Words that rhyme with omicron

• aileron 0
  n 1: an airfoil that controls lateral motion
• anti 0
  adj 1: not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.) [ant: pro] n 1: a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.); "the antis smelled victory after a long battle"
• apron 0
  n 1: a garment of cloth or leather or plastic that is tied about the waist and worn to protect your clothing 2: (golf) the part of the fairway leading onto the green 3: the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain) [syn: proscenium, apron, forestage] 4: a paved surface where aircraft stand while not being used
• aspirin 0
  n 1: the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer, Empirin, and St. Joseph) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets [syn: aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, Bayer, Empirin, St. Joseph]
• boron 0
  n 1: a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn: boron, B, atomic number 5]
• brethren 0
  n 1: (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
• caldron 0
  n 1: a very large pot that is used for boiling [syn: caldron, cauldron]
• cauldron 0
  n 1: a very large pot that is used for boiling [syn: caldron, cauldron]
• chagrin 0
  n 1: strong feelings of embarrassment [syn: chagrin, humiliation, mortification] v 1: cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" [syn: humiliate, mortify, chagrin, humble, abase]
• chateaubriand 0
  n 1: French statesman and writer; considered a precursor of the romantic movement in France (1768-1848) [syn: Chateaubriand, Francois Rene Chateaubriand, Vicomte de Chateaubriand] 2: a very thick center cut of beef tenderloin
• chevron 0
  n 1: V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service; "they earned their stripes in Kuwait" [syn: chevron, stripe, stripes, grade insignia] 2: an inverted V-shaped charge
• chiropteran 0
  n 1: nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical adaptations for echolocation by which they navigate [syn: bat, chiropteran]
• citron 0
  n 1: large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved 2: thorny evergreen small tree or shrub of India widely cultivated for its large lemonlike fruits that have thick warty rind [syn: citron, citron tree, Citrus medica]
• con 0
  adv 1: in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.; "much was written pro and con" [ant: pro] n 1: an argument opposed to a proposal [ant: pro] 2: a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison [syn: convict, con, inmate, yard bird, yardbird] 3: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: bunco, bunco game, bunko, bunko game, con, confidence trick, confidence game, con game, gyp, hustle, sting, flimflam] v 1: deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change" [syn: victimize, swindle, rook, goldbrick, nobble, diddle, bunco, defraud, scam, mulct, gyp, gip, hornswoggle, short-change, con] 2: commit to memory; learn by heart; "Have you memorized your lines for the play yet?" [syn: memorize, memorise, con, learn]
• cyclotron 0
  n 1: an accelerator that imparts energies of several million electron-volts to rapidly moving particles
• decahedron 0
  n 1: any polyhedron having ten plane faces
• deuteron 0
  n 1: the nucleus of deuterium; consists of one proton and one neutron; used as a bombarding particle in accelerators
• doctrine 0
  n 1: a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school [syn: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism]
• dodecahedron 0
  n 1: any polyhedron having twelve plane faces
• electron 0
  n 1: an elementary particle with negative charge [syn: electron, negatron]
• ephemeron 0
  n 1: anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form [syn: ephemeron, ephemeral]
• hexahedron 0
  n 1: any polyhedron having six plane faces
• interferon 0
  n 1: an antiviral protein produced by cells that have been invaded by a virus; inhibits replication of the virus
• macron 0
  n 1: a diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
• magnetron 0
  n 1: a diode vacuum tube in which the flow of electrons from a central cathode to a cylindrical anode is controlled by crossed magnetic and electric fields; used mainly in microwave oscillators
• matron 0
  n 1: a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified 2: a wardress in a prison 3: a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution
• micron 0
  n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one millionth of a meter [syn: micron, micrometer]
• moron 0
  n 1: a person of subnormal intelligence [syn: idiot, imbecile, cretin, moron, changeling, half-wit, retard] 2: a city in Argentina, to the west of Buenos Aires
• neuron 0
  n 1: a cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses [syn: nerve cell, neuron]
• neuropteran 0
  n 1: insect having biting mouthparts and four large membranous wings with netlike veins [syn: neuropteron, neuropteran, neuropterous insect]
• neutron 0
  n 1: an elementary particle with 0 charge and mass about equal to a proton; enters into the structure of the atomic nucleus
• octahedron 0
  n 1: any polyhedron having eight plane faces
• oxymoron 0
  n 1: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')
• patron 0
  n 1: a regular customer [syn: patron, frequenter] 2: the proprietor of an inn 3: someone who supports or champions something [syn: patron, sponsor, supporter]
• philodendron 0
  n 1: often grown as a houseplant
• photoelectron 0
  n 1: an electron that is emitted from an atom or molecule by an incident photon
• plastron 0
  n 1: the ornamental front of a woman's bodice or shirt 2: the front of man's dress shirt 3: a metal breastplate that was worn under a coat of mail 4: a large pad worn by a fencer to protect the chest 5: (zoology) the part of a turtle's shell forming its underside
• polyhedron 0
  n 1: a solid figure bounded by plane polygons or faces
• positron 0
  n 1: an elementary particle with positive charge; interaction of a positron and an electron results in annihilation [syn: positron, antielectron]
• rhododendron 0
  n 1: any shrub of the genus Rhododendron: evergreen shrubs or small shrubby trees having leathery leaves and showy clusters of campanulate (bell-shaped) flowers
• saffron 0
  n 1: Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food [syn: saffron, saffron crocus, Crocus sativus] 2: dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus 3: a shade of yellow tinged with orange [syn: orange yellow, saffron]
• sovereign 0
  adj 1: (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state" [syn: autonomous, independent, self-governing, sovereign] 2: greatest in status or authority or power; "a supreme tribunal" [syn: sovereign, supreme] n 1: a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right [syn: sovereign, crowned head, monarch]
• squadron 0
  n 1: a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms 2: an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group 3: a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task
• suzerain 0
  n 1: a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs
• synchrocyclotron 0
  n 1: cyclotron that achieves relativistic velocities by modulating the frequency of the accelerating electric field
• synchrotron 0
  n 1: cyclotron in which the electric field is maintained at a constant frequency
• tetrahedron 0
  n 1: any polyhedron having four plane faces
• akron 0
  n 1: a city in northeastern Ohio; the heart of the United States rubber industry
• huron 0
  n 1: the 2nd largest of the Great Lakes [syn: Lake Huron, Huron]
• charon 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) the ferryman who brought the souls of the dead across the river Styx or the river Acheron to Hades
• mon 0
  n 1: the second day of the week; the first working day [syn: Monday, Mon] 2: a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand 3: the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon
• bayonne 0
  n 1: a city in northeastern New Jersey
• calderon 0
  n 1: Spanish poet and dramatist considered one of the great Spanish writers (1600-1681) [syn: Calderon, Calderon de la Barca, Pedro Calderon de la Barca]
• bonn 0
  n 1: a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989
• conn 0
  v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
• ron 0
  n 1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: Ron, Bokkos, Daffo]
• ceylon 0
  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]
• peron 0
  n 1: Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974) [syn: Peron, Juan Domingo Peron]
• anne 0
  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)
• phon 0
  n 1: a unit of subjective loudness
• schwann 0
  n 1: German physiologist and histologist who in 1838 and 1839 identified the cell as the basic structure of plant and animal tissue (1810-1882) [syn: Schwann, Theodor Schwann]
• acheron 0
  n 1: (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon [syn: Acheron, River Acheron]
• betatron 0
  n 1: accelerates a continuous beam of electrons to high speeds by means of the electric field produced by changing magnetic flux [syn: betatron, induction accelerator]
• bevatron 0
  n 1: a cyclotron that accelerates protons up to several billion electron volts
• elytron 0
  n 1: either of the horny front wings in beetles and some other insects which cover and protect the functional hind wings [syn: wing case, elytron]
• hyperon 0
  n 1: any baryon that is not a nucleon; unstable particle with mass greater than a neutron
• mesotron 0
  n 1: an elementary particle responsible for the forces in the atomic nucleus; a hadron with a baryon number of 0 [syn: meson, mesotron]
• neophron 0
  n 1: a genus of Accipitridae [syn: Neophron, genus Neophron]
• operon 0
  n 1: a segment of DNA containing adjacent genes including structural genes and an operator gene and a regulatory gene
• erigeron 0
  n 1: cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with flowers that resemble asters; leaves occasionally (especially formerly) used medicinally [syn: Erigeron, genus Erigeron]
• leon 0
  n 1: a historical area and former kingdom in northwestern Spain 2: a city in northwestern Spain at the foot of the Cantabrian Mountains 3: a city in central Mexico
• catherine 0
  n 1: first wife of Henry VIII; Henry VIII's divorce from her was the initial step of the Reformation in England (1485-1536) [syn: Catherine of Aragon, Catherine] 2: empress of Russia who greatly increased the territory of the empire (1729-1796) [syn: Catherine II, Catherine, Catherine the Great]
• hadron 0
  n 1: any elementary particle that interacts strongly with other particles
• nephron 0
  n 1: any of the small tubules that are the excretory units of the vertebrate kidney [syn: nephron, uriniferous tubule]
• plectron 0
  n 1: a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument [syn: pick, plectrum, plectron]
• millimicron 0
  n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one billionth of a meter [syn: nanometer, nanometre, nm, millimicron, micromillimeter, micromillimetre]
• styron 0
  n 1: United States writer best known for his novels (born in 1925) [syn: Styron, William Styron]
• garonne 0
  n 1: a river that rises in the Pyrenees and flows northwest to the Bay of Biscay [syn: Garonne, Garonne River]
• lutheran 0
  adj 1: of or pertaining to Martin Luther or his teachings; "the Lutheran doctrine of justification by faith alone" 2: of or pertaining to or characteristic of the branch of the Protestant Church adhering to the views of Luther; "Lutheran doctrines" n 1: follower of Lutheranism
• homopteran 0
  n 1: insects having membranous forewings and hind wings [syn: homopterous insect, homopteran]
• orthopteran 0
  n 1: any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts [syn: orthopterous insect, orthopteron, orthopteran]
• hymenopteran 0
  n 1: insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing [syn: hymenopterous insect, hymenopteran, hymenopteron, hymenopter]
• lepidopteran 0
  n 1: insect that in the adult state has four wings more or less covered with tiny scales [syn: lepidopterous insect, lepidopteron, lepidopteran]
• pentahedron 0
  n 1: any polyhedron having five plane faces
• rhombohedron 0
  n 1: a parallelepiped bounded by six similar faces (either rhombuses or parallelograms)
• children 0
• coleopteran 0
• dynatron 0
• grandchildren 0
• heptahedron 0
• ignitron 0
• stepchildren 0
• whereon 0
• hon 0
• jon 0
• swann 0
• caron 0
• auberon 0
• kenotron 0
• megaron 0

See also omicron definition