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Monamide

An amido compound with only one amido group; a monoamide.

Monamine

A basic compound containing one amido group; a monoamine; as, methyl amine is a monamine.

Monandria

A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.

Monandric

Of or pertaining to monandry; practicing monandry as a system of marriage.

Monandrous

Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen.

Monandry

The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; -- contrasted with polyandry.

Monarch

Superior to others; preeminent; supreme; ruling.

monarch butterfly

A very large red and black butterfly (Danais Plexippus) having striking orange-brown wings with black veins in a reticulated pattern; -- called also milkweed butterfly and monarch. Its larvae feed on the leaves of the milkweed.

Monarchal

Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovereign; regal; imperial.

Monarchian

One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; -- called also patripassian.

Monarchism

The principles of, or preference for, monarchy.

Monarchist

An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy.

Monarcho

The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor.

Monarchy

A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.

monarda

Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda.

Monas

A genus of minute flagellate Infusoria of which there are many species, both free and attached. See Illust. under Monad.

Monasterial

Of or pertaining to monastery, or to monastic life.

Monastery

A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females.

Monastical Monastic

Of or pertaining to monasteries, or to their occupants, rules, etc., as, monastic institutions or rules.

Monasticon

A book giving an account of monasteries.

Monatomic

Consisting of, or containing, one atom; as, the molecule of mercury is monatomic. Having the equivalence or replacing power of an atom of hydrogen; univalent; as, the methyl radical is monatomic.

monaural

Having or hearing with only one ear.

Monaxial

Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; as, monaxial development.

Monazite

A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, -- a phosphate of the cerium metals.

Monday

The second day of the week; the day following Sunday.

Monday's Child

A child who is fair of face; -- a reference to a nineteenth century poem. See below.

Monde

The world; a globe as an ensign of royalty.

Monembryony

The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo.

Monera

The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus.

Moneral

Of or pertaining to the Monera.

Moneran

Of or pertaining to the Monera. One of the Monera.

Monerula

A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner.

Monesia

The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative and astringent.

Monesin

The acrid principle of Monesia, sometimes used as a medicine.

Monest

To warn; to admonish; to advise.

monestrous

Having only one estrus period per breeding cycle or per year; -- of certain mammals.

monetarism

An economic theory holding that the rate of growth of the money supply is the priunciple cause of changes in inflation, economic growth, and unemployment.

monetarist

One who adheres to the theory of monetarism.

Monetary

Of or pertaining to money, or consisting of money; pecuniary.

monetization

The act or process of converting into money, or of establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country; as, the monetization of silver.

Monetize

To convert into money; to adopt as current money; as, to monetize silver.

Money

To supply with money.

Money-maker

One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money.

Money-making

Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as, a money-making business. Opposite of unprofitable.

money-spinner

a project that generates a continuous flow of money.

Moneyage

A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin.

moneybag

a drawstring bag for holding money.

Moneyed

Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyed men.

Moneyer

A person who deals in money; banker or broker.

moneylender

someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest.

Moneyless

Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious.

moneyman

a person skilled in large scale financial transactions.

Moneywort

A trailing plant (Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils.

Monger

To deal in; to make merchandise of; to traffic in; -- used chiefly of discreditable traffic.

Mongol

One of the Mongols. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.

Mongolian

Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols. One of the Mongols.

Mongolians Mongols

One of the great races of man, including the greater part of the inhabitants of China, Japan, and the interior of Asia, with branches in Northern Europe and other parts of the world. By some American Indians are considered a branch of the Mongols. In a more restricted sense, the inhabitants of Mongolia and adjacent countries, including the Burats and the Kalmuks.

Mongoloid

A person affected with Down syndrome; -- not a technical term.

Mongoos Mongoose

A species of ichneumon (Herpestes griseus), native of India. Applied also to other allied species, as the African banded mongoose (Crossarchus fasciatus).

Mongrelize

To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels.

Moniliales

The largest of the three orders into which the Fungi Imperfecti are divided, including various forms.

moniliasis

An infectious disease caused by fungi of the genera Monilia or Candida especially Candida albicans.

Moniliform

Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as, a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna.

Moniment

Something to preserve memory; a reminder; a monument; hence, a mark; an image; a superscription; a record.

Monish

To admonish; to warn. See Admonish.

Monisher

One who monishes; an admonisher.

Monism

That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; -- the opposite of dualism.

Monistic

Of, pertaining to, or involving, monism.

Monition

Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.

Monitive

Conveying admonition; admonitory.

Monitor

One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.

Monitorial

Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors.

Monitory

Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person.

Monk

A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty.

Monkery

The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.

Monkey

To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner.

monkey pod monkeypod

large ornamental tropical American tree (Albizia saman) with bipinnate leaves and globose clusters of flowers with crimson stamens and sweet-pulp seed pods eaten by cattle.

Monkey-bread

The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also, the tree. See Adansonia.

Monkey-pot

The fruit of two South American trees (Lecythis Ollaria, and Lecythis Zabucajo), which have for their fruit large, pot-shaped, woody capsules containing delicious nuts, and opening almost explosively by a circular lid at the top. Vases and pots are made of this capsule.

Monkeytail

A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery.

Monkfish

The angel fish (Squatina). The angler (Lophius), esp. the goosefishes Lophius Americanus in America and Lophius piscatorius in Europe, used for food.

Monkflower

A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to be sexually different forms of the same genus (Catasetum tridentatum, etc.).

Monkhood

The character or condition of a monk.

Monkish

Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as, monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude.

Monkly

Like, or suitable to, a monk.

Monkshood

A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite.

Mono

The black howler (Mycetes villosus), a monkey of Central America.

Monobasic

Capable of being neutralized by a univalent base or basic radical; having but one acid hydrogen atom to be replaced; -- said of acids; as, acetic, nitric, and hydrochloric acids are monobasic.

monocarboxylic monocarbonic

Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid. The more common term is monocarboxylic. Contrasted with dicarboxylic, tricarboxylic, etc.

Monocardian

Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians. An animal having a single heart.

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