| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| monachism | noun | The system and influences of a monastic life; monasticism. |
| monadaria | noun pl. | The Infusoria. |
| monadical | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or like, a monad, in any of its senses. See Monad, n. |
| monandria | noun pl. | A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen. |
| monandric | adjective | Of or pertaining to monandry; practicing monandry as a system of marriage. |
| monarchal | adjective | Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovoreign; regal; imperial. |
| monarchic | adjective | Alt. of Monarchical |
| monastery | noun | A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; — more rarely applied to such a house for females. |
| monatomic | adverb | 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. |
| monecious | adjective | See Monoecian, and Monoecious. |
| moneyless | adjective | Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious. |
| moneywort | noun | A trailing plant (Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils. |
| mongolian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols., One of the Mongols. |
| mongoloid | adjective | Resembling a Mongol or the Mongols; having race characteristics, such as color, hair, and features, like those of the Mongols. |
| monitress | noun | Alt. of Monitrix |
| monkeries | plural | of Monkery |
| monkshood | noun | A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite. |
| monobasic | adjective | 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. |
| monoceros | noun | A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one horn., The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion. |
| monochord | noun | An instrument for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them. |
| monocline | noun | A monoclinal fold. |
| monocotyl | noun | Any monocotyledonous plant. |
| monocracy | noun | Government by a single person; undivided rule. |
| monocular | adjective | Having only one eye; with one eye only; as, monocular vision., Adapted to be used with only one eye at a time; as, a monocular microscope. |
| monodelph | noun | Alt. of Monodelphian |
| monodical | adjective | Belonging to a monody., For one voice; monophonic., Homophonic; — applied to music in which the melody is confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic. |
| monodrama | noun | Alt. of Monodrame |
| monodrame | noun | A drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person. |
| monoecian | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Monoecia; monoecious., One of the Monoecia., A monoecious animal, as certain mollusks. |
| monoecism | noun | The state or condition of being monoecious. |
| monogamia | noun pl. | A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia. |
| monogamic | adjective | Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy., Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers. |
| monogenic | adjective | Of or pertaining to monogenesis., Producing only one kind of germs, or young; developing only in one way. |
| monograph | noun | A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range. |
| monogynia | noun pl. | A Linnaean order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma. |
| monoicous | adjective | Monoecious. |
| monolatry | noun | Worship of a single deity. |
| monologue | noun | 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., A dramatic composition for a single performer. |
| monomachy | noun | A duel; single combat. |
| monomania | noun | 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. |
| monometer | noun | A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter. |
| monomyary | adjective | Of or pertaining to the Monomya., One of the Monomya. |
| monopathy | noun | Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function. |
| monoplast | noun | A monoplastic element. |
| monopodia | plural | of Monopodium |
| monopoler | noun | A monopolist. |
| monoptera | plural | of Monopteron |
| monoptote | noun | A noun having only one case., A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases. |
| monorhina | noun pl. | The Marsipobranchiata. |
| monorhyme | noun | A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme. |
| monosperm | noun | A monospermous plant. |
| monostich | noun | A composition consisting of one verse only. |
| monotonic | adjective | Alt. of Monotonical |
| monotreme | noun | One of the Monotremata. |
| monotropa | noun | A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem. |
| monotypic | adjective | Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species. |
| monoxylon | noun | A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber. |
| monstrous | adjective | Marvelous; strange., Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth., Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; — said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story., Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful., Abounding in monsters., Exceedingly; very; very much. |
| montaigne | noun | A mountain. |
| montanist | noun | 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. |
| monthling | noun | That which is a month old, or which lives for a month. |
| monthlies | plural | of Monthly |
| monticule | noun | See Monticle. |
| montiform | adjective | Resembling a mountain in form. |