Words that rhyme with pion
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anon
adv 1: at another time; "ever and anon" 2: (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon" -
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 -
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 -
chiffon
n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon -
colon
n 1: the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted 2: the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos [syn: colon, El Salvadoran colon] 3: the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos [syn: colon, Costa Rican colon] 4: a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal [syn: Colon, Aspinwall] 5: a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter) -
con
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] -
cretonne
n 1: an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies -
croissant
n 1: very rich flaky crescent-shaped roll [syn: crescent roll, croissant] -
dandelion
n 1: any of several herbs of the genus Taraxacum having long tap roots and deeply notched leaves and bright yellow flowers followed by fluffy seed balls [syn: dandelion, blowball] -
ion
n 1: a particle that is electrically charged (positive or negative); an atom or molecule or group that has lost or gained one or more electrons -
lion
n 1: large gregarious predatory feline of Africa and India having a tawny coat with a shaggy mane in the male [syn: lion, king of beasts, Panthera leo] 2: a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after) [syn: lion, social lion] 3: (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo [syn: Leo, Lion] 4: the fifth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about July 23 to August 22 [syn: Leo, Leo the Lion, Lion] -
parathion
n 1: a colorless and odorless toxic oil used as an insecticide -
scion
n 1: a descendent or heir; "a scion of royal stock" -
lyon
n 1: a city in east-central France on the Rhone River; a principal producer of silk and rayon [syn: Lyon, Lyons] -
mayan
n 1: a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy; "Mayans had a system of writing and an accurate calendar" [syn: Mayan, Maya] 2: a family of American Indian languages spoken by Maya [syn: Maya, Mayan, Mayan language] -
zion
n 1: originally a stronghold captured by David (the 2nd king of the Israelites); above it was built a temple and later the name extended to the whole hill; finally it became a synonym for the city of Jerusalem; "the inhabitants of Jerusalem are personified as `the daughter of Zion'" [syn: Zion, Sion] 2: Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine [syn: Israel, State of Israel, Yisrael, Zion, Sion] 3: an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal [syn: Utopia, Zion, Sion] -
cation
n 1: a positively charged ion -
bonn
n 1: a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989 -
conn
v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane -
ceylon
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] -
ghanaian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Ghana or its people or language; "Ghanaian cocoa production" [syn: Ghanaian, Ghanese, Ghanian] -
himalayan
adj 1: of or relating to the Himalayas; "Himalayan peaks" -
uruguayan
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Uruguay or its people n 1: a native or inhabitant of Uruguay -
anne
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) -
chian
adj 1: of or relating to Chios -
hawaiian
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of the state or island of Hawaii or to the people or culture or language n 1: the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii 2: a native or resident of Hawaii -
paraguayan
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Paraguay or its people n 1: a native or inhabitant of Paraguay -
prion
n 1: (microbiology) an infectious protein particle similar to a virus but lacking nucleic acid; thought to be the agent responsible for scrapie and other degenerative diseases of the nervous system -
bryan
n 1: United States lawyer and politician who advocated free silver and prosecuted John Scopes (1925) for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school (1860-1925) [syn: Bryan, William Jennings Bryan, Great Commoner, Boy Orator of the Platte] 2: a town of east central Texas -
orion
n 1: (Greek mythology) a giant Boeotian hunter who pursued the Pleiades and was eventually slain by Artemis; was then placed in the sky as a constellation 2: a constellation on the equator to the east of Taurus; contains Betelgeuse and Rigel [syn: Orion, Hunter] -
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bryen
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bryon
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