Rhymes with lectin

Two-syllable rhymes

• lepton — an aluminum coin of modern Greece until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a drachma.
• nekton — the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water, able to move independently of water currents.
• pecten — Zoology, Anatomy. a comblike part or process. a pigmented vascular membrane with parallel folds suggesting the teeth of a comb, projecting into the vitreous humor of the eye in birds and reptiles.
• pectin — a white, amorphous, colloidal carbohydrate of high molecular weight occurring in ripe fruits, especially in apples, currants, etc., and used in fruit jellies, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics for its thickening and emulsifying properties and its ability to solidify to a gel.