Words that rhyme with vernon

n 1: a large artillery gun that is usually on wheels 2: heavy gun fired from a tank 3: (Middle Ages) a cylindrical piece of armor plate to protect the arm 4: heavy automatic gun fired from an airplane 5: lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals [syn: cannon, shank] 6: a shot in billiards in which the cue ball contacts one object ball and then the other [syn: carom, cannon] v 1: make a cannon 2: fire a cannon

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

n 1: a secondary phenomenon that is a by-product of another phenomenon

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

n 1: a long flag; often tapering [syn: pennant, pennon, streamer, waft] 2: wing of a bird [syn: pennon, pinion]

n 1: any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning 2: a remarkable development

n 1: a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise

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]

n 1: United States electrical engineer who pioneered mathematical communication theory (1916-2001) [syn: Shannon, Claude Shannon, Claude E. Shannon, Claude Elwood Shannon]

n 1: 15th President of the United States (1791-1868) [syn: Buchanan, James Buchanan, President Buchanan]

n 1: a native or resident of Montana

n 1: a native or resident of Arizona [syn: Arizonan, Arizonian]

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

n 1: (Greek mythology) the king who lead the Greeks against Troy in the Trojan War

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]

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

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]

n 1: haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter [syn: finnan haddie, finnan haddock, finnan, smoked haddock]

n 1: an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean [syn: Lebanon, Lebanese Republic]