| MONOGENESIS | • monogenesis n. (Anthropology) The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple. • monogenesis n. (Linguistics) The theory that all languages, or a particular set of languages, originated from a single source. • monogenesis n. (Biology, medicine) Development of the ovum from a parent like itself. |
| MONOGENISMS | • MONOGENISM n. the doctrine of the common descent of all living things, or of any particular group (esp. mankind) from one ancestor or pair. |
| MONOGENISTS | • monogenists n. Plural of monogenist. • MONOGENIST n. a believer in monogenism. |
| MONOGYNISTS | • MONOGYNIST n. one who practises monogyny, having only one wife at a time. |
| MONOPSONIES | • monopsonies n. Plural of monopsony. • MONOPSONY n. a market condition with one buyer and many sellers. |
| MONOPSONIST | • monopsonist n. A single buyer who dominates a market. • MONOPSONIST n. a participant in a monopsony. |
| MONOSKIINGS | • MONOSKIING n. the sport of skiing on a wide ski on which a skier stands with both feet. |
| MONOTONISES | • MONOTONISE v. to make into a monotone, also MONOTONIZE. |
| MOONINESSES | • MOONINESS n. the state of being moony. |
| MOONSHINERS | • moonshiners n. Plural of moonshiner. • MOONSHINER n. a person engaged in illicit distilling, so called because the work is largely done at night. |
| NOISOMENESS | • noisomeness n. The state or quality of being noisome. • NOISOMENESS n. the state of being noisome. |
| NOSTOMANIAS | • NOSTOMANIA n. an overwhelming desire to return home or to go back to familiar places. |
| OMINOUSNESS | • ominousness n. The quality of being ominous. • OMINOUSNESS n. the state of being ominous. |
| SYMPHONIONS | • symphonions n. Plural of symphonion. • SYMPHONION n. a combination of piano and harmonium. |