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6-letter words that end in on

  • billon — an alloy consisting of gold or silver and a base metal, usually copper, used esp for coinage
  • binyon — (Robert) Laurence. 1869–1943, British poet and art historian, best known for his elegiac war poems "For the Fallen" (1914) and "The Burning of the Leaves" (1944)
  • bisson — blind
  • blazon — to proclaim loudly and publicly
  • blyton — Enid (Mary). 1897–1968, British writer of children's books; creator of Noddy and the Famous Five series of adventure stories
  • bolson — a desert valley surrounded by mountains, with a shallow lake at the centre
  • bolton — a town in NW England, in Bolton unitary authority, Greater Manchester: centre of the woollen trade since the 14th century; later important for cotton. Pop: 139 403 (2001)
  • bonbon — a sweet
  • boston — a card game for four, played with two packs
  • bouton — the enlarged part of a nerve fibre or cell which facilitates contact between nerves
  • brecon — a town in SE Wales, in Powys: textile and leather industries. Pop: 7901 (2001)
  • brehon — a judge in ancient Ireland
  • breton — of, relating to, or characteristic of Brittany, its people, or their language
  • briton — A Briton is a person who comes from Great Britain.
  • bruton — John Gerard. born 1947, Irish politician: leader of the Fine Gael party (1990–2001); prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1994–97)
  • buffon — Georges Louis Leclerc (ʒɔrʒ lwi ləklɛr), Comte de. 1707–88, French encyclopedist of natural history; principal author of Histoire naturelle (36 vols., 1749–89), containing the Époques de la nature (1777), which foreshadowed later theories of evolution
  • bunion — A bunion is a large painful lump on the first joint of a person's big toe.
  • bunton — one of a number of struts reinforcing the walls of a shaft and dividing it into vertical compartments.
  • burton — a kind of light hoisting tackle
  • button — Buttons are small hard objects sewn on to shirts, coats, or other pieces of clothing. You fasten the clothing by pushing the buttons through holes called buttonholes.
  • buxton — a town in N England, in NW Derbyshire in the Peak District: thermal springs. Pop: 20 836 (2001)
  • cacoon — the large bean of a tropical climber, Entada scandens, that is used for making purses, spoons, snuffboxes, and other items
  • calgon — a chemical compound, sodium hexametaphosphate, with water-softening properties, used in detergents
  • camion — a lorry, or, esp formerly, a large dray
  • cannon — A cannon is a large gun, usually on wheels, which used to be used in battles.
  • canton — A canton is a political or administrative region in some countries, for example Switzerland.
  • canyon — A canyon is a long, narrow valley with very steep sides.
  • carbon — Carbon is a chemical element that diamonds and coal are made up of.
  • cardon — a tall cactus, Pachycereus pringlei, native to Mexico
  • caroon — (UK, obsolete slang) A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings.
  • carson — Christopher, known as Kit Carson. 1809–68, US frontiersman, trapper, scout, and Indian agent
  • carton — A carton is a plastic or cardboard container in which food or drink is sold.
  • caslon — a style of type designed by William Caslon, English type founder (1692–1766)
  • casson — Sir Hugh (Maxwell). 1910–99, British architect; president of the Royal Academy of Arts (1976–84)
  • cation — a positively charged ion; an ion that is attracted to the cathode during electrolysis
  • catton — Eleanor. born 1985, Canadian-born New Zealand writer; her books include The Rehearsal (2008) and the Booker-prizewinning The Luminaries (2013)
  • caxton — a book printed by William Caxton
  • ceroon — a hide-covered bale or package
  • ceylon — an island in the Indian Ocean, off the SE coast of India: consists politically of the republic of Sri Lanka. Area: 64 644 sq km (24 959 sq miles)
  • chalon — (obsolete) A bed blanket.
  • charon — the ferryman who brought the dead across the rivers Styx or Acheron to Hades
  • chaton — a stone with a reflective metal foil backing
  • chevon — the flesh of goats, used as food.
  • chilon — flourished 556 b.c, Greek sage and ephor at Sparta.
  • chiron — a wise and kind centaur who taught many great heroes in their youth, including Achilles, Actaeon, and Jason
  • chiton — (in ancient Greece and Rome) a loose woollen tunic worn knee length by men and full length by women
  • cholon — a city in S Vietnam: a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City
  • chyron — a text-based graphic overlay displayed at the bottom of a television screen or film frame, as closed captioning or the crawl of a newscast.
  • citron — a small Asian rutaceous tree, Citrus medica, having lemon-like fruit with a thick aromatic rind
  • claxon — a loud electric horn, formerly used on automobiles, trucks, etc., and now often used as a warning signal.
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