A writer of a monody.

Pertaining to a monodrama.

A drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person.

A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.

Possessing but one capacity or power.

The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force.

A Linnaean class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant.

Of or pertaining to the Monoecia; monoecious. One of the Monoecia.

Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to dioecious.

The state or condition of being monoecious.

One of the Monogamia.

A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia.

Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.

One who practices or upholds monogamy.

Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.

The state of being monogamous; having one wife at a time.

Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.

Having but a single stomach.

Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism.

One in genesis; resulting from one process of formation; -- used of a mountain range.

Of or pertaining to monogenesis.

The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species.

One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; -- opposed to polygenist.

Monogenic.

Of or pertaining to monogenesis; as, monogenous, or asexual, reproduction.

Monogenesis.

Having but one brood in a season.

A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works.

To inscribe or ornament with a monogram.

See Monogrammic.

Monogrammic.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.

Monogrammic.

A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.

A writer of a monograph.

Of or pertaining to a monograph, or to a monography; as, a monographic writing; a monographic picture.

One who writes a monograph.

Monographic.

Representation by lines without color; an outline drawing.

One of the Monogynia.

A Linnaean order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma.

Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous. One of the Monogynia.

Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.

Marriage with the one woman only.

Lasting but one day.

Monoecious.

Worship of a single deity.

Using or knowing only one language; as, monolingual speakers; a monolingual dictionary. Opposite of multilingual.

A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.

Monolithic.

Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone.

One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company.

A speech uttered by a person alone; soliloquy; also, talk or discourse in company, in the strain of a soliloquy; as, an account in monologue.

The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation.

One who fights in single combat; a duelist.

A duel; single combat.

A monomaniac.

Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of ideas to show mental derangement.

A person affected by monomania.

Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.

The basic conceptual building unit of a polymer; a molecule of low molecular weight which may combine with other molecules to form a molecule in a chain or branched form having high molecular weight; as, amino acids are the monomer units which are combined to form proteins; vinylic plastics are formed from monomers having a vinyl group.

Not linked to other molecules of the same kind; having the property of a monomer. Opposed to polymeric.

Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.

Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.

The legalized use of one metal only, as gold, or silver, in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of money values. See Bimetallism.

One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism, etc.

A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter.

Same as Isometric.

Consisting of but a single term or expression.

Having but a single form; retaining the same form throughout the various stages of development; of the same or of an essentially similar type of structure; -- opposed to dimorphic, trimorphic, and polymorphic.

A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus.

An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.

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

Monomyal.

Having but one and the same nature or essence.

Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function.

Having but one person, or form of existence.

Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.

Having one and the same appearance; having a mutual resemblance.

Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to polyphonic.

A single uncompounded vowel sound.

Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.

Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.

One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx.

Having but one set of teeth; -- opposed to diphyodont.

One of a sect, in the ancient church, who maintained that the human and divine in Jesus Christ constituted but one composite nature. Also used adjectively.

Of or pertaining to Monophysites, or their doctrines.

A monoplastic element.

That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element.

Paralysis affecting a single limb.

A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus.

One of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but one leg and foot.

Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk.

A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed to sympodium.

A measure of but a single foot.

A monopolist.

One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly.

Of or pertaining to a monopolist.

A monopolist.

To acquire a monopoly of; to have or get the exclusive privilege or means of dealing in, or the exclusive possession of; to engross the whole of; as, to monopolize the coffee trade; to monopolize land.

One who monopolizes.

The exclusive power, or privilege of selling a commodity; the exclusive power, right, or privilege of dealing in some article, or of trading in some market; sole command of the traffic in anything, however obtained; as, the proprietor of a patented article is given a monopoly of its sale for a limited time; chartered trading companies have sometimes had a monopoly of trade with remote regions; a combination of traders may get a monopoly of a particular product.

An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.

The doctrine that there is but one immortal soul or intellect with which all men are endowed.

Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple.

A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella.

A noun having only one case.

Having but a single stone or kernel.

Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ, or set of organs.

The Marsipobranchiata.

A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme.

Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous.

The monosodium salt of the natural amino acid L-glutamine (C5H8NNaO4), used as a food additive to enhance flavor; abbreviated MSG. It is usually marketed as the monhydrate (C5H8NNaO4.H2O). It is commmonly used in Chinese-American restaurants, and has been identified as a main cause of Chinese restaurant syndrome.

A monospermous plant.

Having only one seed.

Consisting of one sphere only.

A composition consisting of one verse only.

Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridae.

A metrical composition consisting of a single strophe.

Having one strophe only; not varied in measure; written in unvaried measure.