Words that rhyme with diaphone
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allophone
n 1: (linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme -
alone
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] -
atone
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] -
bemoan
v 1: regret strongly; "I deplore this hostile action"; "we lamented the loss of benefits" [syn: deplore, lament, bewail, bemoan] -
blown
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
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] -
clone
n 1: a person who is almost identical to another [syn: ringer, dead ringer, clone] 2: a group of genetically identical cells or organisms derived from a single cell or individual by some kind of asexual reproduction [syn: clone, clon] 3: an unauthorized copy or imitation [syn: knockoff, clone] v 1: make multiple identical copies of; "people can clone a sheep nowadays" -
cologne
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
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
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" -
crone
n 1: an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: hag, beldam, beldame, witch, crone] -
cyclone
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 -
earphone
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] -
gramophone
n 1: an antique record player; the sound of the vibrating needle is amplified acoustically [syn: gramophone, acoustic gramophone] -
headphone
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] -
homophone
n 1: two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear) -
megaphone
n 1: a cone-shaped acoustic device held to the mouth to intensify and direct the human voice -
microphone
n 1: device for converting sound waves into electrical energy [syn: microphone, mike] -
polyphone
n 1: a letter that has two or more pronunciations; "`c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell'" [syn: polyphone, polyphonic letter] -
radiotelephone
n 1: telephony that uses transmission by radio rather than by wire [syn: radiotelephone, radiotelephony, wireless telephone] 2: a telephone that communicates by radio waves rather than along cables [syn: radiotelephone, radiophone, wireless telephone] -
saxophone
n 1: a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore [syn: sax, saxophone] -
sousaphone
n 1: the lowest brass wind instrument [syn: bass horn, sousaphone, tuba] -
telephone
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: transmitting speech at a distance [syn: telephone, telephony] 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] -
vibraphone
n 1: a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound [syn: vibraphone, vibraharp, vibes] -
xylophone
n 1: a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets [syn: marimba, xylophone] -
heckelphone
n 1: an oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe [syn: heckelphone, basset oboe] -
cellphone
n 1: a hand-held mobile radiotelephone for use in an area divided into small sections, each with its own short-range transmitter/receiver [syn: cellular telephone, cellular phone, cellphone, cell, mobile phone] -
hydrophone
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videophone
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metallophone
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anglophone
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answerphone
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francophone
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geophone
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sarrusophone
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payphone
See also diaphone definition
