MPage 227
- English Word Monotocous Definition Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic.
- English Word Monotocous Definition Uniparous; laying a single egg.
- English Word Monotomous Definition Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only.
- English Word Monotone Definition A single unvaried tone or sound.
- English Word Monotone Definition The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch.
- English Word Monotonic Definition Alt. of Monotonical
- English Word Monotonical Definition Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous.
- English Word Monotonist Definition One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced.
- English Word Monotonous Definition Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome.
- English Word Monotony Definition A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.
- English Word Monotony Definition Any irksome sameness, or want of variety.
- English Word Monotremata Definition 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.
- English Word Monotrematous Definition Of or pertaining to the Monotremata.
- English Word Monotreme Definition One of the Monotremata.
- English Word Monotriglyph Definition A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.
- English Word Monotropa Definition A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem.
- English Word Monotype Definition Alt. of Monotypic
- English Word Monotypic Definition Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.
- English Word Monovalent Definition Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.
- English Word Monoxide Definition An oxide containing one atom of oxygen in each molecule; as, barium monoxide.
- English Word Monoxylon Definition A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.
- English Word Monoxylous Definition Made of one piece of wood.
- English Word Monozoa Definition A division of Radiolaria; -- called also Monocyttaria.
- English Word Monroe doctrine Definition See under Doctrine.
- English Word Monseigneur Definition 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.)
- English Word Monsel's salt Definition A basic sulphate of iron; -- so named from Monsel, a Frenchman.
- English Word Monsel's solution Definition An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.
- English Word Monsieur Definition The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir.
- English Word Monsieur Definition The oldest brother of the king of France.
- English Word Monsieur Definition A Frenchman.