English words: mono-exponential to monocled
300 English words, part 117 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 9 have a page of their own.
English words mono-exponential to monocled
- mono-exponential adjective: Alternative form of monoexponential.
- mono-eye noun: Alternative spelling of monoeye.
- mono-fracture noun: A joint or fracture that represents a single line or plane of slippage.
- mono-ii noun: a conference among the shimpan to reconsider a referee's decision
- mono-ion noun: Alternative form of monoion.
- mono no aware noun /ˌmɒnəʊ nəʊ əˈwɑːɹeɪ/: A wistful awareness of the impermanence or transience of things.
- mono-rotor adjective, noun: Alternative spelling of monorotor (adjective).
- mono-ski noun: Alternative form of monoski.
- mono-unsaturate noun: Alternative spelling of monounsaturate.
- mono-unsaturates noun: Alternative spelling of monounsaturates.
- mono-verse noun: A poem or song consisting of a single verse.
- mono wind noun /ˈmoʊnoʊ ˈwɪnd/: A strong dry downslope wind that occurs along the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in California, a type of foehn that typically blows from the northeast.
- monoacetal noun: Any compound that has a single acetal group
- monoacetate noun: A compound which contains a single acetate group or ion
- monoacetin noun: glyceryl monoacetate (the monoglyceride of acetic acid)
- monoacetone noun: A single acetone substituent in another compound, especially in a sugar derivative
- monoacetoxylation noun: The addition of a single acetoxyl group
- monoacetyl noun: A single acetyl group in a compound
- monoacetylacoschimperoside noun: A particular steroid glycoside found in Vallaris species.
- monoacetylated adjective: acetylated by the addition of a single acetyl group
- monoacetylation noun: acetylation by a single acetyl group
- monoacid noun: Any acid that has only one replaceable hydrogen ion.
- monoacidic adjective: That is capable of neutralizing one mole of a monobasic acid
- monoacrylate noun: Any compound having a single acrylate group or ion
- monoacyl noun: A single acyl group in a compound
- monoacylate noun, verb: To introduce a single acyl group into a molecule
- monoacylation noun: acylation with a single acyl group (where multiple acylations would be possible)
- monoacylglyceride noun: Synonym of monoglyceride (of a typical fatty acid)
- monoacylglycerol noun: monoglyceride
- monoacylglycerophospholipid noun: Synonym of lysophospholipid.
- monoadduct noun: An adduct formed by the addition of a single molecule of a compound
- monoadducted adjective: Modified by the addition of a monoadduct
- monoadenylated adjective: Modified by the addition of a single adenyl group
- monoadenylation noun: adenylation at a single position
- monoadministration noun: Alternative form of mono-administration.
- monoagent noun: Any chemotherapeutic agent that works alone
- monoaldehyde noun: Any aldehyde containing a single aldehydic group
- monoalgal adjective: Containing a single species of alga
- monoalkene noun: Any alkene that has a single double bond
- monoalkenylated adjective: alkenylated with a single alkene moiety
- monoalkoxide noun: Any compound having a single alkoxide group.
- monoalkoxylated adjective: Modified by the addition of a single alkoxy group
- monoalkyl noun: A single alkyl group in a compound
- monoalkylate verb: To introduce a single alkyl group into a molecule
- monoalkylated adjective: alkylated with a single alkyl group
- monoalkylation noun: alkylation with a single alkyl group
- monoalkylglycerol noun: Any monoalkyl ether of glycerol
- monoalkyllead noun: Any lead cation that has an alkyl substituent
- monoalkynylation noun: alkynylation with a single alkyne moiety
- monoallelic adjective: Involving a single allele
- monoallelical adjective: Alternative form of monoallelic.
- monoallelically adverb: In a monoallelic manner
- monoallelism noun: The condition of being monoallelic
- monoallylated adjective: Modified by the addition of a single allyl group
- monoalphabetic adjective /ˌmɒ.nəʊˌæl.fəˈbɛ.tɪk/: Of a substitution cipher, using the same fixed mappings from plaintext to cipher letters across the entire text.
- monoalphabetically adverb: In a monoalphabetic manner.
- monoaluminium noun: one aluminium atom in a molecule
- monoaluminum noun: Alternative spelling of monoaluminium.
- monoalveolar adjective: Relating to a single alveolus, or to only one of the two lungs
- monoamide noun: Any compound that has a single amide group (especially when derived from a compound having multiple carboxylic acid groups)
- monoamidite noun: Any amidite in which a single -O- linkage is replaced by an -N< (amino) group
- monoamine noun /mɒnəʊˈeɪmiːn/: Any compound having a single amino functional group, especially a neurotransmitter.
- monoamine oxidase noun: Either of two enzymes, found in the outer membrane of mitochondria, that degrade biogenic amines and are thus responsible for the destruction of transmitter...
- monoaminergic adjective: That transmit impulses by employing the monoamine neurotransmitters catecholamine or indolamine
- monoaminomonocarboxylic adjective: Having a single amino functional group and a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group.
- monoaminooxidase noun: Alternative form of monoaminoxidase.
- monoaminosaccharide noun: Any aminosaccharide that has a single amino group
- monoaminoxidase noun: monoamine oxidase
- monoaminylation noun: aminylation with a single amino acid
- monoammonium noun: A single ammonium cation in a compound
- monoamniotic adjective /ˌmɒnəʊˌæmniˈɒtɪk/: Sharing the same amniotic sac within their mother's uterus.
- monoamnioticity noun: The quality of being monoamniotic.
- monoamorous adjective: Being exclusively faithful to one partner; monogamous (especially as contrasted with polyamorous).
- monoamory noun: Practice of engaging in a single romantic/sexual relationship at a time, sometimes without an expectation of mutuality, usually outside and without the...
- monoanaesthesia noun: Alternative form of monoanesthesia.
- monoandrous adjective: Alternative form of monandrous.
- monoandry noun: The practice of having only one husband at a time.
- monoanhydride noun: An organic compound with one anhydride group
- monoanion noun: Any anion carrying a single negative charge.
- monoanionic adjective: Having a single negative charge
- monoantennary adjective: Having the form of a single antenna.
- monoantibody noun: monoclonal antibody
- monoao noun: Dracophyllum subulatum.
- monoaperturate adjective: Describing pollen grains with only one opening through which the pollen tube grows during germination.
- monoarachin noun: The monoglyceride of arachidic acid
- monoargumental adjective: Supporting only a single argument.
- monoargumentality noun: The quality of being monoargumental.
- monoaromatic adjective, noun: Having a single aromatic ring
- monoarsenide noun: Any arsenide containing a single atom of arsenic in each molecule or unit cell
- monoarthralgia noun: pain in a single joint
- monoarthritic adjective: Exhibiting, or relating to, monoarthritis.
- monoarthritis noun: inflammation, or arthritis, of one joint at a time.
- monoarticular adjective /ˈmɒnəʊ̯ɑːˌtɪkjʊlə/: Affecting a single joint of the body.
- monoaryl noun: A single aryl group in a compound
- monoarylated adjective: arylated by the addition of a single aryl group
- monoarylation noun: arylation that involves the addition of a single aryl group
- monoassociated adjective: Having a single association
- monoassociation noun: The colonisation of an otherwise germ-free organism with microbes of a single species
- monoastral adjective: Having or relating to a single aster.
- monoatomic adjective: Alternative form of monatomic.
- monoaural adjective: Alternative form of monaural.
- monoaurally adverb: In a monoaural manner.
- monoauricular adjective: Affecting, or for use with, a single ear
- monoautochronic adjective: Describing the simultaneous production of a single egg by each of a pair of oviducts
- monoavidin noun: A monomeric form of avidin
- monoaxal adjective: Alternative form of monoaxial.
- monoaxenic adjective: Grown in the presence of a single other species.
- monoaxenically adverb: In a monoaxenic manner
- monoaxial adjective: Having a single axis
- monoaxially adverb: In a monoaxial manner.
- monoaxon noun: A cylindrical spicule of a sponge
- monoazidation noun: azidation involving a single azide group
- monoazide noun: Any compound containing a single azide group or anion
- monoazido noun: A single azido group in a molecule
- monoazo adjective: Having a single azo group
- monobacillary adjective: Relating to a single bacillus.
- monobactam noun: Any of various beta-lactam compounds wherein the beta-lactam ring is alone, not fused to another ring.
- monobacterial adjective: Relating to a single kind of bacterium.
- monoballism noun: monoballismus
- monoballismus noun: ballismus confined to a single limb
- monoband adjective: Designed to be used on only one band, in particular a radio frequency band.
- monobander noun: A radio antenna designed to be used on just one radio frequency band, typically used by radio amateurs.
- monobank noun: A single financial institution that combines the functions of a central bank and a deposit bank.
- monobaramin noun: Part or all of a holobaramin; a group of organisms believed to be related to by common descent in baraminology.
- monobaraminic adjective: Of or relating to a monobaramin.
- monobaric adjective: Having constant external pressure
- monobasic adjective: Containing one replaceable hydrogen atom.
- monobasicity noun: The property of being monobasic.
- monobath adjective: Such that the development process involves immersion in only one chemical bath.
- monobenzoate noun: Any salt or ester that has a single benzoate ion or group
- monobenzone noun: A compound used as a topical drug for medical depigmentation.
- monobenzyl noun: A single benzyl group in a molecule
- monobenzylic adjective: Of or relating to monobenzyl.
- monobiotinylated adjective: biotinylated with a single biotin group
- monoblack adjective: Being a card which is black and no other colors.
- monoblast noun: A cell, normally found in bone marrow, that matures into a monocyte
- monoblastic adjective: Relating to a monoblast
- monoblastoid adjective: Characteristic of a monoblast
- monoblepsia noun: Alternative form of monoblepsis.
- monoblepsis noun: A defect of vision that is evident only if both eyes are open
- monobloc noun: A forging or casting made in a single piece, rather than being fabricated from components
- monoblock noun: Alternative spelling of monobloc, a forging or casting made in a single piece.
- monoblue adjective: Being a card which is blue and no other colors.
- monoboard noun: Synonym of monoski.
- monobob noun: A single person variant of the bobsleigh (“bobsled”)
- monobody noun: A synthetic binding protein constructed using a fibronectin type III domain as a molecular scaffold.
- monoborate noun: Any compound having a single borate anion
- monobosom noun: The pigeon-breasted shape of a blouse.
- monobrachial adjective: Relating to one arm of a chromosome
- monobranched adjective: Having a single branch
- monobridged adjective: Having a single bridge across a ring
- monobromated adjective: Containing one atom of bromine in the molecule.
- monobromide noun: any bromide containing a single bromine atom in each molecule
- monobrominate verb: To introduce a single bromine atom into (a compound)
- monobrominated adjective: Modified by the addition of a single atom of bromine
- monobromination noun: bromination with a single bromine atom (where multiple brominations would be possible)
- monobromized adjective: monobrominated
- monobromoacetanilide noun: A derivative of acetanilide that contains one bromine atom in each molecule.
- monobromobenzene noun: Synonym of bromobenzene.
- monobromobimane noun: A bromo derivative of bimane that is used as a reagent in biochemistry
- monobromoindirubin noun: A mono-bromo derivative of indirubin that is a component of Tyrian purple
- monobromonaphthalene noun: A volatile oily liquid, C₁₀H₇Br, used as an embedding agent in microscopy and as an immersion fluid for determining the refractive index of crystals.
- monobronchodilator noun: A single bronchodilator (as therapy)
- monobrow noun: Synonym of unibrow.
- monobrowed adjective: Having a monobrow.
- monobutt noun: A smooth, featureless posterior without defined buttocks or a gluteal cleft; often cartoonishly stylized and exaggerated in size.
- monobutyl noun: A single butyl group in a molecule
- monocable adjective: Describes a cableway in which the cable car is pulled along by the cable from which it is suspended.
- Monocacy proper noun: A free-flowing left tributary to the Potomac River, which empties into the Atlantic Ocean via the Chesapeake Bay.
- monocalcic adjective: Containing a single calcium atom per molecule or unit cell
- monocalcium noun: One atom of calcium in a compound
- monocaliber adjective: Having the same shape and dimensions throughout a range of products
- monocalypt noun: Any eucalypt of the subgenus Monocalyptus
- monocanalicular adjective: Involving a single canaliculus
- monocapillary noun: A single capillary tube.
- monocaprin noun: Either of two isomeric monoglycerides of capric acid
- monocaprylate noun: Any compound that contains a single caprylate group or ion
- monocarbene noun: Any compound having a single carbene group
- monocarbide noun: Any compound that has a single carbide ion
- monocarbon adjective: Having a single carbon atom in each molecule
- monocarbonate noun: A carbonate in which both hydrogen atoms of the acid are replaced by basic elements.
- monocarbonic adjective: monocarboxylic (containing a single carboxyl group).
- monocarbonyl noun: Any compound that has a single carbonyl group
- monocarbonylation noun: Any reaction that introduces one carbonyl group into a compound.
- monocarboxylate noun: Any molecule with a single carboxylate group.
- monocarboxylic adjective: Having a single carboxyl or carboxylic acid group
- monocarboxypeptidase noun: Synonym of carboxypeptidase.
- monocardial adjective: Having only heart.
- monocardian adjective: Having a heart with a single ventricle.
- monocarp noun: Any monocarpic plant.
- monocarpellary adjective: Consisting of a single carpel.
- monocarpellate adjective: Having a single carpel.
- monocarpian adjective: Synonym of monocarpic.
- monocarpic adjective: (of a plant) That flowers and bears fruit only once before dying.
- monocarpically adverb: In a monocarpic manner.
- monocarpous adjective: Synonym of monocarpic.
- monocarpy noun: Quality of being monocarpic.
- monocase adjective: Of a script or typeface: having only one case, making no distinction between upper and lower case.
- monocation noun: A cation formed by removal of a single electron from a neutral species
- monocationic adjective: Relating to monocations
- monocausal adjective: Having a single cause
- monocausality noun: The quality of being monocausal.
- monocausotaxophilia noun: The tendency to explain everything as based on a single cause.
- monocellate adjective: Having a single ocellus.
- monocellular adjective: Of one cell; unicellular.
- monocellularity noun: The condition of being monocellular.
- monocenter adjective: monocentric
- monocentral adjective: Having or relating to a single centre.
- monocentrality noun: The condition of being monocentral
- monocentric adjective, noun: Having a single centre.
- monocentrically adverb: In a monocentric manner
- monocentricity noun: The condition of being monocentric
- monocentrid noun: Any of the family Monocentridae of pinecone fishes.
- monocentrism noun: The condition of being monocentric
- monocephalic adjective: Having a single head, particularly in the shape of a flower, especially a dandelion
- monocephalous adjective: said of unbranched composite plants.
- monocephalus noun: A pair of conjoined twins that share a single head
- monocephaly noun: The quality of being monocephalic or monocephalous.
- monocercomonad noun: Any flagellate of the genus Monocercomonoides
- monocerin noun: A dihydroisocoumarin present in the fungus Drechslera monoceras (family Pleosporaceae, order Pleosporales) and other fungi species.
- monoceros noun /məˈnɒsəɹəs/: A unicorn.
- monoceros beetle noun: Any anthicid beetle of the species Notoxus monoceros, that have a prominent projection jutting out from their thoraxes.
- monocerous adjective: Relating to or characteristic of a monoceros
- monochain noun: A molecule with one attached chain.
- monochalcogenide noun: Any chalcogenide that has a single chalcogen atom per molecule or unit cell
- monochamol noun: The pheromone 2-undecyloxyethan-1-ol
- monocharged adjective: Carrying a single charge
- monochasial adjective: Relating to the monochasium.
- monochasium noun: A type of cyme on which each single axis bears one flower.
- monochasy noun: monochasium
- monochelate adjective: Having a single chelate link
- monochemotherapy noun: chemotherapy using a single drug
- monochiasmatic adjective: Having a single chiasma
- monochiral adjective: Having a single handedness
- monochlamydeous adjective: Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx.
- monochloramine noun: The chloramine NH₂Cl
- monochloride noun: Any chloride containing a single chlorine atom in each molecule.
- monochlorinate verb: To introduce a single chlorine atom into (a molecule)
- monochlorinated adjective: chlorinated with a single atom of chlorine
- monochlorination noun: chlorination with a single chlorine atom (where multiple chlorinations would be possible)
- monochloroalkane noun: A chloroalkane that has a single chlorine atom
- monochlorobimane noun: The mono-chloro derivative of bimane that is used in several fluorometric analyses
- monochlorobiphenyl noun: Any of three isomers of a chlorinated derivative of biphenyl containing one chlorine atom
- monochloroethane noun: Chloroethane.
- monochloromethane noun: Synonym of methyl chloride.
- monochlorophenol noun: Any monochloro derivative of a phenol
- monocholine noun: A chemical compound containing one choline molecule, used particularly when two may be expected, such as with an ester of a dibasic acid.
- monochord noun: A musical instrument for experimenting with the mathematical relations of musical sounds, consisting of a single string stretched between two bridges, one...
- monochordist noun: Someone who plays a monochord (one-stringed chordophone).
- monochorea noun: chorea confined to a single member or part of the body
- monochorial adjective: Alternative form of monochorionic.
- monochorionic adjective: Sharing one foetal membrane, or chorion. Typically used of identical twins.
- monochorionicity noun: The condition of being monochorionic
- monochotomy noun: Division or separation into itself.
- monochroic adjective: Having only one colour.
- monochromacy noun: The quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness.
- monochromasia noun: monochromacy
- monochromasy noun: Alternative form of monochromacy.
- monochromat noun: One whose vision exhibits monochromacy; one who is completely color blind.
- monochromate noun, verb: A compound that has a single chromate anion per molecule or unit cell
- monochromated adjective: Fitted with a monochromator.
- monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope noun: A scanning transmission electron microscope that is able to focus electrons to a probe of about 0.14 nm and thus distinguish individual atoms.
- monochromated scanning transmission electron microscopes noun: plural of monochromated scanning transmission electron microscope
- monochromatic adjective: Having only one color, represented by differing hues and tints. For example shades in a black and white television.
- monochromatically adverb: In a monochromatic way.
- monochromaticity noun /ˌmɑnoʊkɹɑməˈtɪsɪti/: the degree to which something is monochromatic
- monochromating adjective, verb: That acts as a monochromator
- monochromatised adjective: Alternative form of monochromatized.
- monochromatism noun: The condition of being monochromatic
- monochromatist noun: A painter of monochromes
- monochromatization noun: The production of a beam of radiation, containing a narrow band of frequencies, as the result of monochromatizing or by passing through a monochromator
- monochromatize verb: To convert a beam containing a broad range of wavelengths into one containing a narrow band
- monochromatized adjective, verb: Generated by a monochromator
- monochromator noun: An optical device, consisting of one or more slits, that selects a narrow band of wavelengths from a broader spectrum.
- monochromatosome noun: A monomeric chromatosome
- monochrome adjective, noun /ˈmɒn.əˌkɹəʊm/: A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
- monochromic adjective: Of a single colour; monochromatic.
- monochromically adverb: In a monochromic manner.
- monochromist noun: An artist working in the monochromatic style.
- monochromosomal adjective: Relating to or composed of a single chromosome.
- monochromosome noun: A single chromosome
- monochromosomic adjective: Alternative form of monochromosomal.
- monochromous adjective: Synonym of monochrome.
- monochromy noun: The art of painting or drawing in monochrome (shades of the same color).
- monochronic adjective: Characterized by a system where things are done one at a time.
- monochronically adverb: In a monochronic manner.
- monochronicity noun: The condition of being monochronic
- monochronistic adjective: Alternative form of monochronic.
- monochronous adjective: monosemic
- monociliate adjective: Having a single cilium.
- monociliated adjective: Having only one cilium.
- monocilium noun: A single cilium (rather than a group of cilia)
- monocistronic adjective: Having or involving a single cistron
- monocistronically adverb: By means of a single cistron
- monocitrate noun: Any salt or ester containing a single citrate anion or group
- monocity noun: A city (especially in the former Soviet Union) in which most of the working population work in the same industry, typically for the same organisation.
- monoclade noun: A monophyletic clade.
- monoclausal adjective: Having a single clause.
- monocle noun /ˈmɑnəkəl/: A single lens, usually in a wire frame, and used to correct vision for only one eye.
- monocled adjective: Wearing a monocle.
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Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under M: 47,683 words, in 159 parts.