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Monopode

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

Monopodial

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

Monopodium

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

Monopolist

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

Monopolize

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.

Monopoly

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.

Monopolylogue

An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.

Monopsychism

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

monopteral

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

Monopteron

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

Monorganic

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

Monorhyme

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

Monosepalous

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

monosodium glutamate

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.

Monostich

A composition consisting of one verse only.

Monostichous

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

Monostrophe

A metrical composition consisting of a single strophe.

Monostrophic

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

Monosulphide

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

Monosyllabic

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

Monosyllabism

The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables.

Monotessaron

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

Monothalama

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

Monotheism

The doctrine or belief that there is but one God.

Monotheist

One who believes that there is but one God.

Monothelite

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

Monothelitic

Of or pertaining to the Monothelites, or their doctrine.

Monotomous

Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only.

Monotone

A single unvaried tone or sound.

Monotonist

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

Monotonous

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

Monotony

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

Monotremata

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.

Monotriglyph

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

Monotropa

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

Monotropaceae

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.

Monotypic Monotype

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

Monovalent

Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.

monovular

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

Monoxide

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

Monoxylon

A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.

Monozoa

A division of Radiolaria; -- called also Monocyttaria.

Monseigneur

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.)

Monsieur

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

Monsignore

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

monsoon

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.

monstera

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

monstrance

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

Monstrosity

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

Monstrously

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

Monstrousness

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

Montanic

Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains.

Montanist

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.

Monte

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

Monte-acid

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

Monte-jus

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

Monteith

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.

Monteith Monteth

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

Montem

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.

Montero

An ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or huntsmen.

Montgolfier

A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon.

Month

One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.

Monthling

That which is a month old, or which lives for a month.

Monthly

Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes monthly.

Monticle

A little mount; a hillock; a small elevation or prominence.

Monticulate

Furnished with monticles or little elevations.

Montoir

A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.

Monton

A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.

Montre

A stop, usually the open diapason, having its pipes /shown/ as part of the organ case, or otherwise specially mounted.

Montrue

That on which anything is mounted; a setting; hence, a saddle horse.

Monument

Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.

Monumental

Of, pertaining to, or suitable for, a monument; as, a monumental inscription.

Monureid

Any one of a series of complex nitrogenous substances regarded as derived from one molecule of urea; as, alloxan is a monureid.

Moo

The lowing of a cow.

moo-cow

a cow{1}; -- a child's word. See 1st cow{1}, n.

mooch

to ask for and get free; to borrow without intending to repay; to sponge; -- usually with objects of small value; as, he mooched a few cigarettes from me.

Mood

Temper of mind; temporary state of the mind in regard to passion or feeling; humor; as, a melancholy mood; a suppliant mood.

Moodiness

The quality or state of being moody; specifically, liability to strange or violent moods.

Moodir

The governor of a province in Egypt, etc.

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