Words that rhyme with won

• an 0
  n 1: an associate degree in nursing [syn: Associate in Nursing, AN]
• anon 0
  adv 1: at another time; "ever and anon" 2: (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while; "see you anon"
• baton 0
  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
• brawn 0
  n 1: possessing muscular strength [syn: brawn, brawniness, muscle, muscularity, sinew, heftiness]
• bun 0
  n 1: small rounded bread either plain or sweet [syn: bun, roll]
• 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
• chiffon 0
  n 1: a sheer fabric of silk or rayon
• chon 0
  n 1: 100 chon equal 1 won in South Korea 2: 100 chon equal 1 won in North Korea
• colon 0
  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 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]
• dawn 0
  n 1: the first light of day; "we got up before dawn"; "they talked until morning" [syn: dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup, cockcrow] [ant: sundown, sunset] 2: the earliest period; "the dawn of civilization"; "the morning of the world" [syn: dawn, morning] 3: an opening time period; "it was the dawn of the Roman Empire" v 1: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" [syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, get across, sink in, penetrate, fall into place] 2: appear or develop; "The age of computers had dawned" 3: become light; "It started to dawn, and we had to get up"
• denouement 0
  n 1: the outcome of a complex sequence of events 2: the final resolution of the main complication of a literary or dramatic work
• don 0
  n 1: a Spanish gentleman or nobleman 2: teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford) [syn: preceptor, don] 3: the head of an organized crime family [syn: don, father] 4: Celtic goddess; mother of Gwydion and Arianrhod; corresponds to Irish Danu 5: a European river in southwestern Russia; flows into the Sea of Azov [syn: Don, Don River] 6: a Spanish courtesy title or form of address for men that is prefixed to the forename; "Don Roberto" v 1: put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear, put on, get into, don, assume]
• done 0
  adj 1: having finished or arrived at completion; "certain to make history before he's done"; "it's a done deed"; "after the treatment, the patient is through except for follow-up"; "almost through with his studies" [syn: done, through, through with(p)] 2: cooked until ready to serve
• drawn 0
  adj 1: showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering; "looking careworn as she bent over her mending"; "her face was drawn and haggard from sleeplessness"; "that raddled but still noble face"; "shocked to see the worn look of his handsome young face"- Charles Dickens [syn: careworn, drawn, haggard, raddled, worn] 2: having the curtains or draperies closed or pulled shut; "the drawn draperies kept direct sunlight from fading the rug"
• dun 0
  adj 1: of a dull greyish brown to brownish grey color; "the dun and dreary prairie" n 1: horse of a dull brownish grey color 2: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn] v 1: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate] 2: persistently ask for overdue payment; "The grocer dunned his customers every day by telephone" 3: cure by salting; "dun codfish" 4: make a dun color
• fawn 0
  n 1: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color; "she wore dun" [syn: dun, greyish brown, grayish brown, fawn] 2: a young deer v 1: show submission or fear [syn: fawn, crawl, creep, cringe, cower, grovel] 2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always kowtowing to his boss" [syn: fawn, toady, truckle, bootlick, kowtow, kotow, suck up] 3: have fawns; "deer fawn"
• foregone 0
  adj 1: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone]
• fun 0
  n 1: activities that are enjoyable or amusing; "I do it for the fun of it"; "he is fun to have around" [syn: fun, merriment, playfulness] 2: verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously); "he became a figure of fun"; "he said it in sport" [syn: fun, play, sport] 3: violent and excited activity; "she asked for money and then the fun began"; "they began to fight like fun" 4: a disposition to find (or make) causes for amusement; "her playfulness surprised me"; "he was fun to be with" [syn: playfulness, fun]
• gone 0
  adj 1: destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese" [syn: done for(p), kaput(p), gone(a)] 2: dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend" [syn: asleep(p), at peace(p), at rest(p), deceased, departed, gone] 3: well in the past; former; "bygone days"; "dreams of foregone times"; "sweet memories of gone summers"; "relics of a departed era" [syn: bygone, bypast, departed, foregone, gone] 4: no longer retained; "gone with the wind"
• gun 0
  n 1: a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) 2: large but transportable armament [syn: artillery, heavy weapon, gun, ordnance] 3: a person who shoots a gun (as regards their ability) [syn: gunman, gun] 4: a professional killer who uses a gun [syn: gunman, gunslinger, hired gun, gun, gun for hire, triggerman, hit man, hitman, torpedo, shooter] 5: a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine [syn: grease-gun, gun] 6: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the gas" [syn: accelerator, accelerator pedal, gas pedal, gas, throttle, gun] 7: the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies; "two runners started before the gun"; "a twenty gun salute" v 1: shoot with a gun
• john 0
  n 1: a room or building equipped with one or more toilets [syn: toilet, lavatory, lav, can, john, privy, bathroom] 2: youngest son of Henry II; King of England from 1199 to 1216; succeeded to the throne on the death of his brother Richard I; lost his French possessions; in 1215 John was compelled by the barons to sign the Magna Carta (1167-1216) [syn: John, King John, John Lackland] 3: (New Testament) disciple of Jesus; traditionally said to be the author of the 4th Gospel and three epistles and the book of Revelation [syn: John, Saint John, St. John, Saint John the Apostle, St. John the Apostle, John the Evangelist, John the Divine] 4: a prostitute's customer [syn: whoremaster, whoremonger, john, trick] 5: the last of the four Gospels in the New Testament [syn: John, Gospel According to John]
• khan 0
  n 1: a title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries 2: an inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans [syn: caravansary, caravanserai, khan, caravan inn]
• lawn 0
  n 1: a field of cultivated and mowed grass
• non 0
  adv 1: negation of a word or group of words; "he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all" [syn: not, non]
• none 0
  adv 1: not at all or in no way; "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"; "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"; "none too prosperous"; "the passage is none too clear" adj 1: not any; "thou shalt have none other gods before me" n 1: a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise 2: a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
• nun 0
  n 1: a woman religious 2: a buoy resembling a cone [syn: conical buoy, nun, nun buoy] 3: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
• on 0
  adv 1: with a forward motion; "we drove along admiring the view"; "the horse trotted along at a steady pace"; "the circus traveled on to the next city"; "move along"; "march on" [syn: along, on] 2: indicates continuity or persistence or concentration; "his spirit lives on"; "shall I read on?" 3: in a state required for something to function or be effective; "turn the lights on"; "get a load on" adj 1: in operation or operational; "left the oven on"; "the switch is in the on position" [ant: off] 2: (of events) planned or scheduled; "the picnic is on, rain or shine"; "we have nothing on for Friday night" [ant: cancelled, off]
• one 0
  adj 1: used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; "`ane' is Scottish" [syn: one, 1, i, ane] 2: having the indivisible character of a unit; "a unitary action"; "spoke with one voice" [syn: one(a), unitary] 3: of the same kind or quality; "two animals of one species" 4: used informally as an intensifier; "that is one fine dog" 5: indefinite in time or position; "he will come one day"; "one place or another" 6: being a single entity made by combining separate components; "three chemicals combining into one solution" 7: eminent beyond or above comparison; "matchless beauty"; "the team's nonpareil center fielder"; "she's one girl in a million"; "the one and only Muhammad Ali"; "a peerless scholar"; "infamy unmatched in the Western world"; "wrote with unmatchable clarity"; "unrivaled mastery of her art" [syn: matchless, nonpareil, one(a), one and only(a), peerless, unmatched, unmatchable, unrivaled, unrivalled] n 1: the smallest whole number or a numeral representing this number; "he has the one but will need a two and three to go with it"; "they had lunch at one" [syn: one, 1, I, ace, single, unity] 2: a single person or thing; "he is the best one"; "this is the one I ordered"
• outrun 0
  v 1: run faster than; "in this race, I managed to outran everybody else"
• overdone 0
  adj 1: represented as greater than is true or reasonable; "an exaggerated opinion of oneself" [syn: exaggerated, overdone, overstated] 2: cooked too long but still edible
• pawn 0
  n 1: an article deposited as security 2: a person used by another to gain an end [syn: instrument, pawn, cat's-paw] 3: (chess) the least powerful piece; moves only forward and captures only to the side; it can be promoted to a more powerful piece if it reaches the 8th rank 4: borrowing and leaving an article as security for repayment of the loan v 1: leave as a guarantee in return for money; "pawn your grandfather's gold watch" [syn: pawn, soak, hock]
• pecan 0
  n 1: wood of a pecan tree 2: tree of southern United States and Mexico cultivated for its nuts [syn: pecan, pecan tree, Carya illinoensis, Carya illinoinsis] 3: smooth brown oval nut of south central United States
• prawn 0
  n 1: any of various edible decapod crustaceans [syn: prawn, shrimp] 2: shrimp-like decapod crustacean having two pairs of pincers; most are edible v 1: fish for prawns
• pun 0
  n 1: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her" [syn: pun, punning, wordplay, paronomasia] v 1: make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"
• rapprochement 0
  n 1: the reestablishing of cordial relations [syn: reconciliation, rapprochement]
• rerun 0
  n 1: a program that is broadcast again; "she likes to watch `I love Lucy' reruns" v 1: broadcast again, as of a film [syn: rerun, rebroadcast] 2: rerun a performance of a play, for example 3: run again for office; "Bush wants to rerun in 1996" 4: cause to perform again; "We have to rerun the subjects--they misunderstood the instructions"
• run 0
  n 1: a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely; "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"; "their first tally came in the 3rd inning" [syn: run, tally] 2: the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial" [syn: test, trial, run] 3: a race run on foot; "she broke the record for the half-mile run" [syn: footrace, foot race, run] 4: an unbroken series of events; "had a streak of bad luck"; "Nicklaus had a run of birdies" [syn: streak, run] 5: (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team; "the defensive line braced to stop the run"; "the coach put great emphasis on running" [syn: run, running, running play, running game] 6: a regular trip; "the ship made its run in record time" 7: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace; "he broke into a run"; "his daily run keeps him fit" [syn: run, running] 8: the continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation; "the assembly line was on a 12-hour run" 9: unrestricted freedom to use; "he has the run of the house" 10: the production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.); "a daily run of 100,000 gallons of paint" 11: a small stream [syn: rivulet, rill, run, runnel, streamlet] 12: a race between candidates for elective office; "I managed his campaign for governor"; "he is raising money for a Senate run" [syn: political campaign, campaign, run] 13: a row of unravelled stitches; "she got a run in her stocking" [syn: run, ladder, ravel] 14: the pouring forth of a fluid [syn: discharge, outpouring, run] 15: an unbroken chronological sequence; "the play had a long run on Broadway"; "the team enjoyed a brief run of victories" 16: a short trip; "take a run into town" v 1: move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time; "Don't run--you'll be out of breath"; "The children ran to the store" 2: flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up" [syn: scat, run, scarper, turn tail, lam, run away, hightail it, bunk, head for the hills, take to the woods, escape, fly the coop, break away] 3: stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point; "Service runs all the way to Cranbury"; "His knowledge doesn't go very far"; "My memory extends back to my fourth year of life"; "The facts extend beyond a consideration of her personal assets" [syn: run, go, pass, lead, extend] 4: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.; "She is running a relief operation in the Sudan" [syn: operate, run] 5: have a particular form; "the story or argument runs as follows"; "as the saying goes..." [syn: run, go] 6: move along, of liquids; "Water flowed into the cave"; "the Missouri feeds into the Mississippi" [syn: run, flow, feed, course] 7: perform as expected when applied; "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore" [syn: function, work, operate, go, run] [ant: malfunction, misfunction] 8: change or be different within limits; "Estimates for the losses in the earthquake range as high as $2 billion"; "Interest rates run from 5 to 10 percent"; "The instruments ranged from tuba to cymbals"; "My students range from very bright to dull" [syn: range, run] 9: run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?" [syn: campaign, run] 10: cause to emit recorded audio or video; "They ran the tapes over and over again"; "I'll play you my favorite record"; "He never tires of playing that video" [syn: play, run] 11: move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way; "who are these people running around in the building?"; "She runs around telling everyone of her troubles"; "let the dogs run free" 12: have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined; "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence" [syn: tend, be given, lean, incline, run] 13: be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!" [ant: idle, tick over] 14: change from one state to another; "run amok"; "run rogue"; "run riot" 15: cause to perform; "run a subject"; "run a process" 16: be affected by; be subjected to; "run a temperature"; "run a risk" 17: continue to exist; "These stories die hard"; "The legend of Elvis endures" [syn: prevail, persist, die hard, run, endure] 18: occur persistently; "Musical talent runs in the family" 19: carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction" [syn: run, execute] 20: include as the content; broadcast or publicize; "We ran the ad three times"; "This paper carries a restaurant review"; "All major networks carried the press conference" [syn: carry, run] 21: carry out; "run an errand" 22: pass over, across, or through; "He ran his eyes over her body"; "She ran her fingers along the carved figurine"; "He drew her hair through his fingers" [syn: guide, run, draw, pass] 23: cause something to pass or lead somewhere; "Run the wire behind the cabinet" [syn: run, lead] 24: make without a miss 25: deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor [syn: run, black market] 26: cause an animal to move fast; "run the dogs" 27: be diffused; "These dyes and colors are guaranteed not to run" [syn: run, bleed] 28: sail before the wind 29: cover by running; run a certain distance; "She ran 10 miles that day" 30: extend or continue for a certain period of time; "The film runs 5 hours" [syn: run, run for] 31: set animals loose to graze 32: keep company; "the heifers run with the bulls to produce offspring" [syn: run, consort] 33: run with the ball; in such sports as football 34: travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means; "Run to the store!"; "She always runs to Italy, because she has a lover there" 35: travel a route regularly; "Ships ply the waters near the coast" [syn: ply, run] 36: pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals); "Goering often hunted wild boars in Poland"; "The dogs are running deer"; "The Duke hunted in these woods" [syn: hunt, run, hunt down, track down] 37: compete in a race; "he is running the Marathon this year"; "let's race and see who gets there first" [syn: race, run] 38: progress by being changed; "The speech has to go through several more drafts"; "run through your presentation before the meeting" [syn: move, go, run] 39: reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating; "melt butter"; "melt down gold"; "The wax melted in the sun" [syn: melt, run, melt down] 40: come unraveled or undone as if by snagging; "Her nylons were running" [syn: ladder, run] 41: become undone; "the sweater unraveled" [syn: run, unravel]
• salon 0
  n 1: gallery where works of art can be displayed 2: a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work [syn: salon, beauty salon, beauty parlor, beauty parlour, beauty shop] 3: elegant sitting room where guests are received
• scone 0
  n 1: small biscuit (rich with cream and eggs) cut into diamonds or sticks and baked in an oven or (especially originally) on a griddle
• shun 0
  v 1: avoid and stay away from deliberately; stay clear of [syn: shun, eschew] 2: expel from a community or group [syn: banish, ban, ostracize, ostracise, shun, cast out, blackball]
• son 0
  n 1: a male human offspring; "their son became a famous judge"; "his boy is taller than he is" [syn: son, boy] [ant: daughter, girl] 2: the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus) [syn: Son, Word, Logos]
• spawn 0
  n 1: the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs v 1: call forth [syn: engender, breed, spawn] 2: lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"
• stun 0
  v 1: make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish" [syn: stun, stupefy] 2: hit something or somebody as if with a sandbag [syn: sandbag, stun] 3: overcome as with astonishment or disbelief; "The news stunned her" [syn: stun, bedaze, daze]
• sun 0
  n 1: the star that is the source of light and heat for the planets in the solar system; "the sun contains 99.85% of the mass in the solar system"; "the Earth revolves around the Sun" [syn: sun, Sun] 2: the rays of the sun; "the shingles were weathered by the sun and wind" [syn: sunlight, sunshine, sun] 3: a person considered as a source of warmth or energy or glory etc 4: any star around which a planetary system revolves 5: first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians [syn: Sunday, Lord's Day, Dominicus, Sun] v 1: expose one's body to the sun [syn: sun, sunbathe] 2: expose to the rays of the sun or affect by exposure to the sun; "insolated paper may turn yellow and crumble"; "These herbs suffer when sunned" [syn: sun, insolate, solarize, solarise]
• swan 0
  n 1: stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult v 1: to declare or affirm solemnly and formally as true; "Before God I swear I am innocent" [syn: affirm, verify, assert, avow, aver, swan, swear] 2: move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town" [syn: roll, wander, swan, stray, tramp, roam, cast, ramble, rove, range, drift, vagabond] 3: sweep majestically; "Airplanes were swanning over the mountains"
• thereon 0
  adv 1: on that; "text and commentary thereon" [syn: thereon, on it, on that]
• ton 0
  n 1: a United States unit of weight equivalent to 2000 pounds [syn: short ton, ton, net ton] 2: a British unit of weight equivalent to 2240 pounds [syn: long ton, ton, gross ton]
• tonne 0
  n 1: a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms [syn: metric ton, MT, tonne, t]
• tun 0
  n 1: a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
• un 0
  n 1: an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security [syn: United Nations, UN]
• undone 0
  adj 1: not done; "the work could be done or undone and nobody cared" 2: doomed to extinction [syn: done for(p), ruined, sunk, undone, washed-up] 3: not fastened or tied or secured; "her blouse had come undone at the neck"; "his shoelaces were undone" 4: thrown into a state of disorganization or incoherence; "price programs became unstuck because little grain was available" [syn: unstuck, undone]
• wan 0
  adj 1: (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn: pale, pallid, wan, sick] 2: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid, wan] 3: lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile" n 1: a computer network that spans a wider area than does a local area network [syn: wide area network, WAN] v 1: become pale and sickly
• withdrawn 0
  adj 1: withdrawn from society; seeking solitude; "lived an unsocial reclusive life" [syn: recluse, reclusive, withdrawn] 2: tending to reserve or introspection; "a quiet indrawn man" [syn: indrawn, withdrawn]
• yawn 0
  n 1: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom; "he could not suppress a yawn"; "the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop"; "he apologized for his oscitancy" [syn: yawn, yawning, oscitance, oscitancy] v 1: utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance" 2: be wide open; "the deep gaping canyon" [syn: gape, yawn, yaw]
• yon 0
  adv 1: at or in an indicated (usually distant) place (`yon' is archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham [syn: yonder, yon] adj 1: distant but within sight (`yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?" [syn: yonder, yon]
• hun 0
  n 1: a member of a nomadic people who invaded Europe in the 4th century 2: offensive term for a person of German descent [syn: Kraut, Krauthead, Boche, Jerry, Hun]
• nippon 0
  n 1: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building [syn: Japan, Nippon, Nihon]
• yuan 0
  n 1: the basic unit of money in China [syn: yuan, kwai] 2: the imperial dynasty of China from 1279 to 1368 [syn: Yuan, Yuan dynasty, Mongol dynasty]
• n 0
  n 1: a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues [syn: nitrogen, N, atomic number 7] 2: the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees [syn: north, due north, northward, N] 3: a unit of force equal to the force that imparts an acceleration of 1 m/sec/sec to a mass of 1 kilogram; equal to 100,000 dynes [syn: newton, N] 4: (of a solution) concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter [syn: normality, N] 5: the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: N, n]
• 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
• amman 0
  n 1: the capital and largest city of Jordan [syn: Amman, capital of Jordan]
• bonn 0
  n 1: a city in western Germany on the Rhine River; was the capital of West Germany between 1949 and 1989
• braun 0
  n 1: the German mistress of Adolf Hitler (1910-1945) [syn: Braun, Eva Braun] 2: United States rocket engineer (born in Germany where he designed a missile used against England); he led the United States Army team that put the first American satellite into space (1912-1977) [syn: Braun, von Braun, Wernher von Braun, Wernher Magnus Maximilian von Braun]
• conn 0
  v 1: conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane
• hahn 0
  n 1: German chemist who was co-discoverer with Lise Meitner of nuclear fission (1879-1968) [syn: Hahn, Otto Hahn]
• han 0
  n 1: imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time from 206 BC to AD 220) and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy; remembered as one of the great eras of Chinese civilization [syn: Han, Han dynasty]
• kahn 0
  n 1: United States architect (born in Estonia) (1901-1974) [syn: Kahn, Louis Isadore Kahn]
• ron 0
  n 1: a Chadic language spoken in northern Nigeria [syn: Ron, Bokkos, Daffo]
• shawn 0
  n 1: United States dancer and choreographer who collaborated with Ruth Saint Denis (1891-1972) [syn: Shawn, Ted Shawn]
• vaughan 0
  n 1: United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990) [syn: Vaughan, Sarah Vaughan]
• xian 0
  n 1: a city of central China; capital of ancient Chinese empire 221-206 BC [syn: Xian, Sian, Singan, Changan, Hsian]
• amon 0
  n 1: a primeval Egyptian personification of air and breath; worshipped especially at Thebes [syn: Amen, Amon, Amun]
• aton 0
  n 1: the sun (or solar disc) which was the deity of a monotheistic cult under the Pharaoh Akhenaten [syn: Aten, Aton]
• bataan 0
  n 1: the peninsula and island in the Philippines where Japanese forces besieged American forces in World War II; United States forces surrendered in 1942 and recaptured the area in 1945 [syn: Bataan, Corregidor]
• bhutan 0
  n 1: a landlocked principality in the Himalayas to the northeast of India [syn: Bhutan, Kingdom of Bhutan]
• 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]
• dhahran 0
  n 1: an oil town in eastern Saudi Arabia on an inlet from the Persian Gulf; in June 1996 terrorists bombed an apartment complex in Dhahran killing 19 United States soldiers and wounding more than 300 people
• exon 0
  n 1: sequence of a gene's DNA that transcribes into protein structures; "exons are interspersed with introns" [syn: exon, coding DNA] [ant: intron, noncoding DNA]
• gabon 0
  n 1: a republic on the west coast of Africa [syn: Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Gabun]
• gibran 0
  n 1: United States writer (born in Lebanon) (1883-1931) [syn: Gibran, Kahlil Gibran]
• golan 0
  n 1: a fortified hilly area between southern Lebanon and southern Syria; "artillery on the Golan Heights can dominate a large area of Israel" [syn: Golan Heights, Golan]
• iran 0
  n 1: a theocratic Islamic republic in the Middle East in western Asia; Iran was the core of the ancient empire that was known as Persia until 1935; rich in oil [syn: Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Persia]
• javan 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Java or its inhabitants or its language; "Javanese temples"; "Javanese dialects" [syn: Javanese, Javan] n 1: a native or inhabitant of Java [syn: Javanese, Javan]
• koran 0
  n 1: the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina [syn: Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book]
• milan 0
  n 1: the capital of Lombardy in northern Italy; has been an international center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages [syn: Milan, Milano]
• oman 0
  n 1: a strategically located monarchy on the southern and eastern coasts of the Arabian Peninsula; the economy is dominated by oil [syn: Oman, Sultanate of Oman, Muscat and Oman]
• oran 0
  n 1: a port city in northwestern Algeria and the country's 2nd largest city
• peron 0
  n 1: Argentine soldier who became president of Argentina (1895-1974) [syn: Peron, Juan Domingo Peron]
• saigon 0
  n 1: a city in South Vietnam; formerly (as Saigon) it was the capital of French Indochina [syn: Ho Chi Minh City, Saigon]
• sichuan 0
  n 1: a populous province of south central China [syn: Szechwan, Sichuan, Szechuan, Szechwan province]
• sorbonne 0
  n 1: a university in Paris; intellectual center of France [syn: Paris University, University of Paris, Sorbonne]
• taiwan 0
  n 1: a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong [syn: Taiwan, China, Nationalist China, Republic of China] 2: an island in southeastern Asia 100 miles off the coast of mainland China in the South China Sea [syn: Taiwan, Formosa]
• tehran 0
  n 1: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian capital]
• abidjan 0
  n 1: city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast
• kazakhstan 0
  n 1: a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 [syn: Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh, Kazak]
• moldovan 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Moldova or its people or culture
• teheran 0
  n 1: the capital and largest city of Iran; located in northern Iran [syn: Teheran, Tehran, capital of Iran, Iranian capital]
• azerbaijan 0
  n 1: a landlocked republic in southwestern Asia; formerly an Asian soviet [syn: Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani Republic, Azerbajdzhan, Azerbajdzhan Republic]

See also won definition and won synonyms