Monology (n.) The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation.
Monomachia (n.) Alt. of Monomachy
Monomachy (n.) A duel; single combat.
Monomachist (n.) One who fights in single combat; a duelist.
Monomane (n.) A monomaniac.
Monomania (n.) 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.
Monomaniac (n.) A person affected by monomania.
Monomaniac (a.) Alt. of Monomaniacal
Monomaniacal (a.) Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as, a monomaniacal delusion.
Monome (n.) A monomial.
Monomerous (a.) Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.
Monomerous (a.) Having but one joint; -- said of the foot of certain insects.
Monometallic (a.) Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.
Monometallism (n.) 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.
Monometallist (n.) One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism, etc.
Monometer (n.) A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter.
Monometric (a.) Same as Isometric.
Monomial (n.) A single algebraic expression; that is, an expression unconnected with any other by the sign of addition, substraction, equality, or inequality.
Monomial (a.) Consisting of but a single term or expression.
Monomorphic (a.) Alt. of Monomorphous
Monomorphous (a.) 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.
Monomphalus (n.) A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus.
Monomya (n.pl.) Alt. of Monomyaria
Monomyaria (n.pl.) An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster.
Monomyarian (a.) Alt. of Monomyary
Monomyary (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monomya.
Monomyary (n.) One of the Monomya.
Mononomial (n. & a.) Monomyal.
Monoousian (a.) Alt. of Monoousious
Monoousious (a.) Having but one and the same nature or essence.
Monopathy (n.) Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function.
Monopersonal (a.) Having but one person, or form of existence.
Monopetalous (a.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.
Monophanous (a.) Having one and the same appearance; having a mutual resemblance.
Monophonic (a.) Single-voiced; having but one part; as, a monophonic composition; -- opposed to polyphonic.
Monophthong (n.) A single uncompounded vowel sound.
Monophthong (n.) A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.
Monophthongal (a.) Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.
Monophyletic (a.) Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.
Monophyllous (a.) One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as, a monophyllous involucre or calyx.
Monophyodont (a.) Having but one set of teeth; -- opposed to diphyodont.
Monophysite (n.) 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.
Monophysitical (a.) Of or pertaining to Monophysites, or their doctrines.
Monoplast (n.) A monoplastic element.
Monoplastic (a.) That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element.
Monoplegia (n.) Paralysis affecting a single limb.
Monopneumona (n. pl.) A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus.
Monopode (n.) One of a fabulous tribe or race of Ethiopians having but one leg and foot.
Monopode (n.) A monopodium.
Monopodial (a.) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk.
Monopodia (pl. ) of Monopodium
-ums (pl. ) of Monopodium
Monopodium (n.) A single and continuous vegetable axis; -- opposed to sympodium.
Monopody (n.) A measure of but a single foot.
Monopoler (n.) A monopolist.
Monopolist (n.) One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly.
Monopolistic (a.) Of or pertaining to a monopolist.
Monopolite (n.) A monopolist.
Monopolized (imp. & p. p.) of Monopolize
Monopolizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Monopolize
Monopolize (v. t.) 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.
Monopolizer (n.) One who monopolizes.
Monopolies (pl. ) of Monopoly
Monopoly (n.) 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.
Monopoly (n.) Exclusive possession; as, a monopoly of land.
Monopoly (n.) The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as, tobacco is a monopoly in France.
Monopolylogue (n.) An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.
Monopsychism (n.) The doctrine that there is but one immortal soul or intellect with which all men are endowed.
Monopteral (a.) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple.
Monoptera (pl. ) of Monopteron
Monopteron (n.) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella.
Monoptote (n.) A noun having only one case.
Monoptote (n.) A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases.
Monopyrenous (a.) Having but a single stone or kernel.
Monorganic (a.) Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ, or set of organs.
Monorhina (n. pl.) The Marsipobranchiata.
Monorhyme (n.) A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme.
Monosepalous (a.) Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous.
Monosperm (n.) A monospermous plant.
Monospermal (a.) Alt. of Monospermous
Monospermous (a.) Having only one seed.
Monospherical (a.) Consisting of one sphere only.
Monostich (n.) A composition consisting of one verse only.
Monostichous (a.) Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridae.
Monostrophe (n.) A metrical composition consisting of a single strophe.
Monostrophic (a.) Having one strophe only; not varied in measure; written in unvaried measure.
Monosulphide (n.) A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; -- contrasted with a polysulphide; as, galena is a monosulphide.
Monosulphuret (n.) See Monosulphide.
Monosyllabic (a.) Being a monosyllable, or composed of monosyllables; as, a monosyllabic word; a monosyllabic language.
Monosyllabism (n.) The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables.
Monosyllable (n.) A word of one syllable.
Monosyllabled (a.) Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables.
Monosymmetric (a.) Alt. of Monosymmetrical
Monosymmetrical (a.) Same as Monoclinic.
Monotessaron (n.) A single narrative framed from the statements of the four evangelists; a gospel harmony.
Monothalama (n. pl.) A division of Foraminifera including those that have only one chamber.
Monothalaman (n.) A foraminifer having but one chamber.
Monothalamous (a.) One-chambered.
Monothalmic (a.) Formed from one pistil; -- said of fruits.
Monothecal (a.) Having a single loculament.