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.

A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; -- contrasted with a polysulphide; as, galena is a monosulphide.

See Monosulphide.

Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language.

A word of one syllable.

Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables.

Same as Monoclinic.

A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony.

A division of Foraminifera including those that have only one chamber.

A foraminifer having but one chamber.

One-chambered.

Formed from one pistil; -- said of fruits.

Having a single loculament.

The doctrine or belief that there is but one God.

One who believes that there is but one God.

Of or pertaining to monotheism.

One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but one will as he had but one nature. Cf. Monophysite.

Of or pertaining to the Monothelites, or their doctrine.

The doctrine of the Monothelites.

Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic.

Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only.

A single unvaried tone or sound.

Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous.

One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced.

Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome.

A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.

A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna.

Of or pertaining to the Monotremata.

One of the Monotremata.

A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.

A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem.

A natural family of plants, used in some classifications for saprophytic herbs; it is sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae, and contains the genera Monotropa and Sarcodes.

Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.

Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.

derived from a single egg or ovum; -- of twins; as, identical twins are monovular. Contrasted with fraternal.

An oxide containing one atom of oxygen in each molecule; as, barium monoxide.

A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.

Made of one piece of wood.

A division of Radiolaria; -- called also Monocyttaria.

My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)

The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir.

My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.)

A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December.

To make monstrous.

any plant of the genus Monstera; they are often grown as houseplants.

A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.

The act of demonstrating; proof.

The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster.

Exceedingly; very; very much.

In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as, monstrously wicked.

The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary.

Monstrosity.

Monstrous.

Mountain.

A mountain.

Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains.

A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life.

An upward thrust or blow.

In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region.

An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory.

An apparatus for raising a liquid by pressure of air or steam in a reservoir containing the liquid.

A kind of cotton handkerchief having a uniform colored ground with a regular pattern of white spots produced by discharging the color; -- so called from the Glasgow manufactures.

A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.

A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the senior scholar of the school.