Words that rhyme with ninon

  • anon
    adv 1: at another time; "ever and anon" 2: (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon"
  • awn
    n 1: slender bristlelike appendage found on the bracts of grasses
  • canon
    n 1: a rule or especially body of rules or principles generally established as valid and fundamental in a field or art or philosophy; "the neoclassical canon"; "canons of polite society" 2: a priest who is a member of a cathedral chapter 3: a ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall [syn: canyon, canon] 4: a contrapuntal piece of music in which a melody in one part is imitated exactly in other parts 5: a complete list of saints that have been recognized by the Roman Catholic Church 6: a collection of books accepted as holy scripture especially the books of the Bible recognized by any Christian church as genuine and inspired
  • epiphenomenon
    n 1: a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon
  • feminine
    adj 1: associated with women and not with men; "feminine intuition" [ant: masculine] 2: of grammatical gender [ant: masculine, neuter] 3: befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman; "womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion" [syn: womanly, feminine] [ant: unwomanly] 4: (music or poetry) ending on an unaccented beat or syllable; "a feminine ending" n 1: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to females or to objects classified as female
  • guenon
    n 1: small slender African monkey having long hind limbs and tail and long hair around the face [syn: guenon, guenon monkey]
  • pennon
    n 1: a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon, streamer, waft] 2: wing of a bird [syn: pennon, pinion]
  • phenomenon
    n 1: any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning 2: a remarkable development
  • prolegomenon
    n 1: a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise
  • xenon
    n 1: a colorless odorless inert gaseous element occurring in the earth's atmosphere in trace amounts [syn: xenon, Xe, atomic number 54]
  • canaan
    n 1: an ancient country in southwestern Asia on the east coast of the Mediterranean Sea; a place of pilgrimage for Christianity and Islam and Judaism [syn: Palestine, Canaan, Holy Land, Promised Land]
  • arizonan
    n 1: a native or resident of Arizona [syn: Arizonan, Arizonian]
  • noumenon
    n 1: the intellectual conception of a thing as it is in itself, not as it is known through perception [syn: noumenon, thing-in-itself]
  • organon
    n 1: a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge
  • parthenon
    n 1: the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture
  • agamemnon
    n 1: (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War
  • olecranon
    n 1: process of the ulna that forms the outer bump of the elbow and fits into the fossa of the humerus when the arm is extended [syn: olecranon, olecranon process]
  • lennon
    n 1: English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980) [syn: Lennon, John Lennon]
  • tenon
    n 1: a projection at the end of a piece of wood that is shaped to fit into a mortise and form a mortise joint
  • maintenon
    n 1: French consort of Louis XIV who secretly married the king after the death of his first wife (1635-1719) [syn: Maintenon, Marquise de Maintenon, Francoise d'Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon]
  • saarinen
    n 1: Finnish architect and city planner who moved to the United States in 1923; father of Eero Saarinen (1873-1950) [syn: Saarinen, Eliel Saarinen] 2: United States architect (born in Finland) (1910-1961) [syn: Saarinen, Eero Saarinen]
  • finnan
    n 1: haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter [syn: finnan haddie, finnan haddock, finnan, smoked haddock]
  • lebanon
    n 1: an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean [syn: Lebanon, Lebanese Republic]
  • colcannon
  • phonon
  • conan
  • onan
  • ronan
  • aune
  • memnon
  • xoanon
  • dunsinane
  • brennan
  • mclennan
  • algernon
  • noonan
  • keenan
  • chinen
  • rhiannon
  • jokinen
  • mackinnon
  • mckinnon
  • vernon

See also ninon definition