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- Mono - n. - The black howler of Central America (Mycetes villosus).
- Mono- - - Alt. of Mon-
- Monobasic - a. - 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 - a. - Containing one carboxyl group; as, acetic acid is a monocarbonic acid.
- Monocardian - a. - Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians.
- Monocardian - n. - An animal having a single heart.
- Monocarp - n. - A monocarpic plant.
- Monocarpellary - a. - Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond.
- Monocarpic - a. - Alt. of Monocarpous
- Monocarpous - a. - Bearing fruit but once, and dying after fructification, as beans, maize, mustard, etc.
- Monocephalous - a. - Having a solitary head; -- said of unbranched composite plants.
- Monoceros - n. - A one-horned creature; a unicorn; a sea monster with one horn.
- Monoceros - n. - The Unicorn, a constellation situated to the east Orion.
- Monochlamydeous - a. - Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx.
- Monochord - n. - 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.
- Monochromatic - a. - Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only.
- Monochrome - n. - A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.
- Monochromic - a. - Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic picture.
- Monochromy - n. - The art of painting or drawing in monochrome.
- Monochronic - a. - Existing at the same time; contemporaneous.
- Monociliated - a. - Having but one cilium.
- Monocle - n. - An eyeglass for one eye.
- Monoclinal - a. - Having one oblique inclination; -- applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation.
- Monocline - n. - A monoclinal fold.
- Monoclinic - a. - 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.