Words that rhyme with wonton

• antiproton 0
  n 1: an unstable negatively charged proton; the antiparticle of a proton
• 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
• canton 0
  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
• cretonne 0
  n 1: an unglazed heavy fabric; brightly printed; used for slipcovers and draperies
• crouton 0
  n 1: a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads
• flatten 0
  v 1: make flat or flatter; "flatten a road"; "flatten your stomach with these exercises" 2: become flat or flatter; "The landscape flattened" [syn: flatten, flatten out] 3: lower the pitch of (musical notes) [syn: flatten, drop] [ant: sharpen]
• gluten 0
  n 1: a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough
• glutton 0
  n 1: a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess [syn: glutton, gourmand, gourmandizer, trencherman] 2: musteline mammal of northern Eurasia [syn: glutton, Gulo gulo, wolverine]
• graviton 0
  n 1: a gauge boson that mediates the (extremely weak) gravitational interactions between particles
• hearten 0
  v 1: give encouragement to [syn: cheer, hearten, recreate, embolden] [ant: dishearten, put off]
• heighten 0
  v 1: become more extreme; "The tension heightened" [syn: heighten, rise] 2: make more extreme; raise in quantity, degree, or intensity; "heightened interest" 3: increase; "This will enhance your enjoyment"; "heighten the tension" [syn: enhance, heighten, raise] 4: increase the height of; "The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars" 5: make (one's senses) more acute; "This drug will sharpen your vision" [syn: sharpen, heighten] 6: make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions" [syn: intensify, compound, heighten, deepen]
• hyperbaton 0
  n 1: reversal of normal word order (as in `cheese I love')
• kitten 0
  n 1: young domestic cat [syn: kitten, kitty] v 1: have kittens; "our cat kittened again this year"
• krypton 0
  n 1: a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air [syn: krypton, Kr, atomic number 36]
• lepton 0
  n 1: 100 lepta equal 1 drachma in Greece 2: an elementary particle that participates in weak interactions; has a baryon number of 0
• mitten 0
  n 1: glove that encases the thumb separately and the other four fingers together
• neaten 0
  v 1: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away] 2: care for one's external appearance; "He is always well- groomed" [syn: groom, neaten]
• nekton 0
  n 1: the aggregate of actively swimming animals in a body of water ranging from microscopic organisms to whales
• oaten 0
  adj 1: of or related to or derived from oats; "oaten bread"
• phlogiston 0
  n 1: a hypothetical substance once believed to be present in all combustible materials and to be released during burning
• photon 0
  n 1: a quantum of electromagnetic radiation; an elementary particle that is its own antiparticle
• piton 0
  n 1: a metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold
• platen 0
  n 1: work table of a machine tool 2: the flat plate of a printing press that presses the paper against the type 3: the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike
• proton 0
  n 1: a stable particle with positive charge equal to the negative charge of an electron
• shorten 0
  v 1: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration; "He shortened his trip due to illness" [ant: lengthen] 2: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements; "The manuscript must be shortened" [syn: abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce] [ant: dilate, elaborate, enlarge, expand, expatiate, exposit, expound, flesh out, lucubrate] 3: make short or shorter; "shorten the skirt"; "shorten the rope by a few inches" 4: become short or shorter; "In winter, the days shorten" [ant: lengthen] 5: edit by omitting or modifying parts considered indelicate; "bowdlerize a novel" [syn: bowdlerize, bowdlerise, expurgate, castrate, shorten]
• smitten 0
  adj 1: (used in combination) affected by something overwhelming; "conscience-smitten"; "awe-struck" [syn: smitten, stricken, struck] 2: marked by foolish or unreasoning fondness; "gaga over the rock group's new album"; "he was infatuated with her" [syn: enamored, infatuated, in love, potty, smitten, soft on(p), taken with(p)]
• straighten 0
  v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [syn: straighten, unbend] [ant: bend, flex] 2: make straight [syn: straighten, straighten out] 3: get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered" 4: put (things or places) in order; "Tidy up your room!" [syn: tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away] 5: straighten by unrolling; "roll out the big map" [syn: roll out, straighten] 6: make straight or straighter; "Straighten this post"; "straighten hair"
• straiten 0
  v 1: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship [syn: straiten, distress] 2: squeeze together
• tauten 0
  v 1: become taut or tauter; "Your muscles will firm when you exercise regularly"; "the rope tautened" [syn: tauten, firm] 2: make taut or tauter; "tauten a rope" [syn: tauten, firm]
• threaten 0
  v 1: pose a threat to; present a danger to; "The pollution is endangering the crops" [syn: endanger, jeopardize, jeopardise, menace, threaten, imperil, peril] 2: to utter intentions of injury or punishment against:"He threatened me when I tried to call the police" 3: to be a menacing indication of something:"The clouds threaten rain"; "Danger threatens"
• tighten 0
  v 1: make tight or tighter; "Tighten the wire" [syn: tighten, fasten] 2: become tight or tighter; "The rope tightened" 3: restrict; "Tighten the rules"; "stiffen the regulations" [syn: stiffen, tighten, tighten up, constrain] 4: narrow or limit; "reduce the influx of foreigners" [syn: reduce, tighten]
• titan 0
  n 1: a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight, titan] 2: (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth) 3: the largest of the satellites of Saturn; has a hazy nitrogen atmosphere
• wheaten 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or derived from wheat; "wheaten bread" [syn: wheaten, whole-wheat, wholemeal]
• whiten 0
  v 1: turn white; "This detergent will whiten your laundry" [syn: whiten, white] [ant: black, blacken, melanise, melanize, nigrify]
• boughten 0
  adj 1: purchased; not homemade; "my boughten clothes"; "a store- bought dress" [syn: boughten, store-bought]
• breton 0
  n 1: a native or inhabitant of Brittany (especially one who speaks the Breton language) 2: a Celtic language of Brittany
• briton 0
  adj 1: characteristic of or associated with the Britons; "the Briton inhabitants of England" n 1: a native or inhabitant of Great Britain [syn: Britisher, Briton, Brit] 2: an inhabitant of southern Britain prior to the Anglo-Saxon invasions
• burton 0
  n 1: English explorer who with John Speke was the first European to explore Lake Tanganyika (1821-1890) [syn: Burton, Richard Burton, Sir Richard Burton, Sir Richard Francis Burton] 2: Welsh film actor who often co-starred with Elizabeth Taylor (1925-1984) [syn: Burton, Richard Burton] 3: a strong dark English ale
• danton 0
  n 1: French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794) [syn: Danton, Georges Jacques Danton]
• chiton 0
  n 1: a woolen tunic worn by men and women in ancient Greece 2: primitive elongated bilaterally symmetrical marine mollusk having a mantle covered with eight calcareous plates [syn: chiton, coat-of-mail shell, sea cradle, polyplacophore]
• magneton 0
  n 1: a unit of magnetic moment of a molecular or atomic or subatomic particle
• tibetan 0
  adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Tibet or its people or their language; "Tibetan monks" n 1: Himalayish language spoken in Tibet 2: a native or inhabitant of Tibet
• teton 0
  n 1: a member of the large western branch of Sioux people which was made up of several groups that lived on the plains [syn: Teton, Lakota, Teton Sioux, Teton Dakota]
• pluton 0
  n 1: large mass of intrusive igneous rock believed to have solidified deep within the earth [syn: batholith, batholite, pluton, plutonic rock]
• balaton 0
  n 1: a large shallow lake in western Hungary [syn: Balaton, Lake Balaton, Plattensee]
• futon 0
  n 1: mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame
• gotten 0
• smarten 0
• bretton 0
• jetton 0
• anton 0
• neuston 0
• exciton 0
• dakotan 0
• ikhnaton 0

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