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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-drām or Mōn'o-drāme, n.p. 854A dramatic performance by a single person.
  2. Mōn'o-dy, n.p. 854A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Mo-nœ'ci-an, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant belonging to the class Monœcia.
  6. 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.
  7. Mōn'o-găm, n.p. 854(Bot.) A plant belonging to the order Monogamia.
  8. 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.
  9. Mōn'o-gā'mi-an, a.p. 854(Bot.) Pertaining to the order Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.
  10. Mo-nōg'a-mīst, n.p. 854One who disallows second marriages.
  11. Mo-nōg'a-mōūs, a.p. 855(Bot.) The same as MONOGAMIAN. 2. Having one wife only, and not permitted to marry a second.
  12. 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.
  13. Mōn'o-gās'tric, a.p. 855Having but a single stomach.
  14. Mōn'o-gĕn'e-sis, n.p. 855Oneness of origin. Dana.
  15. 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.
  16. Mōn'o-grām'mal, a.p. 855In the manner of a monogram; monogrammatic.
  17. Mōn'o-gram-māt'ic, a.p. 855In the style or manner of a monogram; monogrammic.
  18. Mōn'o-grām'mic, a.p. 855Pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.
  19. Mōn'o-grām'moūs, a.p. 855The same as MONOGRAMMAL.
  20. 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.
  21. Mo-nŏg'ra-pher, n.p. 855A writer of a monograph.
  22. Mōn'o-grāph'ic, a.p. 855
  23. Mōn'o-grāph'ic-alp. 855Drawn in lines without colors. 2. Pertaining to a monograph.
  24. Mōn'o-grāph'ic-al-ly, adv.p. 855In the manner of a monograph; in the form of a monograph.
  25. Mo-nŏg'ra-phist, n.p. 855One who writes a monograph.
  26. Mo-nōg'ra-phōūs, a.p. 855The same as MONOGRAPHIC.
  27. Mo-nŏg'ra-phy, n.p. 855A representation by lines only; an outline drawing; a mere sketch. 2. A monograph.
  28. Mōn'o-gyn, n.p. 855(Bot.) A plant of the order Monogynia.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. Mōn'o-hēm'er-oūs, a.p. 855(Med.) Continuing, or existing, but one day.
  32. Mōn'o-lith, n.p. 855A pillar, column, or the like, consisting of a single stone.
  33. Mŏn'o-lith'al or Mŏn'o-lith'ic, a.p. 855Consisting of, or furnished with, monoliths; consisting of a single stone.
  34. Mo-nŏl'o-gĭst, n.p. 855One who soliloquizes. 2. One who monopolizes conversation to the exclusion of others. De Quincey.
  35. Mōn'o-lōgue, n.p. 855A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy. 2. A poem, song, or scene, composed for a single performer.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. Mo-nŏm'a-chĭst, n.p. 855One who fights in single combat; a duelist.
  39. Mōn'o-māne, n.p. 855A monomaniac. [Rare.]
  40. 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.
  41. Mōn'o-mā'ni-ăc, n.p. 855A person affected by monomania.
  42. Mōn'o-mā'ni-ăc, a.p. 855Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect.
  43. Mōn'ōme, n.p. 855(Math.) A monomial. See MONOMIAL.
  44. Mō-nŏm'e-ter, n.p. 855A rhythmical series, consisting of a single meter.
  45. 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.
  46. 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.
  47. Mo-nō'mi-al, a.p. 855(Alg.) Consisting of but a single term or expression.
  48. 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.
  49. Mōn'o-my'a-ry, a.p. 855(Conch.) Having but one muscle for closing the shell, as in the oyster. Dana.
  50. Mōn/o-mȳ'a-ry, n.p. 855(Conch.) — A bivalve of the order Monomyaria.
  51. Mōn'o-môr'phōus, a.p. 855Having but a single form, as a monomorphous insect, which, in its larval state, is nearly the same as in the perfect condition, except as being wingless.
  52. Mōn'o-ous'i-an or Mōn'o-ous'i-oûs, a.p. 855(Theol.) Having but one and the same nature or essence.
  53. Mo-nŏp'a-thy, n.p. 855Solitary suffering or sensibility.
  54. Mōn'o-pēr'son-al, a.p. 855Having but one person, or form of existence.
  55. Mōn'o-pĕt'a-lous, a.p. 855(Bot.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube; gamopetalous.
  56. Mō-nŏph'a-noŭs, a.p. 855Having one and the same appearance; mutually resemblant.
  57. Mōn'o-phōn'ic, a.p. 855(Mus.) Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; — opposed to polyphonic.
  58. Mōn'oph-thōng, n.p. 855A single uncompounded vowel sound. 2. A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.
  59. Mōn'oph-thōn'gal, a.p. 855Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.
  60. Mo-nŏph'yl-lous or Mŏn'o-phŷl'lous, a.p. 855(Bot.) One-leaved; having a leaf of but one piece.