| mono | (noun) an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing | Synonyms: glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis, kissing disease, mononucleosis |
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| monoamine | (noun) a molecule containing one amine group (especially one that is a neurotransmitter) | - |
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| monoblast | (noun) a large immature monocyte normally found in bone marrow | - |
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| monocarp | (noun) a plant that bears fruit once and dies | Synonyms: monocarpic plant, monocarpous plant |
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| monocentrism | (noun) the property of having or proceeding from a single center. | - |
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| monochromacy | (noun) complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness | Synonyms: monochromasy, monochromatic vision, monochromatism, monochromia |
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| monochromasy | (noun) complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness | Synonyms: monochromacy, monochromatic vision, monochromatism, monochromia |
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| monochromat | (noun) a person who is completely color-blind | - |
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| monochromatism | (noun) complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness | Synonyms: monochromacy, monochromasy, monochromatic vision, monochromia |
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| monochrome | (noun) a black-and-white photograph or slide | Synonyms: black and white |
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| (noun) painting done in a range of tones of a single color | - |
| monochromia | (noun) complete color blindness; colors can be differentiated only on the basis of brightness | Synonyms: monochromacy, monochromasy, monochromatic vision, monochromatism |
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| monocle | (noun) lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in place by facial muscles | Synonyms: eyeglass |
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| monocline | (noun) a geological formation in which all strata are inclined in the same direction | - |
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| monoclonal | (noun) any of a class of antibodies produced in the laboratory by a single clone of cells or a cell line and consisting of identical antibody molecules | Synonyms: monoclonal antibody |
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| monocot | (noun) a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside | Synonyms: endogen, liliopsid, monocotyledon |
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| monocotyledon | (noun) a monocotyledonous flowering plant; the stem grows by deposits on its inside | Synonyms: endogen, liliopsid, monocot |
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| monocracy | (noun) a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | Synonyms: absolutism, authoritarianism, Caesarism, despotism, dictatorship, one-man rule, shogunate, Stalinism, totalitarianism, tyranny |
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| monoculture | (noun) the cultivation of a single crop (on a farm or area or country) | - |
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| monocycle | (noun) a vehicle with a single wheel that is driven by pedals | Synonyms: unicycle |
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| monocyte | (noun) a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria | - |
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| monocytosis | (noun) increase in the number of monocytes in the blood; symptom of monocytic leukemia | - |
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| monody | (noun) music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment) | Synonyms: monophonic music, monophony |
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| monogamist | (noun) someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time) | Synonyms: monogynist |
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| monogamousness | (noun) the practice or state of having only one spouse at a time | Synonyms: monogamy |
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| monogamy | (noun) the practice or state of having only one spouse at a time | Synonyms: monogamousness |
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| monogenesis | (noun) asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores | Synonyms: sporulation |
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| monogram | (noun) a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing | - |
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| monograph | (noun) a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject | - |
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| monogynist | (noun) someone who practices monogamy (one spouse at a time) | Synonyms: monogamist |
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| monogyny | (noun) having only one wife at a time | - |
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| monohybrid | (noun) a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous except for a single gene locus that has two alleles (as in Mendel's experiments with garden peas) | - |
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| monohydrate | (noun) a hydrate that contains one molecule of water per molecule of the compound | - |
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| monoideism | (noun) a state of prolonged absorption in a single idea (as in mental depression, trance, hypnosis). | - |
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| monolatry | (noun) the worship of a single god but without claiming that it is the only god | - |
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| monolingual | (noun) a person who knows only one language | - |
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| monolith | (noun) a single great stone (often in the form of a column or obelisk) | - |
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| monologist | (noun) an entertainer who performs alone | - |
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| monologue | (noun) speech you make to yourself | Synonyms: soliloquy |
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| (noun) a (usually long) dramatic speech by a single actor | - |
| (noun) a long utterance by one person (especially one that prevents others from participating in the conversation) | - |
| monomania | (noun) a mania restricted to one thing or idea | Synonyms: possession |
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| monomaniac | (noun) a person suffering from monomania | - |
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| monomer | (noun) a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers | - |
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| monometallism | (noun) the use of only one metal (such as gold or silver) in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of monetary value. | - |
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| mononeuropathy | (noun) any neuropathy of a single nerve trunk | - |
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| mononucleosis | (noun) an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing | Synonyms: glandular fever, infectious mononucleosis, kissing disease, mono |
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| monophony | (noun) music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accompaniment) | Synonyms: monody, monophonic music |
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| monoplane | (noun) an airplane with a single wing | - |
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| monoplegia | (noun) paralysis of a single limb | - |
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| monopolisation | (noun) domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: monopolization |
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| monopoliser | (noun) someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something | Synonyms: monopolist, monopolizer |
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| monopolist | (noun) someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something | Synonyms: monopoliser, monopolizer |
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| monopolization | (noun) domination (of a market or commodity) to the exclusion of others | Synonyms: monopolisation |
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| monopolizer | (noun) someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling something | Synonyms: monopoliser, monopolist |
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| monopoly | (noun) (economics) a market in which there are many buyers but only one seller | - |
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| (noun) exclusive control or possession of something | - |
| monopsony | (noun) (economics) a market in which goods or services are offered by several sellers but there is only one buyer | - |
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| monorail | (noun) a railway having a single track | - |
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| monorchidism | (noun) failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum | Synonyms: monorchism |
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| monorchism | (noun) failure of one testes to descend into the scrotum | Synonyms: monorchidism |
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| monoreme | (noun) a galley that has one bank of oars. | - |
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| monosaccharide | (noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | Synonyms: monosaccharose, simple sugar |
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| monosaccharose | (noun) a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates | Synonyms: monosaccharide, simple sugar |
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| monosemy | (noun) having a single meaning (absence of ambiguity) usually of individual words or phrases | - |
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| monosomy | (noun) chromosomal abnormality consisting of the absence of one chromosome from the normal diploid number | - |
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| monosyllable | (noun) a word or utterance of one syllable | Synonyms: monosyllabic word |
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| monotheism | (noun) belief in a single God | - |
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| monotheist | (noun) a believer in one god | - |
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| monotone | (noun) an unchanging intonation | Synonyms: drone, droning |
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| (noun) a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts) | - |
| monotony | (noun) the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety | Synonyms: humdrum, sameness |
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| (noun) constancy of tone or pitch or inflection | - |
| monotopism | (noun) origin of a systematic group only once (as by mutation) or at a single location. | - |
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| monotreme | (noun) the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria | Synonyms: egg-laying mammal |
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| monotype | (noun) a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters | - |
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| (noun) the sole print made by pressing paper against a painted or inked glass or metal plate | - |
| (noun) (biology) a taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus) | - |
| monoxide | (noun) an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule | - |
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