MONITRESS
MON'ITRESS, noun A female monitor.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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MONK
MONK, noun [Latin monachus.] A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion. Monks usually live in monasteries, on entering ...
MONKERY
MONKERY, noun The life of monks; the monastic life.
MONKEY
MONKEY, noun The popular name of the ape and baboon. But in zoology, monkey is more properly the name of those animals of the genus Simia, which have long tails. Ray distributes...
MONKHOOD
MONKHOOD, noun The character of a monk.
MONKISH
MONKISH, adjective Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude.MONK'S HEAD, noun A plant of the genus Leontodon.MONK'S HOO...
MONOCEROS
MONOC'EROS, noun [Gr. sole and horn.] The unicorn.
MONOCHORD
MON'OCHORD, noun [Gr. sole, only, and chord.] A musical instrument of one string. As its name imports, it had originally but one string; but it is generally constructed with two...
MONOCHROMATIC
MONOCHROMAT'IC, adjective [Gr. sole, and color.] Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only.
MONOCOTYLE
MON'OCOTYLEMONOCOTYL'EDON, noun [Gr. sole, and a hollow.] In botany, a plant with only one cotyledon or seed-lobe.
MONOCOTYLEDON
MONOCOTYL'EDON, n. [Gr. sole, and a hollow.] In botany, a plant with only one cotyledon or seed-lobe.
MONOCOTYLEDONOUS
MONOCOTYLED'ONOUS, adjective Having only one seed-lobe or seminal leaf.
MONOCULAR
MONOC'ULARMON'OCULE, noun [supra.] An insect with one eye.
MONOCULE
MON'OCULE, n. [supra.] An insect with one eye.
MONOCULOUS
MONOC'ULOUS, adjective [Gr. sole, and Latin oculus, eye.]Having one eye only.
MONODACTYLOUS
MONODACTYLOUS, adjective [Gr.] Having one toe only, as an animal.
MONODIST
MONODIST, noun One who writes a monody.
MONODON
MON'ODON, noun [Gr. having one tooth or shoot.] The unicorn fish, or sea-unicorn, which has a remarkable horn projecting from its head. [This horn is really a tusk, of which the...
MONODY
MON'ODY, noun [Gr. sole, and song.]A song or poem sung by one person only.
MONOGAM
MON'OGAM, noun [Gr. sole, and marriage.] In botany, a plant that has a simple flower, though the anthers are united.
MONOGAMIAN
MONOGAM'IAN, adjective Pertaining to the order of plants that have a simple flower.
MONOGAMIST
MONOG'AMIST, noun [supra.] One who disallows second marriages.
MONOGAMOUS
MONOG'AMOUS, adjective Having one wife only and not permitted to marry a second.
MONOGAMY
MONOG'AMY, noun [supra.] The marriage of one wife only, or the state of such as are restrained to a single wife.
MONOGRAM
MON'OGRAM, noun [Gr. sole and letter.] A character or cypher composed of one, two or more letters interwoven, being an abbreviation of a name; used on seals, etc.
MONOGRAMMAL
MON'OGRAMMAL, adjective Sketching in the manner of a monogram.
MONOGRAPH
MON'OGRAPH, noun [Gr. sole, and to describe.] An account or description of a single thing or class of things; as a monograph of violets in botany; a monograph of an Egyptian mummy.