language) 2: a Celtic language of Brittany -
amman
n 1: the capital and largest city of Jordan [syn: Amman, capital of Jordan] -
damon
n 1: the friend of Phintias who pledged his life that Phintias would return (4th century BC) -
scranton
n 1: an industrial city of northeastern Pennsylvania -
stanton
n 1: United States suffragist and feminist; called for reform of the practices that perpetuated sexual inequality (1815-1902) [syn: Stanton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton] -
alabaman
n 1: a native or resident of Alabama [syn: Alabaman, Alabamian] -
chiton
n 1: a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece 2: primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates [syn: chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophore] -
magneton
n 1: a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle -
teton
n 1: a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains [syn: Teton, Lakota, Teton Sioux, Teton Dakota] -
pluton
n 1: large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth [syn: batholith, batholite, pluton, plutonic rock] -
balaton
n 1: a large shallow lake in western Hungary [syn: Balaton, Lake Balaton, Plattensee] -
riemann
n 1: pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry (1826-1866) [syn: Riemann, Bernhard Riemann, Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann] -
compton
n 1: United States physicist noted for research on x-rays and gamma rays and nuclear energy; his observation that X-rays behave like miniature bowling balls in their interactions with electrons provided evidence for the quantal nature of light (1892-1962) [syn: Compton, Arthur Compton, Arthur Holly Compton] -
weston
n 1: United States photographer(1886-1958) [syn: Weston, Edward Weston] -
futon
n 1: mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame -
ammon
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banton
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blanton
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brampton
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branton
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clanton
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fanton
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glanton
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hanten
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manton
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panton
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santon
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spanton
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tanton
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atlantan
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vanzanten
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anting
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anton
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jarman
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sharman
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aston
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swanton
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heston
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preston
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beltane
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neuston
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exciton
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ikhnaton
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