Moabite
Mo´ab•ite, n. One of the posterity of Moab, the son of Lot. ( Gen. xix. 37.) Also used adjectively.

Moabite stone
Mo"ab•ite stone (Archaeol.) A block of black basalt, found at Dibon in Moab by Rev. F. A. Klein, Aug. 19, 1868, which bears an inscription of thirty-four lines, dating from the 9th century b. c., and written in the Moabite alphabet, the oldest Phœnician type of the Semitic alphabet. It records the victories of Mesha, king of Moab, esp. those over Israel ( 2 Kings iii. 4, 5, 27).

Moabitish
Mo´ab•i•tish, a. Moabite. Ruth ii. 6.

Moan (mon), v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Moaned (mond); p. pr. & vb. n. Moaning.] [AS. maenan to moan, also to mean; but in the latter sense perh. a different word. Cf. Mean to intend.]
1. To make a low prolonged sound of grief or pain, whether articulate or not; to groan softly and continuously.
"Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans." Thomson.
"Let there bechance him pitiful mischances, To make him moan." Shak.
2. To emit a sound like moan; — said of things inanimate; as the wind moans.

Moan, v. t.
1. To bewail audibly; to lament.
"Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan My dear Columbo, dead and gone." Prior.
2. To afflict; to distress. [Obs.]
"Which infinitely moans me." Beau. & Fl.

Moan, n. [OE. mone. See Moan, v. i.]
1. A low prolonged sound, articulate or not, indicative of pain or of grief; a low groan.
"Sullen moans, hollow groans." Pope.
2. A low mournful or murmuring sound; — of things.
"Rippling waters made a pleasant moan." Byron.

Moat, n. [OF. mote hill, dike, bank, F. motte clod, turf: cf. Sp. & Pg. mota bank or mound of earth, It. motta clod, LL. mota, motta, a hill on which a fort is built, an eminence, a dike, Prov. G. mott bog earth heaped up; or perh. F. motte, and OF. mote, are from a LL. p. p. of L. movere to move (see Move). The name of moat, properly meaning, bank or mound, was transferred to the ditch adjoining: cf. F. dike and ditch.] (Fort.) A deep trench around the rampart of a castle or other fortified place, sometimes filled with water; a ditch.

Moat, v. t. To surround with a moat. Dryden.

Moate, v. i. [See Mute to molt.] To void the excrement, as a bird; to mute. [Obs.]

Mobcap
Mob´cap, n. [D. mop-muts; OD. mop a woman’s coif + D. muts cap.] A plain cap or headdress for women or girls; especially, one tying under the chin by a very broad band, generally of the same material as the cap itself. Thackeray.

Mobile
Mo´bile, a. [L. mobilis, for movibilis, fr. movere to move: cf. F. mobile. See Move.]
1. Capable of being moved; not fixed in place or condition; movable. "Fixed or else mobile." Skelton.
2. Characterized by an extreme degree of fluidity; moving or flowing with great freedom; as benzine and mercury are mobile liquids; — opposed to viscous, viscoidal, or oily.
3. Easily moved in feeling, purpose, or direction; excitable; changeable; fickle. Testament of Love.
"The quick and mobile curiosity of her disposition." Hawthorne.
4. Changing in appearance and expression under the influence of the mind; as mobile features.
5. (Physiol.) Capable of being moved, aroused, or excited; capable of spontaneous movement.

Mobile
Mo´bile (mo"bil; L. mob"i•le), n. [L. mobile vulgus. See Mobile, a. , and cf. 3d Mob.] The mob; the populace. [Obs.] "The unthinking mobile." South.

Mobilization
Mob•i•li•za´tion, n. [F. mobilization.] The act of mobilizing.

Mobilize
Mob´i•lize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mobilized p. pr. & vb. n. Mobilizing ] [F. mobiliser.] To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps.

Mobocrat
Mob´o•crat, n. One who favors a form of government in which the unintelligent populace rules without restraint. Bayne.

Mobocratic
Mob•o•crat´ic, a. Of, or relating to, a mobocracy.

Moccasin
Moc´ca•sin, n. [An Indian word. Algonquin makisin.] [Sometimes written moccason.]
1. A shoe made of deerskin, or other soft leather, the sole and upper part being one piece. It is the customary shoe worn by the American Indians.
2. (Zoöl.) A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The water moccasin ( Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles. Moccasin flower (Bot.), a species of lady’s slipper ( Cypripedium acaule) found in North America. The lower petal is two inches long, and forms a rose-colored moccasin-shaped pouch. It grows in rich woods under coniferous trees.

Moccasined
Moc´ca•sined, a. Covered with, or wearing, a moccasin or moccasins. "Moccasined feet." Harper’s Mag.

Mocha
Mo´cha, n.
1. A seaport town of Arabia, on the Red Sea.
2. A variety of coffee brought from Mocha.
3. An Abyssinian weight, equivalent to a Troy grain. Mocha stone (Min.), moss agate.

Moche, n. [F.] A bale of raw silk.

Moche, a. Much. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mochel
Moch´el, a. & adv. Much. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mochila
Mo•chi´la, n. [Sp.] A large leather flap which covers the saddletree. [Western U.S.]

Mock, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mocked p. pr. & vb. n. Mocking.] [F. moquer, of uncertain origin; cf. OD. mocken to mumble, G. mucken, OSw. mucka.]
1. To imitate; to mimic; esp., to mimic in sport, contempt, or derision; to deride by mimicry.
"To see the life as lively mocked as ever Still sleep mocked death." Shak.
"Mocking marriage with a dame of France." Shak.
2. To treat with scorn or contempt; to deride.
"Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud." 1 Kings xviii. 27.
"Let not ambition mock their useful toil." Gray.
3. To disappoint the hopes of; to deceive; to tantalize; as to mock expectation.
"Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies." Judg. xvi. 13.
"He will not … Mock us with his blest sight, then snatch him hence." Milton.
Syn. — To deride; ridicule; taunt; jeer; tantalize; disappoint. See Deride.

Mock, v. i. To make sport in contempt or in jest; to speak in a scornful or jeering manner.
"When thou mockest, shall no man make thee ashamed?" Job xi. 3.
"She had mocked at his proposal." Froude.

Mock, n.
1. An act of ridicule or derision; a scornful or contemptuous act or speech; a sneer; a jibe; a jeer.
"Fools make a mock at sin." Prov. xiv. 9.
2. Imitation; mimicry. [R.] Crashaw.

Mock, a. Imitating reality, but not real; false; counterfeit; assumed; sham.
"That superior greatness and mock majesty." Spectator. Mock bishop’s weed (Bot.), a genus of slender umbelliferous herbs ( Discopleura) growing in wet places. — Mock heroic, burlesquing the heroic; as a mock heroic poem. — Mock lead. See Blende ( a). — Mock nightingale (Zoöl.), the European blackcap. — Mock orange (Bot.), a genus of American and Asiatic shrubs ( Philadelphus), with showy white flowers in panicled cymes. P. coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. — Mock sun. See Parhelion. — Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf’s head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup. — Mock velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado.

Mockado
Mock´a•do, n. A stuff made in imitation of velvet; — probably the same as mock velvet. [Obs.]
"Our rich mockado doublet." Ford.

Mockadour
Mock´a•dour, n. See Mokadour. [Obs.]

Mockbird
Mock´bird, n. (Zoöl.) The European sedge warbler ( Acrocephalus phragmitis).

Mocker
Mock´er, n.
1. One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.
2. A deceiver; an impostor.
3. (Zoöl.) A mocking bird. Mocker nut (Bot.), a kind of hickory ( Carya tomentosa) and its fruit, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut.

Mockery
Mock´er•y, n. ; pl. Mockeries (#). [F. moquerie.]
1. The act of mocking, deriding, and exposing to contempt, by mimicry, by insincere imitation, or by a false show of earnestness; a counterfeit appearance.
"It is, as the air, invulnerable, And our vain blows malicious mockery." Shak.
"Grace at meals is now generally so performed as to look more like a mockery upon devotion than any solemn application of the mind to God." Law.
"And bear about the mockery of woe." Pope.
2. Insulting or contemptuous action or speech; contemptuous merriment; derision; ridicule.
"The laughingstock of fortune’s mockeries." Spenser.
3. Subject of laughter, derision, or sport.
"The cruel handling of the city whereof they made a mockery." 2 Macc. viii. 17.

Mocking
Mock´ing, a. Imitating, esp. in derision, or so as to cause derision; mimicking; derisive. Mocking bird (Zoöl.), a North American singing bird ( Mimus polyglottos), remarkable for its exact imitations of the notes of other birds. Its back is gray; the tail and wings are blackish, with a white patch on each wing; the outer tail feathers are partly white. The name is also applied to other species of the same genus, found in Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies. — Mocking thrush (Zoöl.), any species of the genus Harporhynchus, as the brown thrush ( H. rufus). — Mocking wren (Zoöl.), any American wren of the genus Thryothorus, esp. T. Ludovicianus.

Mockingly
Mock´ing•ly, adv. By way of derision; in a contemptuous or mocking manner.

Mockingstock
Mock´ing•stock, n. A butt of sport; an object of derision. [R.]

Mockish
Mock´ish, a. Mock; counterfeit; sham. [Obs.]

Mockle
Moc´kle, a. See Mickle.

Modal
Mo´dal, a. [Cf. F. modal. See Mode.]
1. Of or pertaining to a mode or mood; consisting in mode or form only; relating to form; having the form without the essence or reality. Glanvill.
2. (Logic & Metaph.) Indicating, or pertaining to, some mode of conceiving existence, or of expressing thought.

Modality
Mo•dal´i•ty, n. [Cf. F. modalite.]
1. The quality or state of being modal.
2. (Logic & Metaph.) A modal relation or quality; a mode or point of view under which an object presents itself to the mind. According to Kant, the quality of propositions, as assertory, problematical, or apodeictic.

Modally
Mo´dal•ly, adv. In a modal manner.
"A compound proposition, the parts of which are united modally … by the particles "as" and "so."" Gibbs.

Mode, n. [L. modus a measure, due or proper measure, bound, manner, form; akin to E. mete: cf. F. mode. See Mete, and cf. Commodious, Mood in grammar, Modus.]
1. Manner of doing or being; method; form; fashion; custom; way; style; as the mode of speaking; the mode of dressing.
"The duty of itself being resolved on, the mode of doing it may easily be found." Jer. Taylor.
"A table richly spread in regal mode." Milton.
2. Prevailing popular custom; fashion, especially in the phrase the mode.
"The easy, apathetic graces of a man of the mode." Macaulay.
3. Variety; gradation; degree. Pope.
4. (Metaph.) Any combination of qualities or relations, considered apart from the substance to which they belong, and treated as entities; more generally, condition, or state of being; manner or form of arrangement or manifestation; form, as opposed to matter.
"Modes I call such complex ideas which, however compounded, contain not in them the supposition of subsisting by themselves, but are considered as dependencies on, or affections of, substances." Locke.
5. (Logic) The form in which the proposition connects the predicate and subject, whether by simple, contingent, or necessary assertion; the form of the syllogism, as determined by the quantity and quality of the constituent proposition; mood.
6. (Gram.) Same as Mood.
7. (Mus.) The scale as affected by the various positions in it of the minor intervals; as the Dorian mode, the Ionic mode, etc., of ancient Greek music. In modern music, only the major and the minor mode, of whatever key, are recognized.
8. A kind of silk. See Alamode, n.
Syn. — Method; manner. See Method.

Modeler
Mod´el•er, n. One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art. [Written also modeller.]

Modeling
Mod´el•ing, n. (Fine Arts) The act or art of making a model from which a work of art is to be executed; the formation of a work of art from some plastic material. also in painting, drawing, etc., the expression or indication of solid form. [Written also modelling.] Modeling plane, a small plane for planing rounded objects. — Modeling wax, beeswax melted with a little Venice turpentine, or other resinous material, and tinted with coloring matter, usually red, — used in modeling.

Modelize
Mod´el•ize, v. t. To model. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Modena
Mod´e•na, n. [From Modena, in Italy.] A certain crimsonlike color. Good.

Modenese
Mod•e•nese´, a. Of or pertaining to Modena or its inhabitants. — n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Modena; the people of Modena.

Moder
Mo´der, n. [OE. See Mother female parent.]
1. A mother. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. The principal piece of an astrolabe, into which the others are fixed. [Obs.]

Moder
Mod´er, v. t. To moderate. [Obs.]

Moderable
Mod´er•a•ble, a. [L. moderabilis.] Moderate; temperate. [Obs.]

Moderance
Mod´er•ance, n. Moderation. [Obs.] Caxton.

Moderate
Mod´er•ate, a. [L. moderatus, p. p. of moderate, moderati, to moderate, regulate, control, fr. modus measure. See Mode.] Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained; as: (a) Limited in quantity; sparing; temperate; frugal; as moderate in eating or drinking; a moderate table. (b) Limited in degree of activity, energy, or excitement; reasonable; calm; slow; as moderate language; moderate endeavors. (c) Not extreme in opinion, in partisanship, and the like; as a moderate Calvinist.
"A number of moderate members managed … to obtain a majority in a thin house." Swift. (d) Not violent or rigorous; temperate; mild; gentle; as a moderate winter. "Moderate showers." Walter. (e) Limited as to degree of progress; as to travel at moderate speed. (f) Limited as to the degree in which a quality, principle, or faculty appears; as an infusion of moderate strength; a man of moderate abilities. (g) Limited in scope or effects; as a reformation of a moderate kind. Hooker.

Moderate
Mod´er•ate, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a party in the Church of Scotland in the 18th century, and part of the 19th, professing moderation in matters of church government, in discipline, and in doctrine.

Moderate
Mod´er•ate, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moderated p. pr. & vb. n. Moderating.]
1. To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind.
"By its astringent quality, it moderates the relaxing quality of warm water." Arbuthnot.
"To moderate stiff minds disposed to strive." Spenser.
2. To preside over, direct, or regulate, as a public meeting; as to moderate a synod.

Moderate
Mod´er•ate, v. i.
1. To become less violent, severe, rigorous, or intense; as the wind has moderated.
2. To preside as a moderator.
"Dr. Barlow [was] engaged … to moderate for him in the divinity disputation." Bp. Barlow’s Remains (1693).

Moderately
Mod´er•ate•ly, adv. In a moderate manner or degree; to a moderate extent.
"Each nymph but moderately fair." Waller.

Moderateness
Mod´er•ate•ness, n. The quality or state of being moderate; temperateness; moderation.

Moderation
Mod•er•a´tion, n. [L. moderatio: cf. F. moderation.]
1. The act of moderating, or of imposing due restraint.
2. The state or quality of being mmoderate.
"In moderation placing all my glory, While Tories call me Whig, and Whigs a Tory." Pope.
3. Calmness of mind; equanimity; as to bear adversity with moderation.
"The calm and judicious moderation of Orange." Motley.
4. pl. The first public examinations for degrees at the University of Oxford; — usually contracted to mods.

Moderatism
Mod´er•a•tism (mod"er•a•tiz’m), n. Moderation in doctrines or opinion, especially in politics or religion.

Moderato
Mod•e•ra´to, a. & adv. [It. See Moderate.] (Mus.) With a moderate degree of quickness; moderately. Allegro moderato, a little slower than allegro. — Andante moderato, a little faster than andante.

Moderatorship
Mod´er•a•tor•ship, n. The office of a moderator.

Moderatress
Mod´er•a•tress, n. A female moderator. Fuller.

Moderatrix
Mod´er•a•trix, n. [L.] A female moderator.

Modern
Mod´ern, a. [F. moderne, L. modernus; akin to modo just now, orig. abl. of modus measure; hence, by measure, just now. See Mode.]
1. Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. Bacon.
2. New and common; trite; commonplace. [Obs.]
"We have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless." Shak. Modern English. See the Note under English.

Modern
Mod´ern, n. A person of modern times; — opposed to ancient. Pope.

Modernism
Mod´ern•ism, n. Modern practice; a thing of recent date; esp., a modern usage or mode of expression.

Modernism
Mod´ern•ism, n. Certain methods and tendencies which, in Biblical questions, apologetics, and the theory of dogma, in the endeavor to reconcile the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church with the conclusions of modern science, replace the authority of the church by purely subjective criteria; — so called officially by Pope Pius X.

Modernist
Mod´ern•ist, n. [Cf. F. moderniste.] One who admires the moderns, or their ways and fashions.

Modernist
Mod´ern•ist, n. An advocate of the teaching of modern subjects, as modern languages, in preference to the ancient classics.

Modernity
Mo•der´ni•ty, n. Modernness; something modern. Walpole.

Modernization
Mod•ern•i•za´tion, n. The act of rendering modern in style; the act or process of causing to conform to modern of thinking or acting.

Modernize
Mod´ern•ize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Modernized p. pr. & vb. n. Modernizing ] [Cf. F. moderniser.] To render modern; to adapt to modern person or things; to cause to conform to recent or present usage or taste. Percy.

Modernly
Mod´ern•ly, adv. In modern times. Milton.

Modernness
Mod´ern•ness, n. The quality or state of being modern; recentness; novelty. M. Arnold.

Modest
Mod´est, a. [F. modeste, L. modestus, fr. modus measure. See Mode.]
1. Restraining within due limits of propriety; not forward, bold, boastful, or presumptious; rather retiring than pushing one’s self forward; not obstructive; as a modest youth; a modest man.
2. Observing the proprieties of the sex; not unwomanly in act or bearing; free from undue familiarity, indecency, or lewdness; decent in speech and demeanor; — said of a woman.
"Mrs. Ford, the honest woman, the modest wife." Shak.
"The blushing beauties of a modest maid." Dryden.
3. Evincing modestly in the actor, author, or speaker; not showing presumption; not excessive or extreme; moderate; as a modest request; modest joy.
Syn. — Reserved; unobtrusive; diffident; bashful; coy; shy; decent; becoming; chaste; virtuous.

Modesty
Mod´es•ty, n. [L. modestia: cf. F. modestie. See Modest.]
1. The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one’s own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one’s own merit.
2. Natural delicacy or shame regarding personal charms and the sexual relation; purity of thought and manners; due regard for propriety in speech or action.
"Her blush is guiltiness, not modesty." Shak. Modesty piece, a narrow piece of lace worn by women over the bosom. [Obs.] Addison.
Syn. — Bashfulness; humility; diffidence; shyness. See Bashfulness, and Humility.

Modicum
Mod´i•cum, n. [L., fr. modicus moderate, fr. modus. See Mode.] A little; a small quantity; a measured supply. "Modicums of wit." Shak.
"Her usual modicum of beer and punch." Thackeray.

Modifiable
Mod´i•fi•a•ble, a. [From Modify.] Capable of being modified; liable to modification.

Modificate
Mod´i•fi•cate, v. t. [See Modify.] To qualify. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

Modificatory
Mod´i•fi•ca•to•ry, a. Tending or serving to modify; modifying. Max Müller.

Modifier
Mod´i•fi•er, n. One who, or that which, modifies. Hume.

Modify
Mod´i•fy, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Modified p. pr. & vb. n. Modifying ] [F. modifier, L. modificare, modificari; modus limit + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Mode, and -fy.]
1. To change somewhat the form or qualities of; to alter somewhat; as to modify a contrivance adapted to some mechanical purpose; to modify the terms of a contract.
2. To limit or reduce in extent or degree; to moderate; to qualify; to lower.
"Of his grace He modifies his first severe decree." Dryden.

Modiolus
Mo•di´o•lus, n. ; pl. Modioli (#). [L., a small measure.] (Anat.) The central column in the osseous cochlea of the ear.

Modish
Mod´ish, a. According to the mode, or customary manner; conformed to the fashion; fashionable; hence, conventional; as a modish dress; a modish feast. Dryden. "Modish forms of address." Barrow. — Mod´ish•ly, adv. — Mod´ish•ness, n.

Modist
Mod´ist, n. One who follows the fashion.

Modiste
Mo•diste´, n. [F. See Mode, and cf. Modist.] A female maker of, or dealer in, articles of fashion, especially of the fashionable dress of ladies; a woman who gives direction to the style or mode of dress.

Modiste
Mo•diste´, n. [F. See Mode; cf. Modist.] One, esp. woman, who makes, or deals in, articles of fashion, esp. of the fashionable dress of ladies; a dress- maker or milliner.

Modocs
Mo´docs, n. pl.; sing. Modoc . (Ethnol.) A tribe of warlike Indians formerly inhabiting Northern California. They are nearly extinct.

Modular
Mod´u•lar, a. Of or pertaining to mode, modulation, module, or modius; as modular arrangement; modular accent; modular measure.

Modulate
Mod´u•late, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Modulated p. pr. & vb. n. Modulating ] [L. modulatus, p. p. of modulari to measure, to modulate, fr. modulus a small measure, meter, melody, dim. of modus. See Mode.]
1. To form, as sound, to a certain key, or to a certain portion.
2. To vary or inflect in a natural, customary, or musical manner; as the organs of speech modulate the voice in reading or speaking.
"Could any person so modulate her voice as to deceive so many?" Broome.

Modulate
Mod´u•late, v. i. (Mus.) To pass from one key into another.

Modulation
Mod•u•la´tion, n. [L. modulatio: cf. F. modulation.]
1. The act of modulating, or the state of being modulated; as the modulation of the voice.
2. Sound modulated; melody. [R.] Thomson.
3. (Mus.) A change of key, whether transient, or until the music becomes established in the new key; a shifting of the tonality of a piece, so that the harmonies all center upon a new keynote or tonic; the art of transition out of the original key into one nearly related, and so on, it may be, by successive changes, into a key quite remote. There are also sudden and unprepared modulations.

Modulator
Mod´u•la•tor, n. [L.] One who, or that which, modulates. Denham.

Module
Mod´ule, n. [F., fr. L. modulus a small measure, dim. of modus. See Mode, and cf. Model, Modulus, Mold a matrix.]
1. A model or measure.
2. (Arch.) The size of some one part, as the diameter of semi-diameter of the base of a shaft, taken as a unit of measure by which the proportions of the other parts of the composition are regulated. Generally, for columns, the semi-diameter is taken, and divided into a certain number of parts, called minutes (see Minute), though often the diameter is taken, and any dimension is said to be so many modules and minutes in height, breadth, or projection.

Module
Mod´ule, v. t. [See module, n. , Modulate.] To model; also to modulate. [Obs.] Sandys. Drayton.

Mody
Mod´y, a. [From Mode.] Fashionable. [R.]

Moelline
Mo´el•line, n. [F. moelle, fr. L. medulla marrow.] An unguent for the hair.

Moellon
Mo´el•lon, n. [F.] Rubble masonry.

Moeve, v. t. & i. To move. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Moff, n. A thin silk stuff made in Caucasia.

Mog, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mogged p. pr. & vb. n. Mogging.] [Etym. unknown.] To move away; to go off. [Prov. Eng. or Local, U. S.]

Mogul
Mo•gul´, n. [From the Mongolian.]
1. A person of the Mongolian race.
2. (Railroad) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck. Great, or Grand, Mogul, the sovereign of the empire founded in Hindostan by the Mongols under Baber in the sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a lord; — sometimes only mogul. Dryden.

Mogul
Mo•gul´, n. A great personage; magnate; autocrat.

Moha
Mo´ha, n. (Bot.) A kind of millet ( Setaria Italica); German millet.

Mohair
Mo´hair, n. [F. moire, perh. from Ar. mukhayyar a kind of coarse camelot or haircloth; but prob. fr. L. marmoreus of marble, resembling marble. Cf. Moire, Marble.] The long silky hair or wool of the Angora goat of Asia Minor; also a fabric made from this material, or an imitation of such fabric.

Mohammedan calendar
Mo•ham"med•an cal"en•dar. A lunar calendar reckoning from the year of the hegira, 622 a. d. Thirty of its years constitute a cycle, of which the 2d, 5th, 7th, 10th, 13th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 24th, 26th, and 29th are leap years, having 355 days; the others are common, having 354 days. By the following tables any Mohammedan date may be changed into the Christian date, or vice versa, for the years 1900-1935 a. d. Months of the Mohammedan year. 1 Muharram … .. 30 2 Safar … … .. 29 3 Rabia I … … 30 4 Rabia II … .. 29 5 Jumada I … .. 30 6 Jumada II … . 29 7 Rajab … … .. 30 8 Shaban … … . 29 9 Ramadan … … 30 10 Shawwal … … 29 11 Zu’lkadah … . 30 12 Zu’lhijjah … 29• • in leap year, 30 days a. h. a. d. a. h. a. d. 1317 begins May 12, 1899 1336• begins Oct.17, 1917 1318 May 1, 1900 1337 Oct. 7, 1918 1319• Apr.20, 1901 1338• Sept.26,1919 1320 Apr.10, 1902 1339 Sept.15,1920 1321+ Mar.30, 1903 1340 Sept.4, 1921 1322• Mar.18, 1904 1341• Aug.24, 1922 1323 Mar. 8, 1905 1342 Aug.14, 1923 1324 Feb.25, 1906 1343 Aug. 2, 1924 1325• Feb.14, 1907 1344• July 22,1925 1326 Feb. 4, 1908 1345 July 12,1926 1327• Jan.23, 1909 1346• July 1, 1927 1328 Jan.13, 1910 1347 June 20,1928 1329 Jan. 2, 1911 1348 June 9, 1929 1330• Dec.22, 1911 1349• May 29, 1930 1331 Dec.11, 1912 1350 May 19, 1931 1332 Nov.30, 1913 1351++ May 7, 1932 1333• Nov.19, 1914 1352• Apr.26, 1933 1334 Nov. 9, 1915 1353 Apr.16, 1934 1335 Oct.28, 1916 1354 Apr. 5, 1935 • Leap year + First year of the 45th cycle ++ First year of the 46th cycle The following general rule for finding the date of commencement of any Mohammedan year has a maximum error of a day: Multiply 970,224 by the Mohammedan year, point off six decimal places, and add 621.5774. The whole number will be the year a. d., and the decimal multiplied by 365 will give the day of the year.

Mohicans
Mo•hi´cans, n. pl.; sing. Mohican . (Ethnol.) A tribe of Lenni-Lenape Indians who formerly inhabited Western Connecticut and Eastern New York. [Written also Mohegans.]

Moho
Mo´ho, n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A gallinule ( Notornis Mantelli) formerly inhabiting New Zealand, but now supposed to be extinct. It was incapable of flight. See Notornis.

Mohur
Mo´hur, n. [Hind., fr. Per. muhur, muhr, a gold coin, a seal, seal ring.] A British Indian gold coin, of the value of fifteen silver rupees, or $7.21. Malcom. { Mo•hur´rum, Mu•har´ram }, n. [Ar. muharram, prop., sacred, forbidden, n., the first month of the Mohammedan lunar year.]
1. The first month of the Mohammedan year. Whitworth.
2. A festival of the Shiah sect of the Mohammedans held during the first ten days of the month Mohurrum.

Moider
Moi´der, v. i. To toil. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]

Moidore
Moi´dore, n. [Pg. moeda d’ouro, lit., coin of gold. Cf. Money, and Aureate.] A gold coin of Portugal, valued at about 27s. sterling.

Moile, n. [F. mule a slipper.] A kind of high shoe anciently worn. [Written also moyle.]

Moineau
Moi´neau, n. [F.] (Fort.) A small flat bastion, raised in the middle of an overlong curtain.

Moira
Moi´ra (moi"ra), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Moi^ra.] (Greek Myth.) The deity who assigns to every man his lot.

Moire, n. [F. Cf. Mohair.]
1. Originally, a fine textile fabric made of the hair of an Asiatic goat; afterwards, any textile fabric to which a watered appearance is given in the process of calendering.
2. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance produced upon either textile fabrics or metallic surfaces. Moire antique, a superior kind of thick moire.

Moire
Moi•re´, a. [F., p.p. of moirer to water (silk, etc.). See Moire.] Watered; having a watered or clouded appearance; — as of silk or metals.

Moire
Moi•re´, n.
1. A watered, clouded, or frosted appearance on textile fabrics or metallic surfaces.
2. Erroneously, moire, the fabric.

Moire
Moi•re´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moireed p. pr. & vb. n. Moireeing ] Also Moire. [F. moire.] To give a watered or clouded appearance to (a surface).

Moist, a. [OE. moiste, OF. moiste, F. moite, fr. L. muccidus, for mucidus, moldy, musty. Cf. Mucus, Mucid.]
1. Moderately wet; damp; humid; not dry; as a moist atmosphere or air. "Moist eyes." Shak.
2. Fresh, or new. [Obs.] "Shoes full moist and new." "A draught of moist and corny ale." Chaucer.

Moist, v. t. To moisten. [Obs.] Shak.

Moisten
Mois´ten, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Moistened p. pr. & vb. n. Moistening.]
1. To make damp; to wet in a small degree.
"A pipe a little moistened on the inside." Bacon.
2. To soften by making moist; to make tender.
"It moistened not his executioner’s heart with any pity." Fuller.

Moistful
Moist´ful, a. Full of moisture. [R.]

Moistless
Moist´less, a. Without moisture; dry. [R.]

Moistness
Moist´ness, n. The quality or state of being moist.

Moisture
Mois´ture, n. [Cf. OF. moistour, F. moiteur.]
1. A moderate degree of wetness. Bacon.
2. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity.
"All my body’s moisture Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat." Shak.

Moistureless
Mois´ture•less, a. Without moisture.

Moisty
Moist´y, a. Moist. [Obs.]

Moither
Moi´ther, v. t. [Etymol. uncertain.] To perplex; to confuse. [Prov. Eng.] Lamb.

Moither
Moi´ther, v. i. To toil; to labor. [Prov. Eng.]

Mojarra
Mo•jar´ra, n. [Sp.] Any of certain basslike marine fishes (mostly of tropical seas and having a deep, compressed body, protracile mouth, and large silvery scales) constituting the family Gerridae, as Gerres plumieri, found from Florida to Brazil and used as food. also any of numerous other fishes of similar appearance but belonging to other families.

Mokadour
Mok´a•dour, n. [Sp. mocador handkerchief.] A handkerchief. [Obs.]

Moke, n. A donkey. [Cant] Thackeray.

Moke, n. A mesh of a net, or of anything resembling a net. Halliwell.

Moke, n.
1. A stupid person; a dolt; a donkey.
2. A negro. [U. S.]
3. (Theat. Slang) [More fully musical moke.] A performer, as a minstrel, who plays on several instruments. { Mol•o•ka´ne, Mol•o•ka´ny }, n. pl. [Russ. molokane.] See Raskolnik.

Mola
Mo´la, n. (Zoöl.) See Sunfish, 1.

Molecast
Mole´cast, n. A little elevation of earth made by a mole; a molehill. Mortimer.

Molech
Mo´lech, n. [Heb. molek king.] (Script.) The fire god of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered; Moloch. Lev. xviii. 21.

Molecular
Mo•lec´u•lar, a. [Cf. F. moleculare. See Molecule.] (Phys. & Chem.) Pertaining to, connected with, produced by, or consisting of, molecules; as molecular forces; molecular groups of atoms, etc. Molecular attraction (Phys.), attraction acting between the molecules of bodies, and at insensible distances. — Molecular weight (Chem.), the weight of a molecule of any gas or vapor as compared with the hydrogen atom as a standard; the sum of the atomic weights of the constituents of a molecule; thus, the molecular weight of water (H₂O) is 18.

Molecularly
Mo•lec´u•lar•ly, adv. (Phys. & Chem.) With molecules; in the manner of molecules. W. R. Grove.

Molecule
Mol´e•cule, n. [Dim. fr. L. moles a mass: cf. F. molecule. See 3d Mole.]
1. One of the very small invisible particles of which all matter is supposed to consist.
2. (Physics) The smallest part of any substance which possesses the characteristic properties and qualities of that substance, and which can exist alone in a free state.
3. (Chem.) A group of atoms so united and combined by chemical affinity that they form a complete, integrated whole, being the smallest portion of any particular compound that can exist in a free state; as a molecule of water consists of two atoms of hydrogen and one of oxygen. Cf. Atom.

Molehill
Mole´hill, n. A little hillock of earth thrown up by moles working under ground; hence, a very small hill, or an insignificant obstacle or difficulty.
"Having leapt over such mountains, lie down before a molehill." South. { Mo•len•di•na´ceous (mo•len•di•na"shus), Mo•len•di•na´ri•ous (mo•len•di•na"ri•us), } a. [L. molendinarius, fr. molendinum a mill, fr. molere to grind.] (Bot.) Resembling the sails of a windmill.

Moleskin
Mole´skin (mol"skin), n. Any fabric having a thick soft shag, like the fur of a mole; esp., a kind of strong twilled fustian.

Molest
Mo•lest´, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Molested; p. pr. & vb. n. Molesting.] [F. molester, L. molestare, fr. molestus troublesome, fr. moles a heavy mass, load, burden. See 3d Mole.] To trouble; to disturb; to render uneasy; to interfere with; to vex.
"They have molested the church with needless opposition." Hooker.
Syn. — To trouble; disturb; incommode; inconvenience; annoy; vex; tease.

Molest
Mo•lest´, n. Molestation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Molestation
Mol•es•ta´tion, n. [Cf. F. molestation.] The act of molesting, or the state of being molested; disturbance; annoyance.

Molester
Mo•lest´er, n. One who molests.

Molestful
Mo•lest´ful, a. Troublesome; vexatious. [R.] { Mo•les´tie, Mo•les´ty }, n. [L. molestia.] Molestation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Molewarp
Mole´warp, n. (Zoöl.) See Moldwarp.

Moline
Mo´line, n. [L. molina mill, fr. molere to grind. See Mill.] The crossed iron that supports the upper millstone by resting on the spindle; a millrind. Cross moline (Her.), a cross each arm of which is divided at the end into two rounded branches or divisions.

Molinist
Mo´lin•ist, n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of the opinions of Molina, a Spanish Jesuit (in respect to grace); an opposer of the Jansenists.

Moll, a. [G., fr. L. mollis soft, tender, elegiac. Cf. Molle.] (Mus.) Minor; in the minor mode; as A moll, that is, A minor.

Molle
Mol´le, a. [See Moll.] (Mus.) Lower by a semitone; flat; as E molle, that is, E flat.

Mollemoke
Mol´le•moke, n. [Sw. mallemucke the stormy petrel.] (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large pelagic petrels and fulmars, as Fulmarus glacialis, of the North Atlantic, and several species of AEstrelata, of the Southern Ocean. See Fulmar. [Written also mollymawk, malmock, mollemock, mallemocke, etc.]

Molliently
Mol´lient•ly, adv. Assuagingly.

Mollifiable
Mol´li•fi•a•ble, a. Capable of being mollified.

Mollification
Mol•li•fi•ca´tion, n. [LL. mollificatio; cf. F. mollification.] The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening. Chaucer.

Mollifier
Mol´li•fi•er, n. One who, or that which, mollifies. Bacon.

Mollify
Mol´li•fy, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Mollified p. pr. & vb. n. Mollifying ] [F. mollifier, L. mollificare; mollis soft + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Enmollient, Moil, v. t., and - fy.]
1. To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as to mollify the ground.
"With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts." Spenser.
2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.

Mollities
Mol•li´ti•es, n. [L., softness.] (Med.) Unnatural softness of any organ or part. Dunglison.

Mollitude
Mol´li•tude, n. [L. mollitudo, fr. mollis soft.] Softness; effeminacy; weakness. [R.]

Mollusc
Mol´lusc, n. (Zoöl.) Same as Mollusk.

Molluscoid
Mol•lus´coid, a. [ Mollusca + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Resembling the true mollusks; belonging to the Molluscoidea. — n. One of the Molluscoidea.

Molluscoidal
Mol•lus•coid´al, a. (Zoöl.) Molluscoid.

Molluscoidea
Mol•lus•coi´de•a, n. pl. [NL. See Mollusk, and -oid.] (Zoöl.) A division of Invertebrata which includes the classes Brachiopoda and Bryozoa; - - called also Anthoid Mollusca. Originally the Tunicata were included under Molluscoidea, from which they are known to differ widely in structure and embryology. Molluscoidea were formerly considered a subdivision of Mollusca, but they are now known to have more relationship with Annelida than with Mollusca.

Molluscum
Mol•lus´cum, n. [NL. See Mollusk.] (Med.) A cutaneous disease characterized by numerous tumors, of various forms, filled with a thick matter; — so called from the resemblance of the tumors to some molluscous animals. Dunglison.

Molosse
Mo•losse´, n. See Molossus.

Molossine
Mo•los´sine, n. (Zoöl.) A bat of the genus Molossus, as the monk bat.

Molossus
Mo•los´sus, n. [L., fr. Gr., prop., Molossian, belonging to the Molossians, a people in the eastern part of Epirus.] (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A foot of three long syllables. [Written also molosse.]

Molt, obs. imp. of Melt. Chaucer. Spenser. { Molt, Moult }, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Molted or Moulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Molting or Moulting.] [OE. mouten, L. mutare. See Mew to molt, and cf. Mute, v. t.] [The prevalent spelling is, perhaps, moult; but as the u has not been inserted in the otherwords of this class, as bolt, colt, dolt, etc., it is desirable to complete the analogy by the spelling molt.] To shed or cast the hair, feathers, skin, horns, or the like, as an animal or a bird. Bacon. { Molt, Moult } v. t. To cast, as the hair, skin, feathers, or the like; to shed. { Molt, Moult } n. The act or process of changing the feathers, hair, skin, etc.; molting.

Molten
Mol´ten, a. [See Melt.]
1. Melted; being in a state of fusion, esp. when the liquid state is produced by a high degree of heat; as molten iron.
2. Made by melting and casting the substance or metal of which the thing is formed; as a molten image.

Moly
Mo´ly, n. [L., fr. Gr. .]
1. A fabulous herb of occult power, having a black root and white blossoms, said by Homer to have been given by Hermes to Ulysses to counteract the spells of Circe. Milton.
2. (Bot.) A kind of garlic ( Allium Moly) with large yellow flowers; — called also golden garlic.

Molybdate
Mo•lyb´date, n. (Chem.) A salt of molybdic acid.

Molybdena
Mol•yb•de´na, n. [L. molybdaena galena, Gr., fr. lead.] (Min.) See Molybdenite.

Molybdous
Mo•lyb´dous, a. [See Molybdena.] Of, pertaining to, or containing, molybdenum; specif., designating those compounds in which molybdenum has a lower valence as contrasted with molybdic compounds.

Momentally
Mo•men´tal•ly, adv. For a moment. [Obs.] { Mo•men•ta´ne•ous, Mo´men•ta•ny } a. [L. momentaneus: cf. F. momentane.] Momentary. [Obs.] Hooker. "Momentany as a sound." Shak.

Momentarily
Mo´men•ta•ri•ly, adv. Every moment; from moment to moment. Shenstone.

Momentariness
Mo´men•ta•ri•ness, n. The state or quality of being momentary; shortness of duration.

Momentary
Mo´men•ta•ry, a. [L. momentarius. See Moment.] Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as a momentary pang.
"This momentary joy breeds months of pain." Shak.

Momentous
Mo•men´tous, a. [Cf. L. momentosus rapid, momentary.] Of moment or consequence; very important; weighty; as a momentous decision; momentous affairs. — Mo•men´tous•ly, adv. — Mo•men´tous•ness, n.

Momentum
Mo•men´tum, n. ; pl. L. Momenta (#), F. Momentums (#). [L. See Moment.]
1. (Mech.) The quantity of motion in a moving body, being always proportioned to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity; impetus.
2. Essential element, or constituent element.
"I shall state the several momenta of the distinction in separate propositions." Sir W. Hamilton.

Mommery
Mom´mer•y, n. See Mummery. Rowe.

Mon, n. [Jap.] (Japan) The badge of a family, esp. of a family of the ancient feudal nobility. The most frequent form of the mon is circular, and it commonly consists of conventionalized forms from nature, flowers, birds, insects, the lightnings, the waves of the sea, or of geometrical symbolic figures; color is only a secondary character. It appears on lacquer and pottery, and embroidered on, or woven in, fabrics. The imperial chrysanthemum, the mon of the reigning family, is used as a national emblem. Formerly the mon of the shoguns of the Tokugawa family was so used.

Mon- Same as Mono-.

Monachal
Mon´a•chal, a. [L. monachus a monk: cf. F. monacal. See Monk.] Of or pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic.

Monacid
Mon•ac´id, a. [ Mon- + acid.] (Chem.) Having one hydrogen atom replaceable by a negative or acid atom or radical; capable of neutralizing a monobasic acid; — said of bases, and of certain metals.

Monad
Mon´ad, n. [L. monas, - adis, a unit, Gr.,, fr. mo•nos alone.]
1. An ultimate atom, or simple, unextended point; something ultimate and indivisible.
2. (Philos. of Leibnitz) The elementary and indestructible units which were conceived of as endowed with the power to produce all the changes they undergo, and thus determine all physical and spiritual phenomena.
3. (Zoöl.) One of the smallest flagellate Infusoria; esp., the species of the genus Monas and allied genera.
4. (Biol.) A simple, minute organism; a primary cell, germ, or plastid.
5. (Chem.) An atom or radical whose valence is one, or which can combine with, be replaced by, or exchanged for, one atom of hydrogen. Monad deme (Biol.), in tectology, a unit of the first order of individuality.

Monadaria
Mon•a•da´ri•a (mon•a•da"ri•a), n. pl. [NL. See Monad.] (Zoöl.) The Infusoria.

Monadology
Mon•ad•ol´o•gy, n. [ Monad + -logy.] (Philos.) The doctrine or theory of monads.

Monal
Mo•nal´, n. (Zoöl.) Any Asiatic pheasant of the genus Lophophorus, as the Impeyan pheasant.

Monamide
Mon•am´ide, n. [ Mon- + amide.] (Chem.) An amido compound with only one amido group.

Monamine
Mon•am´ine, n. [ Mon- + amine.] (Chem.) A basic compound containing one amido group; as methyl amine is a monamine.

Monander
Mo•nan´der, n. (Bot.) One of the Monandria.

Monandria
Mo•nan´dri•a, n. pl. [NL., from Gr. mo•nos alone + ’anh•r, ’andro•s, a man.] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants embracing those having but a single stamen.

Monandrian
Mo•nan´dri•an, a. ; (Bot.) Same as Monandrous.

Monandrous
Mo•nan´drous, a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the monandria; having but one stamen.

Monandry
Mo•nan´dry, n. [See Monandria.] The possession by a woman of only one husband at the same time; — contrasted with polyandry.

Monarch
Mon´arch, n. [F. monarque, L. monarcha, fr. Gr., ; mo•nos alone + to be first, rule, govern. See Archi-.]
1. A sole or supreme ruler; a sovereign; the highest ruler; an emperor, king, queen, prince, or chief.
"He who reigns Monarch in heaven, … upheld by old repute." Milton.
2. One superior to all others of the same kind; as an oak is called the monarch of the forest.
3. A patron deity or presiding genius.
"Come, thou, monarch of the vine, Plumpy Bacchus." Shak.
4. (Zoöl.) A very large red and black butterfly ( Danais Plexippus); — called also milkweed butterfly.

Monarch
Mon´arch, a. Superior to others; preëminent; supreme; ruling. "Monarch savage." Pope.

Monarchal
Mo•nar´chal, a. Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovereign; regal; imperial.
"Satan, whom now transcendent glory raised Above his fellows, with monarchal pride." Milton.

Monarchess
Mon´arch•ess, n. A female monarch. [Obs.]

Monarchial
Mo•nar´chi•al, a. Monarchic. Burke.

Monarchian
Mo•nar´chi•an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect in the early Christian church which rejected the doctrine of the Trinity; — called also patripassian. { Mo•nar´chic, Mo•nar´chic•al } a. [F. monarchique, Gr. .] Of or pertaining to a monarch, or to monarchy. Burke. — Mo•nar´chic•al•ly, adv.

Monarchism
Mon´arch•ism, n. The principles of, or preference for, monarchy.

Monarchist
Mon´arch•ist, n. [Cf. F. monarchiste.] An advocate of, or believer in, monarchy.

Monarchize
Mon´arch•ize, v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Monarchized p. pr. & vb. n. Monarchizing ] To play the sovereign; to act the monarch. [R.] Shak.

Monarchize
Mon´arch•ize, v. t. To rule; to govern. [R.]

Monarchizer
Mon´arch•i•zer, n. One who monarchizes; also a monarchist.

Monarcho
Mo•nar´cho, n. The nickname of a crackbrained Italian who fancied himself an emperor. [Obs.] Shak.

Monarchy
Mon´arch•y, n. ; pl. Monarchies (#). [F. monarchie, L. monarchia, Gr. . See Monarch.]
1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a monarch.
2. A system of government in which the chief ruler is a monarch.
"In those days he had affected zeal for monarchy." Macaulay.
3. The territory ruled over by a monarch; a kingdom.
"What scourage for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence." Shak. Fifth monarchy, a universal monarchy, supposed to be the subject of prophecy in Daniel ii.; the four preceding monarchies being Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman. See Fifth Monarchy men, under Fifth.

Monastery
Mon´as•te•ry, n. ; pl. Monasteries (#). [L. monasterium, Gr., fr. a solitary, a monk, fr. to be alone, live in solitude, fr. mo•nos alone. Cf. Minister.] A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; — more rarely applied to such a house for females.
Syn. — Convent; abbey; priory. See Cloister.

Monasticism
Mo•nas´ti•cism, n. The monastic life, system, or condition. Milman.

Monasticon
Mo•nas´ti•con, n. [NL. See Monastic.] A book giving an account of monasteries.

Monaxial
Mo•nax´i•al, a. [ Mon- + axial.] (Biol.) Having only one axis; developing along a single line or plane; as monaxial development.

Monazite
Mon´a•zite (mon"a•zit), n. [From Gr. mona•zein to be solitary, in allusion to its isolated crystals.] (Min.) A mineral occurring usually in small isolated crystals, — a phosphate of the cerium metals.

Monday
Mon´day (mun"da; 48), n. [OE. moneday, monenday, AS. monandaeg, i.e., day of the moon, day sacred to the moon; akin to D. maandag, G. montag, OHG. manatag, Icel. manadagr, Dan. mandag, Sw. måndag. See Moon, and Day.] The second day of the week; the day following Sunday.

Monera
Mo•ne´ra, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo•nos single.] (Zoöl.) The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amœbas but are destitute of a nucleus.

Moneral
Mo•ne´ral, a. Of or pertaining to the Monera.

Moneran
Mo•ne´ran, a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Monera. — n. One of the Monera.

Moneron
Mo•ne´ron, n. ; pl. L. Monera (#); E. Monerons (#). [NL.] (Zoöl.) One of the Monera.

Monerula
Mo•ner´u•la, n. [NL., dim. of moner. See Monera.] (Biol.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non- nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner. Haeckel.

Monesin
Mo•ne´sin, n. The acrid principle of Monesia, sometimes used as a medicine.

Monest
Mo•nest´, v. t. [See Admonish.] To warn; to admonish; to advise. [Obs.] Wyclif (2 Cor. v. 20).

Monetization
Mon•e•ti•za´tion, n. The act or process of converting into money, or of adopting as money; as the monetization of silver.

Monetize
Mon´e•tize, v. t. To convert into money; to adopt as current money; as to monetize silver.

Money
Mon´ey, n. ; pl. Moneys (#). [OE. moneie, OF. moneie, F. monnaie, fr. L. moneta. See Mint place where coin is made, Mind, and cf. Moidore, Monetary.]
1. A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also any number of such pieces; coin.
"To prevent such abuses, … it has been found necessary … to affix a public stamp upon certain quantities of such particular metals, as were in those countries commonly made use of to purchase goods. Hence the origin of coined money, and of those public offices called mints." A. Smith.
2. Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and selling. Whatever, among barbarous nations, is used as a medium of effecting exchanges of property, and in the terms of which values are reckoned, as sheep, wampum, copper rings, quills of salt or of gold dust, shovel blades, etc., is, in common language, called their money.
3. In general, wealth; property; as he has much money in land, or in stocks; to make, or lose, money.
"The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil." 1 Tim vi. 10 (Rev. Ver. ).Money bill (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue. — Money broker, a broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; — called also money changer. — Money cowrie (Zoöl.), any one of several species of Cypraea (esp. C. moneta) formerly much used as money by savage tribes. See Cowrie. — Money of account, a denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in the United States, but not a coin. — Money order, an order for the payment of money; specifically, a government order for the payment of money, issued at one post office as payable at another; — called also postal money order. — Money scrivener, a person who procures the loan of money to others. [Eng.] — Money spider, Money spinner (Zoöl.), a small spider; — so called as being popularly supposed to indicate that the person upon whom it crawls will be fortunate in money matters. — Money’s worth, a fair or full equivalent for the money which is paid. — A piece of money, a single coin. — Ready money, money held ready for payment, or actually paid, at the time of a transaction; cash. - - To make money, to gain or acquire money or property; to make a profit in dealings.

Money
Mon´ey, v. t. To supply with money. [Obs.]

Moneyage
Mon´ey•age, n. [Cf. F. monnayage coinage.]
1. A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin. Hume.
2. Mintage; coinage. [Obs.]

Moneyed
Mon´eyed, adv.
1. Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as moneyed men. Bacon.
2. Converted into money; coined.
"If exportation will not balance importation, away must your silver go again, whether moneyed or not moneyed." Locke.
3. Consisting in, or composed of, money. A. Hamilton.

Moneyer
Mon´ey•er, n. [From Money; cf. OF. monoier, F. monnoayeur, L. monetarius a master of the mint. Cf. Monetary.]
1. A person who deals in money; banker or broker. [Obs. or R.]
2. An authorized coiner of money. Sir M. Hale.The Company of Moneyers, the officials who formerly coined the money of Great Britain, and who claimed certain prescriptive rights and privileges.

Money-maker
Mon´ey-mak•er, n.
1. One who coins or prints money; also a counterfeiter of money. [R.]
2. One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive.

Money-making
Mon´ey-mak•ing, n. The act or process of making money; the acquisition and accumulation of wealth.
"Obstinacy in money-making." Milman.

Money-making
Mon´ey-mak•ing, a.
1. Affording profitable returns; lucrative; as a money- making business.
2. Successful in gaining money, and devoted to that aim; as a money-making man.

Moneywort
Mon´ey•wort, n. (Bot.) A trailing plant ( Lysimachia Nummularia), with rounded opposite leaves and solitary yellow flowers in their axils.

Mongcorn
Mong´corn, n. See Mangcorn.

Mongol
Mon´gol, n. One of the Mongols. — a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols.

Mongolian
Mon•go´li•an, a. Of or pertaining to Mongolia or the Mongols. — n. One of the Mongols.

Mongolic
Mon•gol´ic, a. See Mongolian.

Mongoose
Mon´goose, n. ; pl. Mongooses (#). [Tamil manegos.] A Madagascan lemur ( Lemur mongos).

Mongrel
Mon´grel, n. [Prob. shortened fr. mongrel, and akin to AS. mengan to mix, and E. mingle. See Mingle.] The progeny resulting from a cross between two breeds, as of domestic animals; anything of mixed breed. Drayton.

Mongrel
Mon´grel, a.
1. (Zoöl.) Not of a pure breed.
2. Of mixed kinds; as mongrel language.

Mongrelize
Mon´grel•ize, v. t. & i. To cause to be mongrel; to cross breeds, so as to produce mongrels.

Monied
Mon´ied, a. See Moneyed.

Moniliales
Mo•nil•i•a´les, n. pl. [NL., fr. L. monile necklace, — because the conidia are produced in chains.] (Bot.) The largest of the three orders into which the Fungi Imperfecti are divided, including various forms.

Moniliform
Mo•nil´i•form, a. [L. monile necklace + -form: cf. F. moniliforme.] (Biol.) Joined or constricted, at regular intervals, so as to resemble a string of beads; as a moniliform root; a moniliform antenna. See Illust. of Antenna.

Monishment
Mon´ish•ment, n. Admonition. [Archaic]

Monism
Mon´ism (mon"iz’m or mo"niz’m), n. [From Gr. mo•nos single.]
1. (Metaph.) That doctrine which refers all phenomena to a single ultimate constituent or agent; — the opposite of dualism. The doctrine has been held in three generic forms: matter and its phenomena have been explained as a modification of mind, involving an idealistic monism; or mind has been explained by and resolved into matter, giving a materialistic monism; or, thirdly, matter, mind, and their phenomena have been held to be manifestations or modifications of some one substance, like the substance of Spinoza, or a supposed unknown something of some evolutionists, which is capable of an objective and subjective aspect.
2. (Biol.) See Monogenesis, 1.

Monism
Mon´ism, n. The doctrine that the universe is an organized unitary being or total self-inclusive structure.
"Monism means that the whole of reality, i.e., everything that is, constitutes one inseparable and indivisible entirety. Monism accordingly is a unitary conception of the world. It always bears in mind that our words are abstracts representing parts or features of the One and All, and not separate existences. Not only are matter and mind, soul and body, abstracts, but also such scientific terms as atoms and molecules, and also religious terms such as God and world." Paul Carus.

Monist
Mon´ist, n. A believer in monism.

Monistic
Mo•nis´tic, a. Of, pertaining to, or involving, monism.

Monition
Mo•ni´tion, n. [F., fr. L. monitio, from monere to warn, bring to mind; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Admonish, Money, Monster.]
1. Instruction or advice given by way of caution; an admonition; a warning; a caution.
"Sage monitions from his friends." Swift.
2. Information; indication; notice; advice.
"We have no visible monition of … other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness." Holder.
3. (Admiralty Practice) A process in the nature of a summons to appear and answer.
4. (Eccl. Law) An order monishing a party complained against to obey under pain of the law. Shipley.

Monitor
Mon´i•tor, n. [L., fr. monere. See Monition, and cf. Mentor.]
1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution.
"You need not be a monitor to the king." Bacon.
2. Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class.
3. (Zoöl.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species ( V. Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long.
4. [So called from the name given by Captain Ericson, its designer, to the first ship of the kind.] An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns.
5. (Mach.) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting. Monitor top, the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides.

Monitor
Mon´i•tor, n. A monitor nozzle.

Monitor nozzle. A nozzle capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane and having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc. { Mon•o•sac´cha•ride, n. Also - rid }. [ Mono- + saccharide.] (Chem.) A simple sugar; any of a number of sugars (including the trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc.), not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Specif., as used by some, a hexose. The monosaccharides are all open-chain compounds containing hydroxyl groups and either an aldehyde group or a ketone group.

Monitorial
Mon•i•to´ri•al, a.
1. Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors.
2. Done or performed by a monitor; as monitorial work; conducted or taught by monitors; as a monitorial school; monitorial instruction.

Monitorially
Mon•i•to´ri•al•ly, adv. In a monitorial manner.

Monitorship
Mon´i•tor•ship, n. The post or office of a monitor.

Monitory
Mon´i•to•ry, a. [L. monitorius.] Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning.
"Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive." L’Estrange.

Monitory
Mon´i•to•ry, n. Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person. { Mon´i•tress, Mon´i•trix } n. A female monitor.

Monk, n. [AS. munuc, munec, munc, L. monachus, Gr., fr. mo•nos alone. Cf. Monachism.]
1. A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion; one of a religious community of men inhabiting a monastery, and bound by vows to a life of chastity, obedience, and poverty. "A monk out of his cloister." Chaucer.
"Monks in some respects agree with regulars, as in the substantial vows of religion; but in other respects monks and regulars differ; for that regulars, vows excepted, are not tied up to so strict a rule of life as monks are." Ayliffe.
2. (Print.) A blotch or spot of ink on a printed page, caused by the ink not being properly distributed. It is distinguished from a friar, or white spot caused by a deficiency of ink.
3. A piece of tinder made of agaric, used in firing the powder hose or train of a mine.
4. (Zoöl.) (a) A South American monkey ( Pithecia monachus); also applied to other species, as Cebus xanthocephalus. (b) The European bullfinch. Monk bat (Zoöl.), a South American and West Indian bat ( Molossus nasutus); — so called because the males live in communities by themselves. — Monk bird (Zoöl.), the friar bird. — Monk seal (Zoöl.), a species of seal ( Monachus albiventer) inhabiting the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the adjacent parts of the Atlantic. — Monk’s rhubarb (Bot.), a kind of dock; — also called patience ( Rumex Patientia).

Monkery
Monk´er•y, n. ; pl. Monkeries .
1. The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; — now usually applied by way of reproach.
"Miters, and wretched dead mediaeval monkeries." Carlyle.
2. A collective body of monks. [Obs.]
"Though he have a whole monkery to sing for him." Latimer.

Monkey
Mon´key, n. ; pl. Monkeys (#). [Cf. OIt. monicchio, It. monnino, dim. of monna an ape, also dame, mistress, contr. fr. madonna. See Madonna.]
1. (Zoöl.) (a) In the most general sense, any one of the Quadrumana, including apes, baboons, and lemurs. (b) Any species of Quadrumana, except the lemurs. (c) Any one of numerous species of Quadrumana (esp. such as have a long tail and prehensile feet) exclusive of apes and baboons. The monkeys are often divided into three groups: ( a) Catarrhines, or Simidae. These have an oblong head, with the oblique flat nostrils near together. Some have no tail, as the apes. All these are natives of the Old World. ( b) Platyrhines, or Cebidae. These have a round head, with a broad nasal septum, so that the nostrils are wide apart and directed downward. The tail is often prehensile, and the thumb is short and not opposable. These are natives of the New World. ( c) Strepsorhines, or Lemuroidea. These have a pointed head with curved nostrils. They are natives of Southern Asia, Africa, and Madagascar.
2. A term of disapproval, ridicule, or contempt, as for a mischievous child.
"This is the monkey’s own giving out; she is persuaded I will marry her." Shak.
3. The weight or hammer of a pile driver, that is, a very heavy mass of iron, which, being raised on high, falls on the head of the pile, and drives it into the earth; the falling weight of a drop hammer used in forging.
4. A small trading vessel of the sixteenth century. Monkey boat. (Naut.) (a) A small boat used in docks. (b) A half- decked boat used on the River Thames. — Monkey block (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a swivel. R. H. Dana, Jr. — Monkey flower (Bot.), a plant of the genus Mimulus; — so called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. Gray. — Monkey gaff (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topmast for the better display of signals at sea. — Monkey jacket, a short closely fitting jacket, worn by sailors. — Monkey rail (Naut.), a second and lighter rail raised about six inches above the quarter rail of a ship. — Monkey shine, monkey trick. [Slang, U.S.] — Monkey trick, a mischievous prank. Saintsbury. — Monkey wheel. See Gin block, under 5th Gin. — Monkey wrench, a wrench or spanner having a movable jaw.

Monkey
Mon´key, v. t. & i. To act or treat as a monkey does; to ape; to act in a grotesque or meddlesome manner. To monkey with, to handle in a meddlesome manner. [Colloq.]

Monkey’s puzzle
Mon"key’s puz"zle (Bot.) A lofty coniferous Chilian tree ( Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted "as to puzzle a monkey to climb." The edible nuts are over an inch long, and are called piñon by the Chilians.

Monkey-bread
Mon´key-bread, n. (Bot.) The fruit of the Adansonia digitata; also the tree. See Adansonia.

Monkeytail
Mon´key•tail, n. (Naut.) A short, round iron bar or lever used in naval gunnery. Totten.

Monkfish
Monk´fish, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The angel fish ( Squatina). (b) The angler ( Lophius).

Monkflower
Monk´flow•er, n. (Bot.) A name of certain curious orchids which bear three kinds of flowers formerly referred to three genera, but now ascertained to be sexually different forms of the same genus ( Catasetum tridentatum, etc.).

Monkhood
Monk´hood, n. [ Monk + - hood.]
1. The character or condition of a monk. Atterbury.
2. Monks, regarded collectively. Longfellow.

Monking
Monk´ing, a. Monkish. [R.] Coleridge.

Monkish
Monk´ish, a. Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude. — Monk´ish•ness, n.

Monkly
Monk´ly, a. Like, or suitable to, a monk. [R.]

Monkshood
Monks´hood, n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Aconitum; aconite. See Aconite.

Monobasic
Mon•o•ba´sic, a. [ Mono- + basic.] (Chem.) 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.

Monocarbonic
Mon•o•car•bon´ic, a. [ Mono- + carbonic.] (Chem.) Containing one carboxyl group; as acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid.

Monocardian
Mon•o•car´di•an, a. [ Mono- + Gr. heart.] (Zoöl.) Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians. — n. An animal having a single heart.

Monocarp
Mon´o•carp, n. (Bot.) A monocarpic plant.

Monocarpellary
Mon•o•car´pel•la•ry, a. [ Mono- + carpellary.] (Bot.) Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond. { Mon•o•car´pic, Mon•o•car´pous } a. [ Mono- + Gr. fruit: cf. F. monocarpe.] (Bot.) Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc. Annual and biennual herbs are monocarpic, so also some plants of longer duration, as the century plant.

Monocephalous
Mon•o•ceph´a•lous, a. [ Mono- + Gr. kefalh• head.] (Bot.) Having a solitary head; — said of unbranched composite plants.

Monoceros
Mo•noc´e•ros, n. [L., fr. Gr. ; mo•nos alone, single + ke•ras horn.]
1. A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one horn.
"Mighty monoceroses with immeasured tails." Spenser.
2. (Astron.) The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion.

Monochlamydeous
Mon•o•chla•myd´e•ous, a. [ Mono- + Gr.,, cloak: cf. F. monochlamyde.] (Bot.) Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx.

Monochord
Mon´o•chord, n. [L. monochordon, Gr., fr. with but one string; only, single + string: cf. F. monocorde. See Chord, and cf. Mainchord.] (Mus.) 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.

Monochromic
Mon•o•chro´mic, a. Made, or done, with a single color; as a monochromic picture.

Monochromy
Mon´o•chro•my, n. The art of painting or drawing in monochrome.

Monochronic
Mon•o•chron´ic, a. [ Mono- + Gr. time.] Existing at the same time; contemporaneous.

Monociliated
Mon•o•cil´i•a•ted, a. [ Mono- + ciliated.] (Biol.) Having but one cilium.

Monocle
Mon´o•cle, n. [F. See Monocular.] An eyeglass for one eye. Simmonds.

Monoclinic
Mon•o•clin´ic, a. [ Mono- + Gr. to incline.] (Crystallog.) Having one oblique intersection; — said of that system of crystallization in which the vertical axis is inclined to one, but at right angles to the other, lateral axis. See Crystallization.

Monocondyla
Mon•o•con´dy•la, n. pl. [NL. See Mono-, and Condyle.] (Zoöl.) A group of vertebrates, including the birds and reptiles, or those that have only one occipital condyle; the Sauropsida.

Monocotyle
Mon´o•co•tyle, a. [Cf. F. monocotyle.] (Bot.) Monocotyledonous.

Monocotyledon
Mon•o•cot•y•le´don, n. [ Mono- + cotyledon: cf. F. monocotyledone.] (Bot.) A plant with only one cotyledon, or seed lobe. The plural, monocotyledons, is used as the name of a large class of plants, and is generally understood to be equivalent to the term endogens.

Monocotyledonous
Mon•o•cot•y•le´don•ous, a. [Cf. F. monocotyledone.] (Bot.) Having only one cotyledon, seed lobe, or seminal leaf. Lindley.

Monocracy
Mo•noc´ra•cy, n. [ Mono- + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government by a single person; undivided rule. Sydney Smith.

Monocrat
Mon´o•crat, n. [Cf. Gr. ruling alone.] One who governs alone.

Monocrotic
Mon•o•crot´ic, a. (Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as a monocrotic pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type.

Monocrotism
Mo•noc´ro•tism, n. [Gr. mo•nos alone + a beating.] (Physiol.) That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.

Monocular
Mo•noc´u•lar, a. [L. monoculus; Gr. mo•nos single + L. oculus eye: cf. F. monoculaire.]
1. Having only one eye; with one eye only; as monocular vision.
2. Adapted to be used with only one eye at a time; as a monocular microscope.

Monocule
Mon´o•cule (mon"o•kul), n. [See Monocular.] (Zoöl.) A small crustacean with one median eye.

Monocystic
Mon•o•cys´tic, a. [See Mono-, and Cyst.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a division ( Monocystidea) of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac.

Monodelphia
Mon•o•del´phi•a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo•nos single + delfy•s the womb.] (Zoöl.) The group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia. { Mon•o•del´phic, Mon•o•del´phous } a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Monodelphia. { Mo•nod´ic, Mo•nod´ic•al } a. [Gr. .]
1. Belonging to a monody.
2. (Mus.) (a) For one voice; monophonic. (b) 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.

Monodist
Mon´o•dist, n. A writer of a monody. { Mon´o•dra•ma, Mon´o•drame } n. [ Mono- + Gr. drama.] A drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person.

Monodramatic
Mon•o•dra•mat´ic, a. Pertaining to a monodrama.

Monody
Mon´o•dy, n. ; pl. Monodies (#). [L. monodia, Gr., fr. singing alone; mo•nos single + song: cf. F. monodie. See Ode.] A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.

Monodynamism
Mon•o•dy´na•mism, n. The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force. G. H. Lewes.

Monœcia
Mo•nœ"ci•a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo•nos single + house.] (Bot.) A Linnaean class of plants, whose stamens and pistils are in distinct flowers in the same plant.

Monœcian
Mo•nœ"cian, a.
1. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monœcia; monœcious. — n. One of the Monœcia.
2. (Zoöl.) A monœcious animal, as certain mollusks.

Monœcious
Mo•nœ"cious, a. (Biol.) Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; — opposed to diœcious.

Monœcism
Mo•nœ"cism, n. (Biol.) The state or condition of being monœcious.

Monogam
Mon´o•gam, n. (Bot.) One of the Monogamia.

Monogamia
Mon•o•ga´mi•a, n. pl. [NL. See Monogamous.] (Bot.) A Linnaean order of plants, having solitary flowers with united anthers, as in the genus Lobelia. { Mon•o•ga´mi•an, Mon•o•gam´ic } a. [See Monogamous.]
1. Pertaining to, or involving, monogamy.
2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the Monogamia; having a simple flower with united anthers.

Monogamous
Mo•nog´a•mous, a. [L. monogamus having but one wife, Gr. ; mo•nos single + marriage.]
1. Upholding, or practicing, monogamy.
2. (Bot.) Same as Monogamian.
3. (Zoöl.) Mating with but one of the opposite sex; — said of birds and mammals.

Monogastric
Mon•o•gas´tric, a. [ Mono- + Gr. belly.] Having but a single stomach.

Monogenesis
Mon•o•gen´e•sis, n. [ Mono- + genesis.]
1. Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; — opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism. Dana. Haeckel.
2. (Biol.) That form of reproduction which requires but one parent, as in reproduction by fission or in the formation of buds, etc., which drop off and form new individuals; asexual reproduction. Haeckel.
3. (Biol.) The direct development of an embryo, without metamorphosis, into an organism similar to the parent organism; — opposed to metagenesis. E. van Beneden.

Monogenetic
Mon•o•ge•net´ic, a. [See Monogenesis.]
1. (Geol.) One in genesis; resulting from one process of formation; — used of a mountain range. Dana.
2. (Biol.) Relating to, or involving, monogenesis; as the monogenetic school of physiologists, who admit but one cell as the source of all beings.

Monogenism
Mo•nog´e•nism, n. (Anthropol.) The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species.

Monogenist
Mo•nog´e•nist, n. (Anthropol.) One who maintains that the human races are all of one species; — opposed to polygenist.

Monogenistic
Mon•o•ge•nis´tic, a. Monogenic.

Monogenous
Mo•nog´e•nous, a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to monogenesis; as monogenous, or asexual, reproduction.

Monogeny
Mo•nog´e•ny, n.
1. Monogenesis.
2. (Anthropol.) The doctrine that the members of the human race have all a common origin.

Monogoneutic
Mon•o•go•neu´tic, a. [ Mono- + Gr. offspring.] (Zoöl.) Having but one brood in a season.

Monogram
Mon´o•gram, n. [L. monogramma; Gr. mo•nos single + gra•mma letter, fr. gra•fein to write: cf. F. monogramme. See Graphic.]
1. A character or cipher composed of two or more letters interwoven or combined so as to represent a name, or a part of it (usually the initials). Monograms are often used on seals, ornamental pins, rings, buttons, and by painters, engravers, etc., to distinguish their works. Monogram. The monogram above, combining the letters of the name Karolvs, was used by Charlemagne.
2. A picture in lines; a sketch. [R.]
3. An arbitrary sign for a word. [R.]

Monogrammic
Mon•o•gram´mic, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a monogram.

Monogrammous
Mon´o•gram•mous, a. Monogrammic.

Monograph
Mon´o•graph, n. [ Mono- + -graph.] A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.

Monographer
Mo•nog´ra•pher, n. A writer of a monograph. { Mon•o•graph´ic, Mon•o•graph´ic•al } a. [Cf. F. monographique.] Of or pertaining to a monograph, or to a monography; as a monographic writing; a monographic picture. — Mon•o•graph´ic•al•ly, adv.

Monographist
Mo•nog´ra•phist, n. One who writes a monograph.

Monographous
Mo•nog´ra•phous, a. Monographic. [Obs.]

Monography
Mo•nog´ra•phy, n. [ Mono- + -graphy: cf. F. monographie.]
1. Representation by lines without color; an outline drawing.
2. A monograph. [Obs.]

Monogyn
Mon´o•gyn, n. (Bot.) One of the Monogynia.

Monogynia
Mon•o•gyn´i•a, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo•nos single + woman, female.] (Bot.) A Linnaean order of plants, including those which have only one style or stigma.

Monogynian
Mon•o•gyn´i•an, a. (Bot.) Pertaining to the Monogynia; monogynous. — n. One of the Monogynia.

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

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

Monoicous
Mo•noi´cous, a. (Bot.) Monœcious.

Monolatry
Mo•nol´a•try, n. [ Mono- + Gr. worship.] Worship of a single deity.

Monolith
Mon´o•lith, n. [F. monolithe, L. monolithus consisting of a single stone, Gr. ; mo•nos single + li•qos stone.] A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.

Monolithal
Mon´o•lith•al, a. Monolithic.

Monolithic
Mon•o•lith´ic, a. Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone.

Monologist
Mo•nol´o•gist, n. [See Monologue.] One who soliloquizes; esp., one who monopolizes conversation in company. De Quincey.

Monomachist
Mo•nom´a•chist, n. One who fights in single combat; a duelist.

Monomane
Mon´o•mane, n. A monomaniac. [R.]

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 ideas to show mental derangement.
Syn. — Insanity; madness; alienation; aberration; derangement; mania. See Insanity.

Monome
Mon´ome, n. [F., fr. Gr. mo•nos single + -nome as in binome. See Binomial.] (Math.) A monomial.

Monometallic
Mon•o•me•tal´lic, a. Consisting of one metal; of or pertaining to monometallism.

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 Bimetallism.

Monometer
Mo•nom´e•ter, n. [Gr. of one meter; mo•nos single + measure.] A rhythmic series, consisting of a single meter.

Monometric
Mon•o•met´ric, a. [Cf. F. monometrique.] (Crystallog.) Same as Isometric.

Monomphalus
Mo•nom´pha•lus, n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo•nos alone + the navel.] A form of double monster, in which two individuals are united by a common umbilicus. { Mo•no´my•a, Mon•o•my•a´ri•a } n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo•nos single +,, muscle.] (Zoöl.) An order of lamellibranchs having but one muscle for closing the shell, as the oyster. { Mon•o•my´a•ri•an, Mon•o•my´a•ry } a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Monomya. — n. One of the Monomya.

Mononomial
Mon•o•no´mi•al, n. & a. Monomyal. { Mon•o•ou´si•an, Mon•o•ou´si•ous } a. [ Mono- + Gr. being, substance, essence.] (Theil.) Having but one and the same nature or essence.

Monopathy
Mo•nop´a•thy, n. [Gr. ; mo•nos alone +,, to suffer.] Suffering or sensibility in a single organ or function. — Mon•o•path´ic, a.

Monopersonal
Mon•o•per´son•al, a. [ Mono- + personal.] Having but one person, or form of existence.

Monopetalous
Mon•o•pet´al•ous, a. [ Mono- + petal: cf. F. monopetale.] (Bot.) Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous. The most recent authors restrict this form to flowers having a solitary petal, as in species of Amorpha, and use gamopetalous for a corolla of several petals combined into one piece. See Illust. of Gamopetalous.

Monophonic
Mon•o•phon´ic, a. [ Mono- + Gr. a voice.] (Mus.) Single-voiced; having but one part; as a monophonic composition; — opposed to polyphonic.

Monophthong
Mon´oph•thong, n. [Gr. with one sound; mo•nos alone + sound, voice.]
1. A single uncompounded vowel sound.
2. A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph.

Monophthongal
Mon•oph•thon´gal, a. Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong.

Monophyletic
Mon•o•phy•let´ic, a. [Gr. of one tribe, fr. mo•nos single + clan.] (Biol.) 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
Mo•noph´yl•lous, a. [Gr. mono•fyllos; mo•nos alone + fy•llon leaf: cf. F. monophylle.] (Bot.) One-leaved; composed of a single leaf; as a monophyllous involucre or calyx.

Monophyodont
Mon•o•phy´o•dont, a. [Gr. mo•nos single (mo•nos alone + to produce) + ’odoy•s, ’odo•ntos, a tooth.] (Anat.) Having but one set of teeth; — opposed to diphyodont.

Monophysite
Mo•noph´y•site, n. [Gr. ; mo•nos single + nature: cf. F. monophysite.] (Eccl. Hist.) 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
Mon•o•phy•sit´ic•al, a. Of or pertaining to Monophysites, or their doctrines.

Monoplast
Mon´o•plast, n. [ Mono- + -plast.] (Biol.) A monoplastic element.

Monoplastic
Mon•o•plas´tic, a. [ Mono- + -plastic.] (Biol.) That has one form, or retains its primary form, as a monoplastic element.

Monoplegia
Mon•ople´gi•a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo•nos single + a stroke.] (Med.) Paralysis affecting a single limb.

Monopneumona
Mon•op•neu´mo•na, n. pl. [NL. See Mono-, and Pneumonia.] (Zoöl.) A suborder of Dipnoi, including the Ceratodus. [Written also monopneumonia.]

Monopodial
Mon•o•po´di•al, a. (Bot.) Having a monopodium or a single and continuous axis, as a birchen twig or a cornstalk.

Monopodium
Mon•o•po´di•um, n. ; pl. L. Monopodia (#), E. -ums (#). [L. See Monopody.] (Bot.) A single and continuous vegetable axis; — opposed to sympodium.

Monopoler
Mo•nop´o•ler, n. A monopolist. [Obs.]

Monopolist
Mo•nop´o•list (mo•nop"o•list), n. One who monopolizes; one who has a monopoly; one who favors monopoly.

Monopolistic
Mo•nop•o•lis´tic (-lis"tik), a. Of or pertaining to a monopolist. North Am. Rev.

Monopolite
Mo•nop´o•lite, n. A monopolist. Sylvester.

Monopolize
Mo•nop´o•lize, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Monopolized p. pr. & vb. n. Monopolizing ] [From Monopoly.] 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.

Monopoly
Mo•nop´o•ly, n. ; pl. Monopolies (#). [L. monopolium, Gr., ; mo•nos alone + to sell.]
1. 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.
"Raleigh held a monopoly of cards, Essex a monopoly of sweet wines." Macaulay.
2. Exclusive possession; as a monopoly of land.
"If I had a monopoly out, they would have part on ’t." Shak.
3. The commodity or other material thing to which the monopoly relates; as tobacco is a monopoly in France. [Colloq.]

Monopolylogue
Mon•o•pol´y•logue, n. [ Mono- + Gr. poly•s many + lo•gos speech.] An exhibition in which an actor sustains many characters.

Monopsychism
Mon•o•psy´chism, n. [ Mono- + Gr. soul.] The doctrine that there is but one immortal soul or intellect with which all men are endowed.

Monopteral
Mo•nop´ter•al, a. [Gr. with a row of pillars only; mo•nos alone, only + feather, wing, also a row of pillars: cf. F. monoptère.] (Arch.) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; — said esp. of a temple.

Monopteron
Mo•nop´ter•on, n. ; pl. Monoptera (#). [NL. See Monopteral.] (Arch.) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella.

Monopyrenous
Mon•o•py•re´nous, a. [ Mono- + pyrene.] (Bot.) Having but a single stone or kernel.

Monorganic
Mon•or•gan´ic, a. [ Mon- + organic.] (Biol. & Med.) Belonging to, or affecting, a single organ, or set of organs.

Monorhina
Mon•o•rhi´na, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo•nos single +,, nose.] (Zoöl.) The Marsipobranchiata.

Monorhyme
Mon´o•rhyme, n. [ Mono- + rhyme: cf. F. monorime.] A composition in verse, in which all the lines end with the same rhyme.

Monosepalous
Mon•o•sep´al•ous, a. [ Mono- + sepal: cf. F. monosepale.] (Bot.) Having only one sepal, or the calyx in one piece or composed of the sepals united into one piece; gamosepalous. The most recent writers restrict this term to flowers having a solarity sepal, and use gamosepalous for a calyx formed by several sepals combined into one piece. Cf. Monopetalous.

Monospherical
Mon•o•spher´ic•al, a. [ Mono- + spherical.] Consisting of one sphere only.

Monostich
Mon´o•stich, n. [Gr., from consisting of one verse; mo•nos single + sti•chos line, verse.] A composition consisting of one verse only.

Monostichous
Mo•nos´ti•chous (mo•nos"ti•kus), a. [See Monostich.] (Bot.) Arranged in a single row on one side of an axis, as the flowers in grasses of the tribe Chloridae.

Monostrophic
Mon•o•stroph´ic (mon•o•strof"ik), a. [Gr. monostrofiko•s; mo•nos single + strofh• strophe.] (Pros.) Having one strophe only; not varied in measure; written in unvaried measure. Milton.

Monosulphide
Mon•o•sul´phide, n. [ Mono- + sulphide.] (Chem.) A sulphide containing one atom of sulphur, and analogous to a monoxide; — contrasted with a polysulphide; as galena is a monosulphide.

Monosulphuret
Mon•o•sul´phu•ret, n. [ Mono- + sulphuret.] (Chem.) See Monosulphide.

Monosyllabism
Mon•o•syl´la•bism, n. The state of consisting of monosyllables, or having a monosyllabic form; frequent occurrence of monosyllables.

Monosyllable
Mon´o•syl•la•ble, n. [L. monosyllabus of one syllable, Gr. : cf. F. monosyllabe. See Mono-, Syllable.] A word of one syllable.

Monothalama
Mon•o•thal´a•ma, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo•nos single + qa•lamos a chamber.] (Zoöl.) A division of Foraminifera including those that have only one chamber.

Monothalaman
Mon•o•thal´a•man, n. [See Monothalamous.] (Zoöl.) A foraminifer having but one chamber.

Monothalmic
Mon•o•thal´mic, a. [See Monothalamous.] (Bot.) Formed from one pistil; — said of fruits. R. Brown.

Monotheism
Mon´o•the•ism, n. [ Mono- + Gr. god: cf. F. monotheisme.] The doctrine or belief that there is but one God.

Monotheist
Mon´o•the•ist, n. [Cf. F. monotheiste.] One who believes that there is but one God.

Monotheistic
Mon•o•the•is´tic, a. Of or pertaining to monotheism. { Mo•noth´e•lism, Mo•noth´e•li•tism } n. [Cf. F. monothelisme, monothelitisme.] The doctrine of the Monothelites.

Monothelite
Mo•noth´e•lite, n. [Gr. ; mo•nos alone, only +,, to will, be willing: cf. F. monothelite.] (Eccl. Hist.) One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but one will as he had but one nature. Cf. Monophysite. Gibbon.

Monotocous
Mo•not´o•cous, a. [ Mono- + Gr. birth, offspring.]
1. (Bot.) Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic.
2. (Zoöl.) Uniparous; laying a single egg.

Monotomous
Mo•not´o•mous, a. [ Mono- + Gr. cutting, fr. to cut.] (Min.) Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only.

Monotone
Mon´o•tone, n. [See Monotonous, Monotony.]
1. (Mus.) A single unvaried tone or sound.
2. (Rhet.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch. { Mon•o•ton´ic, Mon•o•ton´ic•al } a. Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous. "Monotonical declamation." Chesterfield.

Monotonous
Mo•not´o•nous, a. [Gr. ; mo•nos alone, single + tone. See Tone.] Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. — Mo•not´o•nous•ly, adv. — Mo•not´o•nous•ness, n.

Monotreme
Mon´o•treme, n. [Cf. F. monotrème.] (Zoöl.) One of the Monotremata.

Monotriglyph
Mon•o•tri´glyph, n. [ Mono- + triglyph: cf. F. monotriglyphe.] (Arch.) A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.

Monotropa
Mo•not´ro•pa, n. [NL., fr. Gr. mo•nos single + turn, from to turn.] (Bot.) A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem. { Mon´o•type, Mon•o•typ´ic } a. [ Mono- + -type: cf. F. monotype.] (Biol.) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.

Monotype
Mon´o•type, n. [ Mono- + - type.]
1. (Biol.) The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus.
2. A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by pressure; also the process of making such prints.
3. A kind of typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets individual types.

Monovalent
Mo•nov´a•lent, a. [ Mono- + L. valens, p. pr. See Valence.] (Chem.) Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.

Monoxylon
Mo•nox´y•lon, n. [NL., from Gr., fr. made from one piece of wood; mo•nos alone + wood.] A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.

Monoxylous
Mo•nox´y•lous, a. [See Monoxylon.] Made of one piece of wood.

Monroe doctrine
Mon•roe" doc"trine. See under Doctrine.

Monsel’s solution
Mon"sel’s so•lu"tion [See Monsel’s salt.] (Med.) An aqueous solution of Monsel’s salt, having valuable styptic properties.

Monster
Mon´ster, n. [OE. monstre, F. monstre, fr. L. monstrum, orig., a divine omen, indicating misfortune; akin of monstrare to show, point out, indicate, and monere to warn. See Monition, and cf. Demonstrate, Muster.]
1. Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.
"A monster or marvel." Chaucer.
2. Specifically, an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.
3. Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.

Monster
Mon´ster, a. Monstrous in size. Pope.

Monster
Mon´ster, v. t. To make monstrous. [Obs.] Shak.

Monstrance
Mon´strance, n. [LL. monstrantia, fr. L. monstrare to show: cf. OF. monstrance. See Monster.] (R. C. Ch.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.

Monstrosity
Mon•stros´i•ty, n. ; pl. Monstrosities (#). [Cf. F. monstruosite. See Monstrous.] The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster. South.
"A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the immutability of a species." Adanson (Trans. ).

Monstrously
Mon´strous•ly, adv. In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as monstrously wicked. "Who with his wife is monstrously in love." Dryden.

Monstrousness
Mon´strous•ness, n. The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. Shak.

Monstruosity
Mon•stru•os´i•ty, n. Monstrosity. [Obs.] Shak.

Monstruous
Mon´stru•ous, a. Monstrous. [Obs.]

Mont, n. [F. See Mount, n. ] Mountain.