| monad | (noun) (biology) a single-celled microorganism (especially a flagellate protozoan) | - |
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| (noun) a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive | Synonyms: monas |
| (noun) (chemistry) an atom having a valence of one | - |
| monal | (noun) brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia | Synonyms: monaul |
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| monandrous | (adjective) having only one husband at a time | - |
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| monandry | (noun) the state of having only one husband at a time | - |
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| monarch | (noun) large migratory American butterfly having deep orange wings with black and white markings; the larvae feed on milkweed | Synonyms: Danaus plexippus, milkweed butterfly, monarch butterfly |
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| (noun) a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right | Synonyms: crowned head, sovereign |
| monarchal | (adjective) having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch | Synonyms: monarchical |
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| (adjective) ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch | Synonyms: monarchic, monarchical |
| monarchic | (adjective) ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch | Synonyms: monarchal, monarchical |
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| monarchical | (adjective) having the characteristics of or befitting or worthy of a monarch | Synonyms: monarchal |
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| (adjective) ruled by or having the supreme power resting with a monarch | Synonyms: monarchal, monarchic |
| monarchism | (noun) a belief in and advocacy of monarchy as a political system | - |
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| monarchist | (noun) an advocate of the principles of monarchy | Synonyms: royalist |
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| monarchy | (noun) an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority | - |
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| monarda | (noun) any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda | Synonyms: wild bergamot |
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| monas | (noun) a singular metaphysical entity from which material properties are said to derive | Synonyms: monad |
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| monastery | (noun) the residence of a religious community | - |
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| monastic | (adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | Synonyms: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastical |
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| (noun) a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work | Synonyms: monk |
| monastical | (adjective) of communal life sequestered from the world under religious vows | Synonyms: cloistered, cloistral, conventual, monastic |
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| monasticism | (noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience | - |
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| monatomic | (adjective) of or relating to an element consisting of a single atom | Synonyms: monoatomic |
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| monaul | (noun) brilliantly colored pheasant of southern Asia | Synonyms: monal |
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| monaural | (adjective) relating to or having or hearing with only one ear | - |
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| monaurally | (adverb) in a monaural manner | Synonyms: in one ear, to one ear |
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| monazite | (noun) a reddish-brown mineral containing rare earth metals; an important source of thorium and cerium | - |
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