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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. Mo-nŏc'ra-cy, n.p. 854Government by a single person; undivided rule.
  2. Mōn'o-crāt, n.p. 854One who governs alone; an aristocrat; a monarch.
  3. 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.
  4. Mōn'o-cūle, n.p. 854(Entom.) An insect with only one eye.
  5. Mōn'o-dăc'tyl-oūs, a.p. 854Having but one finger or toe.
  6. 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…
  7. Mōn'o-dī-mē't'rie, a.p. 854(Crystallog.) Dimetrie.
  8. Mōn'o-dīst, n.p. 854One who writes a monody.
  9. Mōn'o-dōn, n.p. 854See NARWHAL.
  10. Mōn'o-dra-māt'ic, a.p. 854Pertaining to a monodram.
  11. Mōn'o-drām or Mōn'o-drāme, n.p. 854A dramatic performance by a single person.
  12. Mōn'o-dy, n.p. 854A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Mo-nœ'ci-an, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant belonging to the class Monœcia.
  16. 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.
  17. Mōn'o-găm, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant belonging to the order Monogamia.
  18. 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.
  19. Mōn'o-gā'mi-an, a.p. 854(Bot.) Pertaining to the order Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.
  20. Mo-nōg'a-mīst, n.p. 854One who disallows second marriages.
  21. Mo-nōg'a-mōūs, a.p. 855(Bot.) The same as MONOGAMIAN. 2. Having one wife only, and not permitted to marry a second.
  22. 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.
  23. Mōn'o-gās'tric, a.p. 855Having but a single stomach.
  24. Mōn'o-gĕn'e-sis, n.p. 855Oneness of origin. Dana.
  25. 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.
  26. Mōn'o-grām'mal, a.p. 855In the manner of a monogram; monogrammatic.
  27. Mōn'o-gram-māt'ic, a.p. 855In the style or manner of a monogram; monogrammic.
  28. Mōn'o-grām'mic, a.p. 855Pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.
  29. Mōn'o-grām'moūs, a.p. 855The same as MONOGRAMMAL.
  30. 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.
  31. Mo-nŏg'ra-pher, n.p. 855A writer of a monograph.
  32. Mōn'o-grāph'ic, a.p. 855
  33. Mōn'o-grāph'ic-alp. 855Drawn in lines without colors. 2. Pertaining to a monograph.
  34. Mōn'o-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 855In the manner of a monograph; in the form of a monograph.
  35. Mo-nŏg'ra-phist, n.p. 855One who writes a monograph.
  36. Mo-nōg'ra-phōūs, a.p. 855The same as MONOGRAPHIC.
  37. Mo-nŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 855A representation by lines only; an outline drawing; a mere sketch. 2. A monograph.
  38. Mōn'o-gyn, n.p. 855(Bot.) A plant of the order Monogynia.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. Mōn'o-hēm'er-oūs, a.p. 855(Med.) Continuing, or existing, but one day.
  42. Mōn'o-lith, n.p. 855A pillar, column, or the like, consisting of a single stone.
  43. Mŏn'o-lith'al or Mŏn'o-lith'ic, a.p. 855Consisting of, or furnished with, monoliths; consisting of a single stone.
  44. Mo-nŏl'o-gĭst, n.p. 855One who soliloquizes. 2. One who monopolizes conversation to the exclusion of others. De Quincey.
  45. Mōn'o-lōgue, n.p. 855A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy. 2. A poem, song, or scene, composed for a single performer.
  46. 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.
  47. 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.
  48. Mo-nŏm'a-chĭst, n.p. 855One who fights in single combat; a duelist.
  49. Mōn'o-māne, n.p. 855A monomaniac. [Rare.]
  50. 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.
  51. Mōn'o-mā'ni-ăc, n.p. 855A person affected by monomania.
  52. Mōn'o-mā'ni-ăc, a.p. 855Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect.
  53. Mōn'ōme, n.p. 855(Math.) A monomial. See MONOMIAL.
  54. Mō-nŏm'e-ter, n.p. 855A rhythmical series, consisting of a single meter.
  55. Mōn'o-mēt'rie, a.p. 855(Crystallog.) Having one measure or proportion; — said of a certain system of crystallization, in which the three axes are equal and intersect at right angles. See CRYSTALLIZATION.
  56. Mo-nō'mi-al, n.p. 855(Alg.) A single algebraic expression; that is, an expression unconnected with any other by the signs of addition, subtraction, equality, or inequality. Math. Dict.
  57. Mo-nō'mi-al, a.p. 855(Alg.) Consisting of but a single term or expression.
  58. Mōn'o-mȳ-ā'rĭ-a, n.p. 855(Conch.) An order of bivalves (as the oysters), having but one muscle for closing the shell in each valve.
  59. Mōn'o-my'a-ry, a.p. 855(Conch.) Having but one muscle for closing the shell, as in the oyster. Dana.
  60. Mōn/o-mȳ'a-ry, n.p. 855(Conch.) — A bivalve of the order Monomyaria.