Webster's Dictionary 1913

4699

Monogyn

Mon″o‐gyn (?), n.(Bot.) One of the Monogynia.

4700

Monogynia

‖Mon′o‐gyn″i‐a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. μόνοσ single + � woman, female.] (Bot.) A Linnæan order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma.

4701

Monogynian

Mon′o‐gyn″i‐an (?), a.(Bot.) Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous. — n. One of the Monogynia.

4702

Monogynous

Mo‐nog″y‐nous (?), a. [Cf. F. monogyne.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to Monogynia; having only one style or stigma.

4703

Monogyny

Mo‐nog″y‐ny (?), n. [See Monogynia.] 1. Marriage with the one woman only.2. (Bot.) The state or condition of being monogynous.

4704

Monohemerous

Mon′o‐hem″er‐ous (?), a. [Mono- + Gr. � day.] (Med.) Lasting but one day.

4705

Monoicous

Mo‐noi″cous (?), a.(Bot.) Monœcious.

4706

Monolatry

Mo‐nol″a‐try (?), n. [Mono- + Gr. � worship.] Worship of a single deity.

4707

Monolith

Mon″o‐lith (?), n. [F. monolithe, L. monolithus consisting of a single stone, Gr. �; μόνοσ single + λίθοσ stone.] A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pil...

4708

Monolithal

Mon″o‐lith′al (?), a. Monolithic.

4709

Monolithic

Mon′o‐lith″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone.

4710

Monologist

Mo‐nol″o‐gist (?), n. [See Monologue.] One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company. De Quincey.

4711

Monologue

Mon″o‐logue (?), n. [F. monologue, Gr. � speaking alone; μόνοσ alone, single, sole + λόγοσ speech, discourse, λέγειν to speak. See Legend.] 1. A speech uttered by a person alone...

4712

Monology

Mo‐nol″o‐gy (?), n. The habit of soliloquizing, or of monopolizing conversation.It was not by an insolent usurpation that Coleridge persisted in monology through his whole life....

4713

Monomachia

{ ‖Mon′o‐ma″chi‐a (?), Mo‐nom″a‐chy (?), } n. [L. monomachia, Gr. �, fr. � fighting in single combat; μόνοσ single, alone + � to fight.] A duel; single combat. “The duello or mo...

4714

Monomachist

Mo‐nom″a‐chist (?), n. One who fights in single combat; a duelist.

4715

Monomane

Mon″o‐mane (?), n. A monomaniac.

4716

Monomania

Mon′o‐ma″ni‐a (?), n. [Mono- + mania.] Derangement of the mind in regard of a single subject only; also, such a concentration of interest upon one particular subject or train of...

4717

Monomaniac

Mon′oma″ni‐ac (?), n. A person affected by monomania.

4718

Monomaniac (2)

{ Mon′oma″ni‐ac (?), Mon′oma″ni‐a‐cal (?), } a. [Cf. F. monomaniaque.] Affected with monomania, or partial derangement of intellect; caused by, or resulting from, monomania; as,...

4719

Monome

Mon″ome (?), n. [F., fr. Gr. μόνοσ single + -nome as in binome. See Binomial.] (Math.) A monomial.

4720

Monomerous

Mo‐nom″er‐ous (?), a. [Gr. μόνοσ single; μόνοσ alone + � part.] 1. (Bot.) Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil.2. (Zoöl....

4721

Monometallic

Mon′o‐me‐tal″lic (?), a. Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.

4722

Monometallism

Mon′o‐met″al‐lism (?), n. [Mono- + metal.] 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 ...

4723

Monometallist

Mon′o‐met″al‐list (?), n. One who believes in monometallism as opposed to bimetallism, etc.

4724

Monometer

Mo‐nom″e‐ter (?), n. [Gr. � of one meter; μόνοσ single + � measure.] A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter.

4725

Monometric

Mon′o‐met″ric (?), a. [Cf. F. monométrique.] (Crystallog.) Same as Isometric.