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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

monotheism
noun belief in a single God

monotheist
noun a believer in one god

monotheistic
adjective believing that there is only one god

Monothelitism
noun the theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even though he had two natures (human and divine); condemned as heretical in the Third Council of Constantinople

monotone
drone noun an unchanging intonation

monotonic
adjective of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value

monotonously
adverb in a monotonous manner; `the history of the play throughout the latter part of the eighteenth century is monotonously uneventful`

monotony
humdrum noun the quality of wearisome constancy, routine, and lack of variety; `he had never grown accustomed to the monotony of his work`; `he was sick of the humdrum of his fellow prisoners`; `he hated the sameness of the food the college served`

Monotremata
order Monotremata noun coextensive with the subclass Prototheria

monotreme
egg-laying mammal noun the most primitive mammals comprising the only extant members of the subclass Prototheria

Monotropa
genus Monotropa noun leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae

Monotropaceae
family Monotropaceae noun used in some classification for saprophytic herbs sometimes included in the family Pyrolaceae: genera Monotropa and Sarcodes

monotype
noun a typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters

monotypic
adjective consisting of only one type

monounsaturated
adjective (of long-chain carbon compounds especially fats) saturated except for one multiple bond

monounsaturated fatty acid
noun an unsaturated fatty acid whose carbon chain has one double or triple valence bond per molecule; found chiefly in olive oil and chicken and almonds

monoxide
noun an oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule

monozygotic
adjective derived from a single fertilized egg; `monozygotic twins`

Monroe
James Monroe noun 5th President of the United States; author of the Monroe Doctrine (1758-1831)

Monroe Doctrine
noun an American foreign policy opposing interference in the Western hemisphere from outside powers

Monrovia
Liberian capital noun the capital and chief port and largest city of Liberia

mons
mons veneris noun a mound of fatty tissue covering the pubic area in women

Monsieur
noun used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr`

Monsignor
noun (Roman Catholic Church) an ecclesiastical title of honor bestowed on some priests

monsoon
noun a seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter

monster
teras noun (medicine) a grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus

monstera
noun any plant of the genus Monstera; often grown as houseplants

monstrance
noun (Roman Catholic Church) a vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration

monstrance
noun proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion

monstrosity
noun something hideous or frightful; `they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity`

monstrous
adjective abnormally large

Mont Blanc
Monte Bianco noun the highest mountain peak in the Alps; on the border between France and Italy south of Geneva (15,781 feet high)

Montagu`s harrier
Circus pygargus noun brownish European harrier

Montaigne
Michel Montaigne noun French writer regarded as the originator of the modern essay (1533-1592)

montan wax
noun a hard wax obtained from lignite

Montana
Treasure State noun a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border

Montanan
noun a native or resident of Montana

montane
adjective of or inhabiting mountainous regions; `montane flowers`

monte
four-card monte noun a gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of the will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time

Monte Carlo
noun a town and popular resort in the principality of Monaco; famous for its gambling casino

Montego Bay
noun port and resort city in northwestern Jamaica

Montenegro
Crna Gora noun a former country bordering on the Adriatic Sea; now part of the Union of Serbia and Montenegro

Monterey
noun a town in western California south of San Francisco on a peninsula at the southern end of Monterey Bay

Monterey Bay
noun an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in western California

Monterey cypress
Cupressus macrocarpa noun tall California cypress endemic on Monterey Bay; widely used for ornament as well as reforestation and shelterbelt planting

Monterey pine
Pinus radiata noun tall California pine with long needles in bunches of 3, a dense crown, and dark brown deeply fissured bark

Monterrey
noun an industrial city in northeastern Mexico

Montespan
Marquise de Montespan noun French noblewoman who was mistress to Louis XIV until he became attracted to Madame de Maintenon (1641-1707)

Montesquieu
Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu noun French political philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers (1689-1755)

Montessori
Maria Montesorri noun Italian educator who developed a method of teaching mentally handicapped children and advocated a child-centered approach (1870-1952)

Monteverdi
Claudio Monteverdi noun Italian composer (1567-1643)

Montevideo
capital of Uruguay noun the capital and largest city of Uruguay; a cosmopolitan city and one of the busiest ports in South America

Montez
Lola Montez noun Irish dancer (1818-1861)

Montezuma
noun evergreen tree with large leathery leaves and large pink to orange flowers; considered a link plant between families Bombacaceae and Sterculiaceae

Montezuma cypress
Mexican swamp cypress noun cypress of river valleys of Mexican highlands

Montezuma II
noun the last Aztec emperor in Mexico who was overthrown and killed by Hernando Cortes (1466-1520)

Montezuma`s revenge
noun diarrhea contracted in Mexico or Central America

Montfort
Simon de Montfort noun an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265)

Montgolfier
Josef Michel Montgolfier noun French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810)

Montgolfier
noun French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799)

Montgomery
capital of Alabama noun the state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River

Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery noun Canadian novelist (1874-1942)

Montgomery Ward
Aaron Montgomery Ward noun United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913)

Montgomery`s tubercle
noun one of the sebaceous glands on the areolae of the breast that lubricate the breast during breast-feeding

month
noun a time unit of approximately 30 days; `he was given a month to pay the bill`

month by month
adverb monthly; `month by month, the betrayal gnawed at his heart`

month of Sundays
noun a time perceived as long; `I hadn`t seen him in a month of Sundays`

monthlong
adjective last through a month; `a monthlong stay in the hospital`

monthly
adjective occurring or payable every month; `monthly payments`; `the monthly newsletter`

Montia
genus Montia noun small genus of densely tufted annual herbs; north temperate regions and South America and tropical Africa and Asia

Montmartre
noun the highest point in Paris; famous for its associations with many artists

Montrachet
noun a white Burgundy wine

Montreal
noun a city in southern Quebec province on the Saint Lawrence River; the largest city in Quebec and 2nd largest in Canada; the 2nd largest French-speaking city in the world

Montserrat
noun a volcanic island in the Caribbean; in the West Indies

Montserratian
adjective of or relating to Montserrat or the inhabitants of Montserrat; `Montserratian natives`

monument
noun an important site that is marked and preserved as public property

monumental
adjective of outstanding significance; `Einstein`s monumental contributions to physics`

moo
noun the sound made by a cow or bull

moo goo gai pan
noun a Cantonese dish of chicken and sauted vegetables

moo-cow
noun female of domestic cattle: ``moo-cow` is a child`s term`

moocher
mooch noun someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

mood
noun verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker

mood
noun the prevailing psychological state; `the climate of opinion`; `the national mood had changed radically since the last election`

moodily
adverb in a moody manner; `in the bar, a youngish, sharp-eyed man was staring moodily into a gin and tonic`

moodiness
noun having temperamental and changeable moods

moody
temperamental adjective subject to sharply varying moods; `a temperamental opera singer`

moon
noun any natural satellite of a planet; `Jupiter has sixteen moons`

moon blindness
mooneye noun recurrent eye inflammation in horses; sometimes resulting in blindness

moon carrot
noun any plant of the genus Seseli having dense umbels of small white or pink flowers and finely divided foliage

moon shell
moonshell noun marine gastropods having smooth rounded shells that form short spires

moon shot
noun the launching of a spacecraft to the moon

moon trefoil
Medicago arborea noun evergreen shrub of southern European highlands having downy foliage and a succession of yellow flowers throughout the summer followed by curious snail-shaped pods

moon-faced
round-faced adjective having a round face

moon-splashed
adjective splashed or covered patchily with moonlight; `the moon-splashed world`

moon-worship
selenolatry noun the worship of the moon

moonbeam
moon ray noun a ray of moonlight

moonfish
horsefish noun any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies

moonflower
belle de nuit noun pantropical climber having white fragrant nocturnal flowers

Moonie
noun (offensive) a member of the Unification Church

moonless
adjective without a moon or a visible moon; `the dark moonless night`; `a moonless planet`