5-letter words that end in on
- buron — a public official perceived to be a hindrance to enterprise
- byron — George Gordon, 6th Baron. 1788–1824, British Romantic poet, noted also for his passionate and disastrous love affairs. His major works include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage (1812–18), and Don Juan (1819–24). He spent much of his life abroad and died while fighting for Greek independence
- c'mon — come on
- cajon — a Peruvian wooden box used as a drum and played with the hands
- canon — A canon is a member of the clergy who is on the staff of a cathedral.
- capon — A capon is a male chicken that has had its sex organs removed and has been specially fattened up to be eaten.
- caron — an inverted circumflex
- caxon — a wig
- choon — a piece of recorded music that one likes
- chron — (geology) A period of time between two geomagnetic reversals.
- cimon — died 449 bc, Athenian military and naval commander: defeated the Persians at Eurymedon (?466)
- cleon — died 422 bc, Athenian demagogue and military leader
- cluon — (slang) The imaginary elementary particle of cluefulness; the anti-particle to the bogon.
- codon — a unit that consists of three adjacent bases on a DNA molecule and that determines the position of a specific amino acid in a protein molecule during protein synthesis
- cogon — any of the coarse tropical grasses of the genus Imperata, esp I. cylindrica and I. exaltata of the Philippines, which are used for thatching
- colon — A colon is the punctuation mark : which you can use in several ways. For example, you can put it before a list of things or before reported speech.
- conon — died a.d. 687, pope 686–687.
- creon — the successor to Oedipus as king of Thebes; the brother of Jocasta
- croon — If you croon, you sing or hum quietly and gently.
- cyton — the central part of a neuron
- dagon — a god worshipped by the Philistines, represented as half man and half fish
- damon — Matt. born 1970, US film actor and screenwriter. His films include Good Will Hunting (1997, which he co-wrote), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Talented Mr Ripley (1999) and, from 2002, the Bourne series
- decon — Abbreviation of decontamination.
- demon — A demon is an evil spirit.
- devon — a county of SW England, between the Bristol Channel and the English Channel, including the island of Lundy: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Plymouth and Torbay, which became independent unitary authorities in 1998; hilly, rising to the uplands of Exmoor and Dartmoor, with wooded river valleys and a rugged coastline. Administrative centre: Exeter. Pop (excluding unitary authorities): 714 900 (2003 est). Area (excluding unitary authorities): 6569 sq km (2536 sq miles)
- dijon — a department in E France. 3393 sq. mi. (8790 sq. km). Capital: Dijon.
- dioon — any of several Mexican and Central American palmlike plants belonging to the genus Dioon, of the cycad family, having a crown of stiff, pinnate leaves.
- dixon — Jeremiah, died 1777, English astronomer and surveyor. Compare Mason-Dixon line.
- dogon — a member of a group of indigenous people of the mountains of central Mali.
- dolon — a son of Eumedes who was killed by Diomedes and Odysseus even though he had given them valuable information about the Trojans.
- dykon — a celebrity much admired by lesbians
- dyson — Sir James. born 1947, British businessman and industrial designer; inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner (1979–93)
- eaton — Theophilus, 1590–1658, English colonist and colonial administrator in America.
- eldon — Earl of, title of John Scott. 1751–1838, British statesman and jurist; Lord Chancellor (1801–06, 1807–27): an inflexible opponent of parliamentary reform, Catholic emancipation, and the abolition of slavery
- elgon — Mountextinct volcano on the Kenyan-Ugandan border: 14,178 ft (4,321 m): crater, 5 mi (8 km) wide
- elton — Ben(jamin) (Charles). born 1959, British comedian, scriptwriter, playwright, and novelist; his work includes the Blackadder series for television (1987–89), the play Gasping (1990), the novel High Society (2002), and the lyrics to the musical We Will Rock You (2002)
- ergon — (physics) Work, measured in terms of the quantity of heat to which it is equivalent.
- escon — Enterprise Systems CONnectivity
- facon — a fashion; manner; style.
- fanon — Frantz (Omar) [frants oh-mahr;; French frahnts aw-mar] /frænts ˈoʊ mɑr;; French frɑ̃ts ɔˈmar/ (Show IPA), 1925–61, West Indian psychiatrist and political theorist, born in Martinique; in Algeria after 1953.
- felon — an acute and painful inflammation of the deeper tissues of a finger or toe, usually near the nail: a form of whitlow.
- freon — (organic compound) Any of several non-flammable refrigerants based on halogenated hydrocarbon including R-12, R-22, and R-23.
- futon — a thin mattress, usually filled with layers of cotton batting and encased in cotton fabric, placed on a floor for sleeping, especially in traditional Japanese interiors, and folded and stored during the day.
- gabon — Official name Gabonese Republic. a republic in W equatorial Africa: formerly a part of French Equatorial Africa; member of the French Community. 102,290 sq. mi. (264,931 sq. km). Capital: Libreville.
- gazon — a piece of turf used to cover a parapet
- gijon — a seaport in NW Spain, on the Bay of Biscay.
- gipon — jupon.
- giron — a charge consisting of the lower half of a diagonally divided quarter, usually in the top left corner of the shield
- gluon — an unobserved massless particle with spin 1 that is believed to transmit the strong force between quarks, binding them together into baryons and mesons.
- go on — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.