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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. 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.
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. Mŏn'o-chrōme, n.p. 854A painting with a single color.
  5. Mōn'o-chron'ic, a.p. 854Existing at the same time; contemporaneous.
  6. Mōn'o-çil'ī-ā'ted, a.p. 854Furnished with one cilium. See CILIA.
  7. 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…
  8. Mo-nōc'li-noūs, a.p. 854(Bot.) Hermaphrodite, or having both stamens and pistils in every flower.
  9. 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.
  10. Mōn'o-cōt'y-lē'don, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed-lobe.
  11. Mo-nŏc'ra-cy, n.p. 854Government by a single person; undivided rule.
  12. Mōn'o-crāt, n.p. 854One who governs alone; an aristocrat; a monarch.
  13. 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.
  14. Mōn'o-cūle, n.p. 854(Entom.) An insect with only one eye.
  15. Mōn'o-dăc'tyl-oūs, a.p. 854Having but one finger or toe.
  16. 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…
  17. Mōn'o-dī-mē't'rie, a.p. 854(Crystallog.) Dimetrie.
  18. Mōn'o-dīst, n.p. 854One who writes a monody.
  19. Mōn'o-dōn, n.p. 854See NARWHAL.
  20. Mōn'o-dra-māt'ic, a.p. 854Pertaining to a monodram.
  21. Mōn'o-drām or Mōn'o-drāme, n.p. 854A dramatic performance by a single person.
  22. Mōn'o-dy, n.p. 854A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. Mo-nœ'ci-an, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant belonging to the class Monœcia.
  26. 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.
  27. Mōn'o-găm, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant belonging to the order Monogamia.
  28. 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.
  29. Mōn'o-gā'mi-an, a.p. 854(Bot.) Pertaining to the order Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.
  30. Mo-nōg'a-mīst, n.p. 854One who disallows second marriages.
  31. Mo-nōg'a-mōūs, a.p. 855(Bot.) The same as MONOGAMIAN. 2. Having one wife only, and not permitted to marry a second.
  32. 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.
  33. Mōn'o-gās'tric, a.p. 855Having but a single stomach.
  34. Mōn'o-gĕn'e-sis, n.p. 855Oneness of origin. Dana.
  35. 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.
  36. Mōn'o-grām'mal, a.p. 855In the manner of a monogram; monogrammatic.
  37. Mōn'o-gram-māt'ic, a.p. 855In the style or manner of a monogram; monogrammic.
  38. Mōn'o-grām'mic, a.p. 855Pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.
  39. Mōn'o-grām'moūs, a.p. 855The same as MONOGRAMMAL.
  40. 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.
  41. Mo-nŏg'ra-pher, n.p. 855A writer of a monograph.
  42. Mōn'o-grāph'ic, a.p. 855
  43. Mōn'o-grāph'ic-alp. 855Drawn in lines without colors. 2. Pertaining to a monograph.
  44. Mōn'o-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 855In the manner of a monograph; in the form of a monograph.
  45. Mo-nŏg'ra-phist, n.p. 855One who writes a monograph.
  46. Mo-nōg'ra-phōūs, a.p. 855The same as MONOGRAPHIC.
  47. Mo-nŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 855A representation by lines only; an outline drawing; a mere sketch. 2. A monograph.
  48. Mōn'o-gyn, n.p. 855(Bot.) A plant of the order Monogynia.
  49. Mōn'o-gȳn'i-a, n.p. 855(Bot.) An order of plants in the Linnæan system, including those which have only one style or stigma.
  50. Mōn'o-gyn'i-an or Mo-nōg'y-noūs, a.p. 855(Bot.) Pertaining, or belonging, to the order Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.
  51. Mōn'o-hēm'er-oūs, a.p. 855(Med.) Continuing, or existing, but one day.
  52. Mōn'o-lith, n.p. 855A pillar, column, or the like, consisting of a single stone.
  53. Mŏn'o-lith'al or Mŏn'o-lith'ic, a.p. 855Consisting of, or furnished with, monoliths; consisting of a single stone.
  54. Mo-nŏl'o-gĭst, n.p. 855One who soliloquizes. 2. One who monopolizes conversation to the exclusion of others. De Quincey.
  55. Mōn'o-lōgue, n.p. 855A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy. 2. A poem, song, or scene, composed for a single performer.
  56. Mo-nŏl'o-gy, n.p. 855The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation. It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life. De Quincey.
  57. Mōn'o-mā'chi-ā or Mo-nōm'a-chy, n.p. 855A duel; single combat. “Unskilled in the dependencies and punctilios of the duello or monomachia.” W. Scott.
  58. Mo-nŏm'a-chĭst, n.p. 855One who fights in single combat; a duelist.
  59. Mōn'o-māne, n.p. 855A monomaniac. [Rare.]
  60. Mŏn'o-mā'ni-ă, n.p. 855Derangement of a single faculty of the mind, or with regard to a particular subject only. Syn.—Insanity; madness; alienation; aberration; derangement; mania. See INSANITY.