| MONOCARPS | • monocarps n. Plural of monocarp. • MONOCARP n. a plant that yields fruit only once before dying. |
| MONOCEROS | • monoceros n. (Obsolete) A unicorn. • monoceros n. (Obsolete) A narwhal. • Monoceros prop.n. (Astronomy) A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a unicorn. It lies amid the… |
| MONOCHORD | • monochord n. A musical instrument for experimenting with the mathematical relations of musical sounds, consisting… • monochord n. A stringed instrument with only one string. • MONOCHORD n. a musical instrument having only one string. |
| MONOCLINE | • monocline n. (Geology) A unidirectional dip in strata that is not a part of an anticline or syncline. • monocline n. (Geology) A single flexure in otherwise flat-lying strata. • MONOCLINE n. a simple fold, described as a local steepening in strata with an otherwise uniform dip. |
| MONOCOQUE | • monocoque n. A structure design in which the frame and body are built as a single integrated structure. • MONOCOQUE n. (French) an aircraft structure in which the outer skin carries all or most of the torsional and bending stresses; a car structure in which the body is integral with and shares the stresses with the chassis. |
| MONOCOTYL | • monocotyl n. (Botany) Any monocotyledonous plant. • MONOCOTYL n. a plant having a single cotyledon, also MONOCOT, MONOCOTYLEDON. |
| MONOCRACY | • monocracy n. (Rare) Synonym of autocracy. • MONOCRACY n. rulership by one individual. |
| MONOCRATS | • monocrats n. Plural of monocrat. • MONOCRAT n. one who governs alone. |
| MONOCROPS | • monocrops n. Plural of monocrop. • MONOCROP v. to plant the same crop in the same field year after year. |
| MONOCULAR | • monocular adj. Having one eye. • monocular adj. Related to a monocle. • monocular adj. Of any optical system suitable for use by one eye at a time. |
| MONOCYCLE | • monocycle n. A unicycle or monowheel; often specifically a unicycle with the rider seated inside the wheel. • monocycle n. (Organic chemistry) An aromatic compound containing a single ring. • monocycle n. (Communication) The first derivative of a Gaussian, often used as an impulse signal. |
| MONOCYTES | • monocytes n. Plural of monocyte. • MONOCYTE n. a type of white blood cell. |
| MONOCYTIC | • monocytic adj. Of or pertaining to monocytes. • MONOCYTIC adj. of or like a monocyte, a large white blood corpuscle. |