| afternoon | (noun) a conventional expression of greeting or farewell, used to wish someone a good afternoon | Synonyms: good afternoon |
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| (noun) the part of the day between noon and evening | - |
| baboon | (noun) large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles | - |
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| balloon | (noun) large tough nonrigid bag filled with gas or heated air | - |
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| (noun) small thin inflatable rubber bag with narrow neck | - |
| (verb) become inflated | Synonyms: billow, inflate |
| (verb) ride in a hot-air balloon | - |
| bassoon | (noun) a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family | - |
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| boon | (adjective) very close and convivial | - |
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| (noun) a desirable state | Synonyms: blessing |
| bridoon | (noun) a bit resembling a snaffle bit; used with a separate curb | - |
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| buffoon | (noun) a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior | Synonyms: clown, goof, goofball, merry andrew |
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| (noun) a rude or vulgar fool | Synonyms: clown |
| cardoon | (noun) only parts eaten are roots and especially stalks (blanched and used as celery); related to artichokes | - |
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| (noun) southern European plant having spiny leaves and purple flowers cultivated for its edible leafstalks and roots | Synonyms: Cynara cardunculus |
| cartoon | (noun) a humorous or satirical drawing published in a newspaper or magazine | Synonyms: sketch |
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| (noun) a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence | Synonyms: animated cartoon, toon |
| (verb) draw cartoons of | - |
| cocoon | (noun) silky envelope spun by the larvae of many insects to protect pupas and by spiders to protect eggs | - |
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| (verb) wrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection | - |
| (verb) retreat as if into a cocoon, as from an unfriendly environment | - |
| contrabassoon | (noun) the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family | Synonyms: contrafagotto, double bassoon |
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| coon | (noun) North American raccoon | Synonyms: common raccoon, common racoon, Procyon lotor, ringtail |
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| (noun) an eccentric or undignified rustic | - |
| crampoon | (noun) an iron spike attached to the shoe to prevent slipping on ice when walking or climbing | Synonyms: climber, climbing iron, crampon |
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| (noun) a hinged pair of curved iron bars; used to raise heavy objects | Synonyms: crampon |
| croon | (verb) sing softly | - |
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| dessertspoon | (noun) as much as a dessert spoon will hold | Synonyms: dessertspoonful |
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| dioon | (noun) any cycad of the genus Dioon; handsome palmlike cycads with robust crowns of leaves and rugged trunks | - |
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| doubloon | (noun) a former Spanish gold coin | - |
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| dragoon | (noun) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen | - |
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| (verb) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means | Synonyms: railroad, sandbag |
| (verb) subjugate by imposing troops | - |
| ectozoon | (noun) any external parasitic organism (as fleas) | Synonyms: ectoparasite, ectozoan, epizoan, epizoon |
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| entozoon | (noun) any of various parasites that live in the internal organs of animals (especially intestinal worms) | Synonyms: endoparasite, endozoan, entoparasite, entozoan |
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| epizoon | (noun) any external parasitic organism (as fleas) | Synonyms: ectoparasite, ectozoan, ectozoon, epizoan |
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| festoon | (noun) flower chains suspended in curves between points as a decoration | Synonyms: festoonery |
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| (noun) an embellishment consisting of a decorative representation of a string of flowers suspended between two points; used on pottery or in architectural work | - |
| (noun) a curtain of fabric draped and bound at intervals to form graceful curves | - |
| (verb) decorate with strings of flowers | - |
| forenoon | (noun) the time period between dawn and noon | Synonyms: morn, morning, morning time |
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| goon | (noun) an awkward stupid person | Synonyms: clod, gawk, lout, lubber, lummox, lump, oaf, stumblebum |
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| (noun) an aggressive and violent young criminal | Synonyms: hood, hoodlum, punk, strong-armer, thug, tough, toughie |
| harpoon | (noun) a spear with a shaft and barbed point for throwing; used for catching large fish or whales; a strong line is attached to it | - |
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| (verb) spear with a harpoon | - |
| honeymoon | (noun) a holiday taken by a newly married couple | - |
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| (noun) the early (usually calm and harmonious) period of a relationship; business or political | - |
| (verb) spend a holiday after one's marriage | - |
| jargoon | (noun) a colorless (or pale yellow or smoky) variety of zircon | Synonyms: jargon |
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| kroon | (noun) the basic unit of money in Estonia | - |
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| lagoon | (noun) a body of water cut off from a larger body by a reef of sand or coral | Synonyms: laguna, lagune |
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| lampoon | (noun) a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way | Synonyms: burlesque, mockery, parody, pasquinade, put-on, send-up, sendup, spoof, takeoff, travesty |
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| (verb) ridicule with satire | Synonyms: satirise, satirize |
| leucocytozoon | (noun) parasitic in birds | Synonyms: leucocytozoan |
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| loon | (noun) large somewhat primitive fish-eating diving bird of the Northern Hemisphere having webbed feet placed far back; related to the grebes | Synonyms: diver |
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| (noun) a worthless lazy fellow | - |
| (noun) a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | Synonyms: addle-head, addlehead, birdbrain |
| macaroon | (noun) chewy cookie usually containing almond paste | - |
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| maroon | (adjective) of dark brownish to purplish red | Synonyms: brownish-red |
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| (noun) an exploding firework used as a warning signal | - |
| (noun) a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color | - |
| (noun) a person who is stranded (as on an island) | - |
| (verb) leave stranded on a desert island without resources | - |
| (verb) leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue | Synonyms: strand |
| midafternoon | (noun) the middle part of the afternoon | - |
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| monsoon | (noun) a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter | - |
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| (noun) any wind that changes direction with the seasons | - |
| (noun) rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains | - |
| moon | (noun) any natural satellite of a planet | - |
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| (noun) any object resembling a moon | - |
| (noun) the natural satellite of the Earth | Synonyms: Moon |
| (noun) the period between successive new moons (29.531 days) | Synonyms: lunar month, lunation, synodic month |
| (verb) expose one's buttocks to | - |
| (verb) be idle in a listless or dreamy way | Synonyms: moon around, moon on |
| (verb) have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake | Synonyms: daydream |
| noon | (noun) the middle of the day | Synonyms: high noon, midday, noonday, noontide, twelve noon |
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| octoroon | (noun) an offspring of a quadroon and a white parent; a person who is one-eighth black | - |
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| pantaloon | (noun) trousers worn in former times | - |
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| platoon | (noun) a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant | - |
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| (noun) a team of policemen working under the military platoon system | - |
| (noun) a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity | - |
| poltroon | (adjective) characterized by complete cowardliness | - |
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| (noun) an abject coward | Synonyms: craven, recreant |
| pontoon | (noun) a float supporting a seaplane | - |
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| (noun) (nautical) a floating structure (as a flat-bottomed boat) that serves as a dock or to support a bridge | - |
| poon | (noun) any of several East Indian trees of the genus Calophyllum having shiny leathery leaves and lightweight hard wood | - |
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| (noun) wood of any poon tree; used for masts and spars | - |
| protozoon | (noun) any of diverse minute acellular or unicellular organisms usually nonphotosynthetic | Synonyms: protozoan |
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| puccoon | (noun) perennial woodland native of North America having a red root and red sap and bearing a solitary lobed leaf and white flower in early spring and having acrid emetic properties; rootstock used as a stimulant and expectorant | Synonyms: bloodroot, redroot, Sanguinaria canadensis, tetterwort |
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| (noun) perennial plant of eastern North America having hairy foliage yielding a red or yellow pigment | Synonyms: Lithospermum caroliniense |
| quadroon | (noun) an offspring of a mulatto and a white parent; a person who is one-quarter black | - |
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| raccoon | (noun) an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America | Synonyms: racoon |
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| (noun) the fur of the North American racoon | - |
| racoon | (noun) an omnivorous nocturnal mammal native to North America and Central America | Synonyms: raccoon |
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| saloon | (noun) a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter | Synonyms: bar, barroom, ginmill, taproom |
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| (noun) tavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals | Synonyms: gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, taphouse |
| (noun) a car that is closed and that has front and rear seats and two or four doors | Synonyms: sedan |
| saskatoon | (noun) edible purple or red berries | Synonyms: juneberry, serviceberry, shadberry |
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| simoon | (noun) a violent hot sand-laden wind on the deserts of Arabia and North Africa | Synonyms: samiel, simoom |
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| soon | (adverb) in the near future | Synonyms: before long, presently, shortly |
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| soupspoon | (noun) a spoon with a rounded bowl for eating soup | Synonyms: soup spoon |
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| spermatozoon | (noun) the male reproductive cell; the male gamete | Synonyms: sperm, sperm cell, spermatozoan |
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| spittoon | (noun) a receptacle for spit (usually in a public place) | Synonyms: cuspidor |
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| spoon | (noun) a piece of cutlery with a shallow bowl-shaped container and a handle; used to stir or serve or take up food | - |
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| (noun) formerly a golfing wood with an elevated face | - |
| (noun) as much as a spoon will hold | Synonyms: spoonful |
| (verb) scoop up or take up with a spoon | - |
| (verb) snuggle and lie in a position where one person faces the back of the others | Synonyms: smooch |
| swoon | (noun) a spontaneous loss of consciousness caused by insufficient blood to the brain | Synonyms: deliquium, faint, syncope |
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| (verb) pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain | Synonyms: conk, faint, pass out |
| tablespoon | (noun) a spoon larger than a dessert spoon; used for serving | - |
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| (noun) as much as a tablespoon will hold | Synonyms: tablespoonful |
| teaspoon | (noun) a small spoon used for stirring tea or coffee; holds about one fluid dram | - |
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| (noun) as much as a teaspoon will hold | Synonyms: teaspoonful |
| tenoroon | (noun) a tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon | - |
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| toon | (noun) a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence | Synonyms: animated cartoon, cartoon |
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| tycoon | (noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman | Synonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive |
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| typhoon | (noun) a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans | - |
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| vinegarroon | (noun) large whip-scorpion of Mexico and southern United States that emits a vinegary odor when alarmed | Synonyms: Mastigoproctus giganteus |
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