5-Letter Words That End With: LON

• a tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race

• a large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines

• someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime

• a purulent infection at the end of a finger or toe in the area surrounding the nail

• a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers

• a group of synthetic fabrics, known generically as aliphatic polyamides

• a compound in which the hydrogen atoms of a hydrocarbon have been replaced by bromine and other halogen atoms; very stable; used in fire extinguishers although it is thought to release bromine that depletes the ozone layer

• any of numerous fruits of the gourd family having a hard rind and sweet juicy flesh

• any of various fruit of cucurbitaceous vines including: muskmelons; watermelons; cantaloupes; cucumbers

• the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted

• a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal

• the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos

• the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos

• a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)

• gallery where works of art can be displayed

• a shop where hairdressers and beauticians work

• elegant sitting room where guests are received