Words that rhyme with octoroon
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attune
v 1: adjust or accustom to; bring into harmony with -
baboon
n 1: large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles -
balloon
n 1: large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air 2: small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck v 1: ride in a hot-air balloon; "He tried to balloon around the earth but storms forced him to land in China" 2: become inflated; "The sails ballooned" [syn: balloon, inflate, billow] -
bassoon
n 1: a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family -
boon
adj 1: very close and convivial; "boon companions" n 1: a desirable state; "enjoy the blessings of peace"; "a spanking breeze is a boon to sailors" [syn: blessing, boon] -
buffoon
n 1: a rude or vulgar fool [syn: clown, buffoon] 2: a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior [syn: clown, buffoon, goof, goofball, merry andrew] -
coon
n 1: an eccentric or undignified rustic; "I'll be a gone coon when the battle starts" 2: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga" [syn: nigger, nigga, spade, coon, jigaboo, nigra] 3: North American raccoon [syn: common raccoon, common racoon, coon, ringtail, Procyon lotor] -
macaroon
n 1: chewy cookie usually containing almond paste -
maroon
adj 1: of dark brownish to purplish red [syn: maroon, brownish-red] n 1: a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there" 2: a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color 3: an exploding firework used as a warning signal v 1: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned" [syn: maroon, strand] 2: leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island" -
platoon
n 1: a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant 2: a team of policemen working under the military platoon system 3: a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity; "platoons of tourists poured out of the busses"; "the defensive platoon of the football team" -
poltroon
adj 1: characterized by complete cowardliness n 1: an abject coward [syn: poltroon, craven, recreant] -
quadroon
n 1: an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black -
rune
n 1: any character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each rune had its own magical significance" [syn: rune, runic letter] -
cameroon
n 1: an inactive volcano in western Cameroon; highest peak on the West African coast 2: a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960 [syn: Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon, Cameroun] -
gadroon
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picaroon
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patroon
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bestrewn
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octaroon
See also octoroon definition
