Nouns

monogenesis

noun

asexual reproduction by the production and release of spores

monograph

noun

a detailed and documented treatise on a particular subject

monogyny

noun

having only one wife at a time

monohybrid

noun

a hybrid produced by crossing parents that are homozygous ex...

monolatry

noun

the worship of a single god but without claiming that it is...

monolingual

noun

a person who knows only one language

monologist

noun

an entertainer who performs alone

monomania

noun

a mania restricted to one thing or idea

monomer

noun

a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form...

monongahela

noun

a river that rises in northern West Virginia and flows north...

monophony

noun

music consisting of a single vocal part (usually with accomp...

monoplegia

noun

paralysis of a single limb

monopolist

noun

someone who monopolizes the means of producing or selling so...

monosaccharide

noun

a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse t...

monosyllable

noun

a word or utterance of one syllable

monothelitism

noun

the theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even...

monotremata

noun

coextensive with the subclass Prototheria

monotreme

noun

the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant member...

monotype

noun

a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets sep...

monstera

noun

tropical cylindrical fruit resembling a pinecone with pineap...

monstrance

noun

(Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver)...

montagu

noun

United States anthropologist (born in England) who populariz...

montfort

noun

an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against H...

montgolfier

noun

French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfi...

mooneye

noun

recurrent eye inflammation in horses; sometimes resulting in...

moonfish

noun

large elliptical brightly colored deep-sea fish of Atlantic...

moonseed

noun

plant of the family Menispermaceae having red or black fruit...

moonshiner

noun

someone who makes or sells illegal liquor

moorcock

noun

male red grouse

moorfowl

noun

reddish-brown grouse of upland moors of Great Britain

moorwort

noun

wiry evergreen shrub having pendent clusters of white or pin...

moosewood

noun

maple of eastern North America with striped bark and large t...

mopboard

noun

a molding covering the joint formed by a wall and the floor

moquette

noun

a thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft u...

moralism

noun

a moral maxim

morbilli

noun

an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by disti...

mordacity

noun

a disposition to biting

mordvin

noun

the Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians

mordvinian

noun

the Finnic language spoken by the Mordvinians

moreen

noun

a heavy fabric of wool (or wool and cotton) used mostly in u...

morganite

noun

a kind of pink beryl used as a gemstone

morion

noun

a metal helmet worn by common soldiers in the 16th century

moronity

noun

mild mental retardation

moroseness

noun

a gloomy ill-tempered feeling

morpheme

noun

minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into...

morphophonemics

noun

the study of the phonological realization of the allomorphs...

morphophoneme

noun

(linguistics) the phonemes (or strings of phonemes) that con...

mortarboard

noun

a square board with a handle underneath; used by masons to h...

mortgagee

noun

the person who accepts a mortgage

mortgager

noun

the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be re...