| MONOCARPIC | • monocarpic adj. (Botany) (of a plant) That flowers and bears fruit only once before dying. • MONOCARPIC adj. having only one ovary; producing one fruit, also MONOCARPOUS. |
| MONOCAUSAL | • monocausal adj. Having a single cause. |
| MONOCEROUS | • monocerous adj. Relating to or characteristic of a monoceros. • MONOCEROUS adj. having only one horn. |
| MONOCHASIA | • monochasia n. Plural of monochasium. • MONOCHASIUM n. a cyme with a single main stem. |
| MONOCHORDS | • monochords n. Plural of monochord. • MONOCHORD n. a musical instrument having only one string. |
| MONOCHROIC | • monochroic adj. Having only one colour. • MONOCHROIC adj. of one colour. • MONOCHROIC n. something of one colour. |
| MONOCHROME | • monochrome n. A black and white image, especially such a photograph. • monochrome n. (Dated) A painting executed in shades of a single colour. • monochrome n. A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed. |
| MONOCHROMY | • monochromy n. (Dated) The art of painting or drawing in monochrome. • MONOCHROMY n. the art of painting or drawing in monochrome. |
| MONOCLINAL | • monoclinal adj. (Geology) Having one oblique inclination; applied to strata that dip in only one direction from the axis of elevation. • MONOCLINAL adj. relating to a monocline. • MONOCLINAL n. a monocline. |
| MONOCLINES | • monoclines n. Plural of monocline. • MONOCLINE n. a simple fold, described as a local steepening in strata with an otherwise uniform dip. |
| MONOCLINIC | • monoclinic adj. (Crystallography) Having three unequal axes with two perpendicular and one oblique intersections. • MONOCLINIC adj. referable to three unequal axes, two intersecting each other obliquely and at right angles to the third. |
| MONOCLONAL | • monoclonal adj. (Biochemistry) genetically engineered from a single clone; used especially of a protein or antibody. • monoclonal n. (Immunochemistry) something produced from a single clone, especially a monoclonal antibody. • MONOCLONAL adj. derived from a single cell clone that can reproduce itself in vast quantities. |
| MONOCOQUES | • monocoques n. Plural of monocoque. • 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. |
| MONOCOTYLS | • monocotyls n. Plural of monocotyl. • MONOCOTYL n. a plant having a single cotyledon, also MONOCOT, MONOCOTYLEDON. |
| MONOCRATIC | • monocratic adj. Synonym of autocratic. • MONOCRATIC adj. autocratic. |
| MONOCULARS | • monoculars n. Plural of monocular. • MONOCULAR n. a field glass or microscope for use with one eye. |
| MONOCULOUS | • monoculous adj. (Archaic) one-eyed, monocular. • MONOCULOUS adj. monocular. |
| MONOCYCLES | • monocycles n. Plural of monocycle. • MONOCYCLE n. a cycle with only one wheel, also UNICYCLE. |
| MONOCYCLIC | • monocyclic adj. Having a single cycle of development or activity. • monocyclic adj. (Chemistry) Having a single ring of atoms in the molecule; such as benzene or cyclopropane. • monocyclic n. (Chemistry) Any monocyclic compound. |
| MONOCYTOID | • monocytoid adj. Relating to monocytes. • MONOCYTOID adj. of or like a monocyte, a large white blood corpuscle. |