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English words: monomath to monopisthocotylean

300 English words, part 120 of 159 of the words starting with M, A to Z. 10 have a page of their own.

English words monomath to monopisthocotylean

  1. monomath noun: A person with an extensive knowledge of a single subject or field, but little knowledge of others.
  2. monomathic adjective: Of or pertaining to a monomath.
  3. monome noun: An expression with a single term, such as a product of numeric variables (with no addition) or a conjunction of possibly negated Boolean variables (with no...
  4. monomelia noun: The presence of a single, unfused lower limb instead of two.
  5. monomelic adjective: Of or relating to monomelia.
  6. monomembrane noun: A membrane composed of a single layer
  7. monomeniscous adjective: Having a single lens
  8. monomer noun /ˈmɒnəmə/: A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer or oligomer.
  9. monomeric adjective: Of or pertaining to a monomer.
  10. monomerically adverb: In a monomeric manner
  11. monomericity noun: The quality of being monomeric.
  12. monomerisation noun: Alternative spelling of monomerization.
  13. monomerise verb: Alternative form of monomerize.
  14. monomerization noun: The decomposition of a polymer to form monomers; the reverse process to polymerization.
  15. monomerize verb: To convert (a dimer, oligomer or polymer) into a monomer
  16. monomerous adjective: Composed of solitary parts, as a flower with one sepal, one petal, one stamen, and one pistil
  17. monometalism noun: Alternative form of monometallism.
  18. monometalist noun: Alternative form of monometallist.
  19. monometallic adjective: Consisting of a single metal.
  20. monometallism noun: The use of only one metal (such as gold or silver) in the standard currency of a country, or as a standard of monetary value.
  21. monometallist adjective, noun: A supporter of monometallism.
  22. monometallistic adjective: Relating to, or supporting, monometallism.
  23. monometer noun: A line of verse containing a single metrical foot.
  24. monomethacrylate noun: Any compound that has a single methacrylate ion or group
  25. monomethine noun: Any of a family of cyanine dyes having a structure of two rings joined by a methine bridge.
  26. monomethod adjective: Using or relating to a single method.
  27. monomethoxy noun: A single methoxy group in a molecule
  28. monomethoxypolyethylene glycol noun: A derivative of polyethylene glycol with one methoxy side group per monomer.
  29. monomethyl noun: A single methyl group in a molecule
  30. monomethylamine noun: Synonym of methylamine.
  31. monomethylarsonic acid noun: Synonym of methylarsonic acid.
  32. monomethylarsonous acid noun: Synonym of methylarsonous acid.
  33. monomethylase noun: Any enzyme that catalyzes monomethylation
  34. monomethylate verb: To add a single methyl group to a compound
  35. monomethylation noun: The addition of a single methyl group.
  36. monomethylester noun: monomethyl ester
  37. monomethylfumarate noun: The monomethyl ester of fumaric acid
  38. monomethylhydrazine noun: A volatile hydrazine with the chemical formula CH₃(NH)NH₂, used as fuel in bipropellant rocket engines.
  39. monomethyltin noun: The trivalent organotin radical CH₃-Sn≡
  40. monomethyltransferase noun: Any methyltransferase that transfers a single methyl group
  41. monomethylurea noun: A precursor to theobromine, produced from methylamine and urea.
  42. monometric adjective: Of or pertaining to a monometer.
  43. monometrical adjective: Synonym of monometric.
  44. monometrically adverb: In a monometric way.
  45. monomial adjective, noun: Being or relating to a polynomial consisting of one term.
  46. monomialization noun: The process of monomializing.
  47. monomialize verb: To make into a monomial
  48. monomially adverb: In a monomial manner.
  49. monomicrobial adjective: Associated with a single species of microorganism
  50. monomicrobic adjective: Relating to, or caused by only one type of microbe.
  51. monomict adjective: Containing a single type of rock.
  52. monomictic adjective: Having layers of water that intermix only once per year.
  53. monomineral adjective: Of or relating to a single kind of mineral.
  54. monomineralic adjective: composed of a single mineral
  55. monomino noun /mɒnˈɒmɪnəʊ/: A polyomino consisting of one square.
  56. monomiracidial adjective: Relating to a single miracidium
  57. monomitic adjective: Containing only the generative type of hyphae
  58. monommatid noun: Any beetle in the family Monommatidae, now considered to be the zopherid tribe Monommatini.
  59. monommid noun: Any beetle in the family Monommidae, synonym for the zopherid tribe Monommatini.
  60. monomodal adjective: Having or employing a single mode
  61. monomodality noun: The condition of being monomodal
  62. monomodally adverb: In a single mode.
  63. monomode adjective: Capable of operation only in a single mode.
  64. monomodular adjective: Having a single mode of operation
  65. monomolecular adjective: involving a single molecule
  66. monomolecularly adverb: In monomolecular terms
  67. monomoraic adjective: Containing one mora.
  68. monomoraicity noun: The property of having one mora.
  69. monomorbid adjective: Having a single chronic disease
  70. monomorbidity noun: The condition of being monomorbid
  71. monomorph noun: Synonym of unimorph.
  72. monomorpheme noun: A single, indivisible morpheme.
  73. monomorphemic adjective: Consisting of only one morpheme; not divisible into smaller parts.
  74. monomorphic adjective /ˌmɑnoʊ̯ˈmɔɹfɪk/: Having or existing in a single shape or form.
  75. monomorphically adverb: In a monomorphic manner.
  76. monomorphicity noun: The condition of being monomorphic
  77. monomorphisation noun: In a compiler, the process of converting a polymorphic function to a monomorphic function, by the creation of a specialised function for each different data...
  78. monomorphism noun: an injective homomorphism
  79. monomorphization noun: Alternative spelling of monomorphisation.
  80. monomorphize verb: To convert (a polymorphic function) to a monomorphic function.
  81. monomorphological adjective /ˌmɑnəˌmɔɹfəˈlɑd͡ʒəkəl/: Of a single morphology.
  82. monomorphous adjective: monomorphic
  83. monomorphy noun: The condition of being monomorphic
  84. monomotor adjective: Having a single traction motor driving the axles on a bogie.
  85. monomunicipal adjective: Relating to a single municipality / city
  86. monomyarian adjective, noun /ˌmɒnəˌmaɪˈɛəɹi.ən/: Of or relating to the Monomya, bivalves having only one adductor muscle.
  87. monomyary adjective: monomyarian
  88. monomycin noun: The antibiotic paromomycin.
  89. monomycolate noun: Any compound that has a single mycolate group
  90. monomyelocyte noun: A form of monocyte found in bone marrow
  91. monomyelocytic adjective: Of or pertaining to monomyelocytes
  92. monomyeloic adjective: Alternative form of monomyeloid.
  93. monomyeloid adjective: Synonym of myelomonocytic.
  94. monomyristoyl noun: A single myristoyl group in a compound
  95. monomyth noun: A cyclical journey or quest undertaken by a mythical hero.
  96. monomythic adjective: Of or relating to a monomyth.
  97. monomythical adjective: Of or relating to a monomyth.
  98. Monon proper noun: A township and town therein, in White County, Indiana, United States.
  99. Monona proper noun: A city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States.
  100. mononational adjective: Consisting of a single nation
  101. mononeddylated adjective: neddylated with the addition of a single NEDD8 protein
  102. mononegaviral adjective: Relating to any mononegavirus
  103. mononegavirus noun: Any virus of the order Mononegavirales.
  104. mononematic adjective: Having electron-dense extracellular material localized to the junction between the cilia and the attachment cell. (of stretch receptor organs in insects and...
  105. mononematous adjective: Alternative form of mononematic.
  106. mononeme noun: An unpaired strand of nucleic acid (typically, during transcription)
  107. mononeuritis noun: neuritis affecting a single nerve
  108. mononeuritis multiplex noun: neuritis that simultaneously affects single nerves remote from each other
  109. mononeuropathic adjective: Relating to a mononeuropathy
  110. mononeuropathy noun: A neuropathy that affects only a single nerve (as distinguished from polyneuropathy)
  111. Monongahela noun /məˌnɒŋɡəˈhiːlə/: An Iroquoian Native American culture from AD 1050 to 1635 in present-day western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern Ohio, and West Virginia, whose...
  112. Monongahela Barbara's buttons noun: Synonym of Appalachian Barbara's buttons
  113. mononitrate noun: Any nitrate having a single nitrate anion
  114. mononitration noun: Any nitration reaction in which a single nitro group is introduced into a compound.
  115. mononitride noun: Any nitride having a single nitrogen atom in each molecule or unit cell
  116. mononitro noun: A single nitro group in a molecule
  117. mononitrobenzene noun: nitrobenzene
  118. mononitropyrene noun: Any of three isomeric mononitro derivatives of pyrene; they are environmental pollutants
  119. mononitrotoluene noun: Any of three organic compounds with the formula C₆H₄(CH₃)(NO₂).
  120. mononom noun: A word composed of a single stem that cannot be broken down into constituent morphs.
  121. mononomial adjective: Having a single name.
  122. mononormative adjective: Of or pertaining to the practices and institutions that privilege or value monosexual and monogamous relationships as fundamental and "natural" within society.
  123. mononormativity noun: The assumption that romantic and sexual relationships can only occur, or are only normal, between two monogamous partners
  124. mononuclear adjective, noun: Having a single nucleus.
  125. mononuclearity noun: The condition of being mononuclear
  126. mononuclearly adverb: In a mononuclear manner.
  127. mononucleate adjective, noun: Having a single nucleus
  128. mononucleated adjective: Having a single nucleus; mononucleate, mononuclear.
  129. mononucleation noun: The formation of a single cell nucleus
  130. mononucleocyte noun: A cell that contains a single nucleus
  131. mononucleolar adjective: With a single nucleolus.
  132. mononucleoside noun: An individual nucleoside
  133. mononucleosis noun /ˌmɑnoʊnukliˈoʊsɪs/: A viral infection marked by extreme fatigue, high fever, and swollen lymph nodes.
  134. mononucleosislike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of mononucleosis.
  135. mononucleosomal adjective: Of or pertaining to mononucleosomes
  136. mononucleosome noun: A nucleosome monomer.
  137. mononucleotic adjective: Having or relating to mononucleosis.
  138. mononucleotide noun: A single nucleotide.
  139. mononucleotidic adjective: Relating to or composed of mononucleotides.
  140. mononucleotidyl noun: A univalent radical derived from mononucleotide
  141. mononuclidic adjective: That exists in nature as a single nuclide
  142. mononumerosis noun: The oversimplification of a metric by using a single numerical value to characterize a complex phenomenon or system.
  143. mononym noun /ˈmɒnə(ʊ)nɪm/: A single name or term by which a person, thing, etc., is known.
  144. mononymic adjective: Pertaining to a mononym.
  145. mononymically adverb: Synonym of mononymously.
  146. mononymous adjective: Having or being known by a single-word name.
  147. mononymously adverb: Using a one-word name, in a mononymous manner.
  148. mononymy noun: Standardization of terms so that each entity has only one name.
  149. monooctanoate noun: Any ester or salt containing a single octanoate group or ion
  150. monooctanoin noun: Alternative form of monoctanoin.
  151. monooctyl noun: A single octyl group in a compound
  152. monooleate noun: A compound having a single oleate ion or group per molecule, or per anion.
  153. monoolefin noun: Synonym of alkene.
  154. monoolein noun: Any monoglyceride of oleic acid
  155. monooleoglycerol noun: The monoglyceride of oleic acid
  156. monooleoyl noun: A single oleoyl group in a compound
  157. monoorganolead noun: Any lead cation that has a single organic substituent
  158. monoorganotin noun: Any organotin compound where tin is bonded to an organic group
  159. monoorientation noun: The condition of being monooriented
  160. monooriented adjective: Having a single orientation
  161. monoosteophil noun: A bone-forming cell derived from a monocyte
  162. monoousian adjective /ˌmɑnoʊˈuzi.ən/: Having one and the same nature or essence, especially with regard to the persons of the Trinity.
  163. monoousious adjective: monoousian
  164. monoovulatory adjective: In which a single ovum (egg) is produced
  165. monooxidase noun: Alternative form of monoxidase.
  166. monooxygenase noun: Any oxygenase enzyme that catalyzes the incorporation of a single atom of molecular oxygen into a substrate, the other atom being reduced to water; active...
  167. monooxygenation noun: The incorporation of a single atom of molecular oxygen into a substrate, the other atom being reduced to water
  168. monopack noun: Synonym of tripack (“film with three emulsions stacked together”).
  169. monopalmitate noun: Any compound that has a single palmitate group
  170. monopalmitin noun: A monoglyceride of palmitic acid.
  171. monopalmitoyl noun: A single palmitoyl group in a compound
  172. monopalmitoylated adjective: Modified by the addition of a single palmitoyl group
  173. monoparalogous adjective: That has resulted from a single paralogous diversion from a common ancestor
  174. monoparametric adjective: Having or relating to a single parameter.
  175. monoparametrical adjective: Alternative form of monoparametric.
  176. monoparasitic adjective: Having a single type of parasite
  177. monoparasitism noun: infection with a single parasite
  178. monoparasitized adjective: parasitized with a single species of parasite
  179. monoparatopic adjective: That targets a single epitope
  180. monoparental adjective: Having or involving only one parent.
  181. monoparesis noun: paralysis of a single limb
  182. monoparetic adjective: Exhibiting or relating to monoparesis.
  183. monoparous adjective: Synonym of uniparous.
  184. monoparticle noun: non-composite particle; fundamental particle
  185. monoparticular adjective: Relating to a monoparticle
  186. monopartisan adjective: Synonym of unipartisan.
  187. monopartism noun: The state or policy of being monopartite.
  188. monopartite adjective: Having a single part
  189. monoparty adjective: Having only one political party, especially where opposition parties are outlawed; one-party, uniparty.
  190. monopartyism noun: Synonym of unipartyism.
  191. monopaternal adjective: Of the same father.
  192. monopathic adjective: Affecting only one organ or function.
  193. monopathophobia noun: The fear of a definite disease.
  194. monopathy noun: A disease that affects only one organ or function.
  195. monopatrism noun: In Christian theology, teachings that hold the Father as a singular source of a particular relation, for example: notion that the Holy Spirit proceeds from...
  196. monopectinate adjective: Of gastropods and molluscs: having a single row of filaments in the gill.
  197. monoped adjective, noun: Someone or something that has one leg.
  198. monopedal adjective: Synonym of unipedal.
  199. monopentose noun: A monosaccharide pentose
  200. monopeptide noun: Any peptide containing a single amino acid (combined with some other entity)
  201. monopeptidyl adjective: Derived from a monopeptide
  202. monoperiodic adjective: Recurring with a single period
  203. monoperiodically adverb: In a monoperiodic manner.
  204. monopersonal adjective: Having only one grammatical person.
  205. monopersulfate noun: Any salt containing a single persulfate ion
  206. monopetalous adjective: Having only one petal, or the corolla in one piece, or composed of petals cohering so as to form a tube or bowl; gamopetalous.
  207. monophage noun: A monophagous animal.
  208. monophagian noun: A monophagous person
  209. monophagism noun: Synonym of monophagy.
  210. monophagous adjective: That eats only one kind of food
  211. monophagously adverb: In a monophagous manner
  212. monophagy noun: The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).
  213. monophalangic adjective: Having a single phalanx (in a finger or toe)
  214. monopharmacotherapy noun: pharmacotherapy using a single pharmaceutical
  215. monophase adjective, noun: Having a single phase of alternating current.
  216. monophasia noun: A type of aphasia where the sufferer is only able to speak a single word or sentence.
  217. monophasic adjective: of, related to or affected with monophasia
  218. monophasically adverb: In a monophasic manner.
  219. monophasicity noun: The condition of being monophasic
  220. monophenol noun: Any compound containing one phenolic hydroxyl group
  221. monophenol monooxygenase noun: The enzyme tyrosinase.
  222. monophenolase noun: Any enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of simple phenols
  223. monophenolic adjective: Relating to a monophenol
  224. monophenotypic adjective: Composed of a single phenotype
  225. monophenyl noun: A single phenyl group in a molecule
  226. monophenylbutazone noun: mofebutazone
  227. monophialide noun: A simple phialide consisting of a single projection
  228. monophialidic adjective: Relating to monophialides.
  229. monophlebid noun: Any scale insect in the family Monophlebidae.
  230. monophobia noun: A fear of being alone.
  231. monophobic adjective: Having or relating to monophobia, the fear of being alone.
  232. monophone noun: A single phone treated as a unit.
  233. monophonematic adjective: monophonemic
  234. monophonemic adjective: Relating to or composed of a single phoneme.
  235. monophonic adjective /ˌmɒnə(ʊ)ˈfɒnɪk/: Having a single channel.
  236. monophonically adverb: In a monophonic manner.
  237. monophonous adjective /məˈnɒ.fə.nəs/: Able to produce only one sound at a time.
  238. monophony noun: The characteristic of a piece that has only a primary melody and no secondary melody or accompaniment.
  239. monophosphane noun: Any compound containing a single phosphane group (especially when one of a number of similar groups has been converted to phosphane)
  240. monophosphatase noun: Any phosphatase that dephosphorylates a monophosphate
  241. monophosphate noun: any compound containing a single phosphate unit
  242. monophosphide noun: Any phosphide having a single phosphorus atom
  243. monophosphodimer noun: A phosphodimer in which the two monomers are joined by a single phosphate group
  244. monophosphoester noun: Any compound having a single phosphate ester group
  245. monophosphohistidine noun: Either of two N-phosphorylated derivatives of histidine
  246. monophosphokinase noun: Any kinase that transfers a single phosphate group
  247. monophosphonucleoside noun: A nucleoside monophosphate
  248. monophosphoryl noun: A single phosphoryl group
  249. monophosphorylatable adjective: Capable of being monophosphorylated
  250. monophosphorylate verb: To phosphorylate by adding a single phosphate entity
  251. monophosphorylated adjective: phosphorylated with a single unit of phosphoric acid
  252. monophosphorylation noun: Any phosphorylation reaction in which a single phosphoryl group is added
  253. monophosphothiamine noun: A monophosphoric ester of thiamine, with neurotrophic action.
  254. monophote noun: An electric arc-lamp regulator working in single series.
  255. monophoton noun: A single photon (rather than a group)
  256. monophotonic adjective: Involving a single photon
  257. monophrasis noun: Any word carrying a complete sense by itself; not a polylectic term.
  258. monophthalmia noun: cyclopia
  259. monophthalmic adjective: one-eyed
  260. monophthalmus noun: A one-eyed person.
  261. monophthong noun /ˈmɒnəfˌθɒŋ(ɡ)/: A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in...
  262. monophthongal adjective /ˌmɒn.əfˈθɒŋ.ɡəl/: Of or pertaining to a monophthong.
  263. monophthongality noun: The quality of being monophthongal.
  264. monophthongally adverb: In a monophthongal manner.
  265. monophthongic adjective: Pronounced as a single vowel sound; said especially of a vowel that is also commonly pronounced as a diphthong.
  266. monophthongisation noun: UK standard spelling of monophthongization.
  267. monophthongise verb: Alternative spelling of monophthongize.
  268. monophthongization noun /ˌmɒ.nəfˌθɒŋ.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/: The process of becoming monophthong, for a diphthong or triphthong.
  269. monophthongize verb: To change to a monophthong (as by removing a vowel).
  270. monophylesis noun: The condition of being monophyletic; monophyly
  271. monophyletic adjective: Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
  272. monophyletic group noun: A monophylum
  273. monophyletical adjective: Alternative form of monophyletic.
  274. monophyletically adverb: In a monophyletic manner.
  275. monophyleticism noun: Alternative form of monophyletism.
  276. monophyleticity noun: The quality of being monophyletic.
  277. monophyletism noun: The property of being monophyletic; monophyly.
  278. monophylety noun: The property of being monophyletic.
  279. monophyllous adjective: Having a single leaf, or a leaf consisting of only one piece.
  280. monophylly noun: The condition of being monophyllous (having a single leaf).
  281. monophylogenetic adjective: Relating to, or deriving from a single phylogeny
  282. monophylogenetically adverb: In a monophylogenetic manner
  283. monophylogenic adjective: monophyletic
  284. monophylogeny noun: The condition of being monophyletic
  285. monophylous adjective: Having a single leaf
  286. monophylum noun: A hierarchical group of organisms including an ancestor species and all its descendants
  287. monophyly noun: In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.
  288. monophyodont adjective, noun: Having only one set of teeth.
  289. monophyodontism noun: The condition of being a monophyodont.
  290. monophysism noun: Alternative form of monophysitism.
  291. monophysite adjective, noun /məˈnɒfɪsaɪt/: A member of a Christian sect which held that Jesus Christ has one nature, as opposed to the Chalcedonian view that Christ has two natures, both fully man...
  292. Monophysite Acephali noun /mˈɒnə͡ʊfˌɪza͡ɪt ɐsɪfˈɑːli/: A radical Monophysite sect in the era after the Council of Chalcedon (451 CE) which rejected the Council. This sect eventually split into three groups, the...
  293. monophysitic adjective: Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  294. monophysitical adjective: Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
  295. monophysitism noun: A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or...
  296. monophysitist noun: monophysite
  297. monophyte adjective: Composed of, or derived from, a single species of plant
  298. monopile noun: A foundation consisting of a single, generally large-diameter, structural element that supports the entire load of a large above-surface structure.
  299. monopipe noun: A variable open pipe that can produce varying pitches.
  300. monopisthocotylean noun: Any member of the Monopisthocotylea, a subclass of parasitic flatworms in the class Monogenea.

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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.