Monocracy
(Mo*noc"ra*cy) n. [Mono- + -cracy, as in democracy.] Government by a single person; undivided
rule. Sydney Smith.
Monocrat
(Mon"o*crat) n. [Cf. Gr. ruling alone.] One who governs alone.
Monocrotic
(Mon`o*crot"ic) a. (Physiol.) Of, pertaining to, or showing, monocrotism; as, a monocrotic
pulse; a pulse of the monocrotic type.
Monocrotism
(Mo*noc"ro*tism) n. [Gr. mo`nos alone + a beating.] (Physiol.) That condition of the
pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely
disappearing.
Monocular
(Mo*noc"u*lar) a. [L. monoculus; Gr. mo`nos single + L. oculus eye: cf. F. monoculaire.]
1. Having only one eye; with one eye only; as, monocular vision.
2. Adapted to be used with only one eye at a time; as, a monocular microscope.
Monocule
(Mon"o*cule) n. [See Monocular.] (Zoöl.) A small crustacean with one median eye.
Monoculous
(Mo*noc"u*lous) a. Monocular. Glanvill.
Monocystic
(Mon`o*cys"tic) a. [See Mono- , and Cyst.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to a division (Monocystidea)
of Gregarinida, in which the body consists of one sac.
Monodactylous
(Mon`o*dac"tyl*ous) a. [Gr. monoda`ktylos; mo`nos single + da`ktylos finger: cf. F.
monodactyle.] (Zoöl.) Having but one finger or claw.
Monodelph
(Mon"o*delph Mon`o*del"phi*an) n. (Zoöl.) One of the Monodelphia.
Monodelphia
(||Mon`o*del"phi*a) n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single + delfy`s the womb.] (Zoöl.) The
group that includes all ordinary or placental mammals; the Placentalia. See Mammalia.
Monodelphic
(Mon`o*del"phic Mon`o*del"phous) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Monodelphia.
Monodic
(Mo*nod"ic Mo*nod"ic*al) a.
1. Belonging to a monody.
2. (Mus.) (a) For one voice; monophonic. (b) Homophonic; — applied to music in which the melody is
confined to one part, instead of being shared by all the parts as in the style called polyphonic.
Monodimetric
(Mon`o*di*met"ric) a. [Mono- + dimetric.] (Crystallog.) Dimetric.
Monodist
(Mon"o*dist) n. A writer of a monody.
Monodrama
(Mon"o*dra`ma Mon"o*drame) n. [Mono- + Gr. drama.] A drama acted, or intended to be
acted, by a single person.
Monodramatic
(Mon`o*dra*mat"ic) a. Pertaining to a monodrama.
Monody
(Mon"o*dy) n.; pl. Monodies [L. monodia, Gr. fr. singing alone; mo`nos single + song: cf. F.
monodie. See Ode.] A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses
lamentation; a song for one voice.
Monodynamic
(Mon`o*dy*nam"ic) a. [Mono- + dynamic.] Possessing but one capacity or power. "Monodynamic
men." De Quincey.
