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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Mōnk'ing, a.p. 854Monkish. “Monasteries and other monking receptacles.” Coleridge.
  2. Mōnk'ish, a.p. 854Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude.
  3. Mōnk'ly, a.p. 854Resembling, relating to, or becoming, a monk; monkish.
  4. Mōnk'-sēal, n.p. 854(Zoöl.) A species of seal of the genus Pelagius (P. monachus), found in the Adriatic Sea and along the coast of Sardinia. Baird.
  5. Mōnk's'-head, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant of the genus Leontodon.
  6. Mŏnk's'-hŏod, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See ACONITE.
  7. Mōnk's-rhū'bārb, n.p. 854An herb of the genus Rumex; a species of dock.
  8. Mōnk's'-sēam, n.p. 854(Naut.) A seam made by laying the selvage of one piece, as of a sail, over that of another, and sewing both edges.
  9. Mōn'o-bā'sic, a.p. 854(Chem.) Having only one part of base to one of acid.
  10. Mŏn/o-cār'di-an, a.p. 854Having a single heart, as fishes and reptiles.
  11. Mōn'o-cär'di-an, n.p. 854(Zoöl.) An animal having a single heart, as fishes and reptiles.
  12. Mōn'o-cārp or Mōn'o-cār'pon, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant that produces fruit but once, dying after fructification; an annual plant.
  13. Mōn'o-cār'pōûs, a.p. 854(Bot.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as wheat, and the like. Lindley.
  14. Mō-nŏç'-e-rŏs, n.p. 854A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea-monster with one horn; perhaps the sword-fish. [Obs.] “Mighty monoceros with immeasured tail.” Spenser. 2. (Astron.) The Unicorn, a constellation situated to…
  15. Mōn'o-chla-mȳd'e-oūs, a.p. 854(Bot.) Having a single covering, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or a corolla without a calyx.
  16. Mōn'o-chōrd, n.p. 854(Mus.) An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which…
  17. Mōn'o-chro-māt'ic, a.p. 854Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only. Monochromatic lamp, a lamp whose flame yields rays of some one homogenous light. It is of the greatest importance in optical…
  18. Mŏn'o-chrōme, n.p. 854A painting with a single color.
  19. Mōn'o-chron'ic, a.p. 854Existing at the same time; contemporaneous.
  20. Mōn'o-çil'ī-ā'ted, a.p. 854Furnished with one cilium. See CILIA.
  21. Mōn'o-clīn'ic, a.p. 854(Crystallog.) Having one oblique intersection;—said of a certain system of crystallization, in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See…
  22. Mo-nōc'li-noūs, a.p. 854(Bot.) Hermaphrodite, or having both stamens and pistils in every flower.
  23. Mōn'o-co-tȳle or Mōn'o-cōt'y-lē'd'o-noūs, a.p. 854(Bot.) Having only one cotyledon, seed-lobe, or seminal leaf.
  24. Mōn'o-cōt'y-lē'don, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed-lobe.
  25. Mo-nŏc'ra-cy, n.p. 854Government by a single person; undivided rule.
  26. Mōn'o-crāt, n.p. 854One who governs alone; an aristocrat; a monarch.
  27. Mo-nōc'ū-lar or Mo-nōc'ū-lous, a.p. 854Having one eye only; with one eye only; as, monocular vision. 2. Adapted to be used with only one eye at a time; as, a monocular microscope.
  28. Mōn'o-cūle, n.p. 854(Entom.) An insect with only one eye.
  29. Mōn'o-dăc'tyl-oūs, a.p. 854Having but one finger or toe.
  30. Mŏn'o-dēlph, n.p. 854(Zoöl.) An animal belonging to a class of mammals having no external pouch or marsupium, but bringing forth its young in such a state of maturity as to need no such additional protection;—so called…
  31. Mōn'o-dī-mē't'rie, a.p. 854(Crystallog.) Dimetrie.
  32. Mōn'o-dīst, n.p. 854One who writes a monody.
  33. Mōn'o-dōn, n.p. 854See NARWHAL.
  34. Mōn'o-dra-māt'ic, a.p. 854Pertaining to a monodram.
  35. Mōn'o-drām or Mōn'o-drāme, n.p. 854A dramatic performance by a single person.
  36. Mōn'o-dy, n.p. 854A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation.
  37. Mŏn'o-dy-năm'ic, a.p. 854Possessing but one capacity; having but a single power. Monodynamic men, men of a single talent, are rarely misapprehended. De Quincey.
  38. Mo-noe'ci-ā, n.p. 854(Bot.) A class of plants, according to the Linnæan system, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant.
  39. Mo-nœ'ci-an, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant belonging to the class Monœcia.
  40. Mo-nœ'ci-an or Mo-nœ'ciōus, a.p. 854(Bot.) Having the stamens and pistils in distinct flowers, but both growing upon the same individual plant.
  41. Mōn'o-găm, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant belonging to the order Monogamia.
  42. Mōn'o-gā'mi-ā, n. pl.p. 854(Bot.) An order of plants, in the Linnæan system, having simple flowers, though the anthers are united.
  43. Mōn'o-gā'mi-an, a.p. 854(Bot.) Pertaining to the order Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.
  44. Mo-nōg'a-mīst, n.p. 854One who disallows second marriages.
  45. Mo-nōg'a-mōūs, a.p. 855(Bot.) The same as MONOGAMIAN. 2. Having one wife only, and not permitted to marry a second.
  46. Mo-nōg'a-my, n.p. 855A marriage to one wife only, or the state of such as are restricted to a single wife, or may not marry again after the death of a first wife.
  47. Mōn'o-gās'tric, a.p. 855Having but a single stomach.
  48. Mōn'o-gĕn'e-sis, n.p. 855Oneness of origin. Dana.
  49. Mōn'o-grām, n.p. 855A character or cipher composed of one, two, or more letters interwoven, being an abbreviation of a name;—used on seals, and the like.
  50. Mōn'o-grām'mal, a.p. 855In the manner of a monogram; monogrammatic.
  51. Mōn'o-gram-māt'ic, a.p. 855In the style or manner of a monogram; monogrammic.
  52. Mōn'o-grām'mic, a.p. 855Pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.
  53. Mōn'o-grām'moūs, a.p. 855The same as MONOGRAMMAL.
  54. Mŏn'o-grāph, n.p. 855A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.
  55. Mo-nŏg'ra-pher, n.p. 855A writer of a monograph.
  56. Mōn'o-grāph'ic, a.p. 855
  57. Mōn'o-grāph'ic-alp. 855Drawn in lines without colors. 2. Pertaining to a monograph.
  58. Mōn'o-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 855In the manner of a monograph; in the form of a monograph.
  59. Mo-nŏg'ra-phist, n.p. 855One who writes a monograph.
  60. Mo-nōg'ra-phōūs, a.p. 855The same as MONOGRAPHIC.