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- English Word Monoxylon Definition A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.
- English Word Monoxylous Definition Made of one piece of wood.
- English Word Monozoa Definition A division of Radiolaria; -- called also Monocyttaria.
- English Word Monroe doctrine Definition See under Doctrine.
- English Word Monseigneur Definition My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)
- English Word Monsel's salt Definition A basic sulphate of iron; -- so named from Monsel, a Frenchman.
- English Word Monsel's solution Definition An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.
- English Word Monsieur Definition The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir.
- English Word Monsieur Definition The oldest brother of the king of France.
- English Word Monsieur Definition A Frenchman.
- English Word Monsignore Definition My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.)
- English Word Monsignors Definition of Monsignore
- English Word Monsoon Definition A wind blowing part of the year from one direction, alternating with a wind from the opposite direction; -- a term applied particularly to periodical winds of the Indian Ocean, which blow from the southwest from the latter part of May to the middle of September, and from the northeast from about the middle of October to the middle of December.
- English Word Monster Definition Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.
- English Word Monster Definition Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.
- English Word Monster Definition Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.
- English Word Monster Definition Monstrous in size.
- English Word Monster Definition To make monstrous.
- English Word Monstrance Definition A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.
- English Word Monstration Definition The act of demonstrating; proof.