MOLYBDENUM — MONOPHTHONG NWAD MOLYBDENUM.1

MOLYBDENUM, n. A metal which has not been reduced into masses of any magnitude, but has been obtained only in small separate globules, in a blackish, brilliant mass. These are brittle and extremely infusible. NWAD MOLYBDENUM.1

The most common natural compound of this metal is a sulphuret. NWAD MOLYBDENUM.2

MOME, n. A dull, silent person; a stupid fellow; a stock; a post. NWAD MOME.1

MOMENT, n. [L. momentum. This word is contracted from motamentum, or some other word, the radical verb of which signified to move, rush, drive or fall suddenly, which sense gives that of force. The sense of an instant of time is from falling or rushing, which accords well with that of meet.] NWAD MOMENT.1

1. The most minute and indivisible part of time; an instant. NWAD MOMENT.2

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye. 1 Corinthians 15:52. NWAD MOMENT.3

2. Force; impulsive power. NWAD MOMENT.4

--Touch with lightest moment of impulse, NWAD MOMENT.5

His free will. NWAD MOMENT.6

Little used; but hence, NWAD MOMENT.7

3. Importance in influence or effect; consequence; weight or value. NWAD MOMENT.8

It is an abstruse speculation, but also of far less moment to us than the others. NWAD MOMENT.9

MOMENTAL, a. Important. [Not in use.] NWAD MOMENTAL.1

MOMENTALLY, adv. For a moment. NWAD MOMENTALLY.1

MOMENTANEOUS, MOMENTANY, not used. [See Momentary.] NWAD MOMENTANEOUS.1

MOMENTARILY, adv. Every moment. NWAD MOMENTARILY.1

MOMENTARY, a. Done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as a momentary pang. NWAD MOMENTARY.1

Momentary as a sound, NWAD MOMENTARY.2

Swift as a shadow, short as any dream. NWAD MOMENTARY.3

MOMENTLY, adv. For a moment. NWAD MOMENTLY.1

1. In a moment; every moment. We momently expect the arrival of the mail. NWAD MOMENTLY.2

MOMENTOUS, a. Important; weighty; of consequence. Let no false step be made in the momentous concerns of the soul. NWAD MOMENTOUS.1

MOMENTUM, n. [L.] In mechanics, impetus; the quantity of motion in a moving body. This is always equal to the quantity of matter multiplied into the velocity. NWAD MOMENTUM.1

MOMMERY, MUMMERY, n. An entertainment or frolick in masks; a farcical entertainment in which masked persons play antic tricks. NWAD MOMMERY.1

MOMOT, n. The name of a genus of birds in S. America, whose beak and tongue resemble the toucan’s. NWAD MOMOT.1

MONACHAL, a. [L. monachus; Gr. a monk.] NWAD MONACHAL.1

Pertaining to monks or a monastic life; monastic. NWAD MONACHAL.2

MONACHISM, n. The state of monks; a monastic life. NWAD MONACHISM.1

MONAD, n. [Gr. unity, from sole.] NWAD MONAD.1

1. An ultimate atom, or simple unextended point. NWAD MONAD.2

2. An indivisible thing. NWAD MONAD.3

MONADELPH, n. [Gr. sole, and brother.] In botany, a plant whose stamens are united in one body by the filaments. NWAD MONADELPH.1

MONADELPHIAN, a. Having the stamens united in one body by the filaments. NWAD MONADELPHIAN.1

MONADIC, MONADICAL, a. Having the nature or character of a monad. NWAD MONADIC.1

MONANDER, n. [Gr. one, and a male.] NWAD MONANDER.1

In botany, a plant having one stamen only. NWAD MONANDER.2

MONANDRIAN, a. Having one stamen only. NWAD MONANDRIAN.1

MONARCH, n. [Gr. sole, and a chief.] NWAD MONARCH.1

1. The prince or ruler of a nation, who exercises all the powers of government without control, or who is vested with absolute sovereign power; an emperor, king or prince invested with an unlimited power. This is the strict sense of the word. NWAD MONARCH.2

2. A king or prince, the supreme magistrate of a nation, whose powers are in some respects limited by the constitution of the government. Thus we call the king of Great Britain a monarch, although he can make no law without the consent of parliament. NWAD MONARCH.3

3. He or that which is superior to others of the same kind; as, an oak is called the monarch of the forest; a lion the monarch of wild beasts. NWAD MONARCH.4

4. One that presides; president; as Bacchus, monarch of the vine. NWAD MONARCH.5

MONARCH, a. Supreme; ruling; as a monarch savage. NWAD MONARCH.6

MONARCHAL, a. Pertaining to a monarch; suiting a monarch; sovereign; regal; imperial. NWAD MONARCHAL.1

Satan, whom now transcendent glory raised NWAD MONARCHAL.2

Above his fellows, with monarchial pride-- NWAD MONARCHAL.3

MONARCHESS, n. A female monarch; an empress. NWAD MONARCHESS.1

MONARCHIC, MONARCHICAL, a. Vested in a single ruler; as monarchical government or power. NWAD MONARCHIC.1

1. Pertaining to monarchy. NWAD MONARCHIC.2

MONARCHIST, n. An advocate of monarchy. NWAD MONARCHIST.1

MONARCHIZE, v.i. NWAD MONARCHIZE.1

1. To play the king; to act the monarch. NWAD MONARCHIZE.2

2. To convert to a monarchy. NWAD MONARCHIZE.3

MONARCHIZE, v.t. To rule; to govern. NWAD MONARCHIZE.4

MONARCHY, n. [Gr. See Monarch.] NWAD MONARCHY.1

1. A state or government in which the supreme power is lodged in the hands of a single person. Such a state is usually called an empire or a kingdom; and we usually give this denomination to a large state only. But the same name is sometimes given to a kingdom or state in which the power of the king or supreme magistrate is limited by a constitution, or by fundamental laws. Such is the British monarchy. Hence we speak of absolute or despotic monarchies, and of limited monarchies. NWAD MONARCHY.2

A free government has a great advantage over a simple monarchy. NWAD MONARCHY.3

2. A kingdom; an empire. NWAD MONARCHY.4

MONASTERY, n. [Low L. monasterium; Gr. from sole, separate.] NWAD MONASTERY.1

A house of religious retirement, or of seclusion from ordinary temporal concerns, whether an abbey, a priory or a nunnery. The word is usually applied to the houses of monks, mendicant friars and nuns. NWAD MONASTERY.2

MONASTIC, MONASTICAL, a. [Low L. monasticus; Gr. sole, separate.] NWAD MONASTIC.1

Pertaining to monasteries, monks and nuns; recluse; secluded from the temporal concerns of life and devoted to religion; as a monastic life; monastic orders. NWAD MONASTIC.2

MONASTIC, n. A monk. NWAD MONASTIC.3

MONASTICALLY, adv. Reclusely; in a retired manner; in the manner of monks. NWAD MONASTICALLY.1

MONASTICISM, n. Monastic life. NWAD MONASTICISM.1

MONDAY, n. The second day of the week. NWAD MONDAY.1

MONDE, n. The world; also, a glove, an ensign of authority. NWAD MONDE.1

MONECIAN, n. [Gr. sole and house.] In botany, one of that class of plants, whose male and female flowers are on the same plant. NWAD MONECIAN.1

MONECIAN, a. Pertaining to the class of plants above described. NWAD MONECIAN.2

MONEY, n. plu. moneys. NWAD MONEY.1

1. Coin; stamped metal; any piece of metal, usually gold, silver or copper, stamped by public authority, and used as the medium of commerce. We sometimes give the name of money to other coined metals, and to any other material which rude nations use a medium of trade. But among modern commercial nations, gold, silver and copper are the only metals used for this purpose. Gold and silver, containing great value in small compass, and being therefore of easy conveyance, and being also durable and little liable to diminution by use, are the most convenient metals for coin or money, which is the representative of commodities of all kinds, of lands, and of every thing that is capable of being transferred in commerce. NWAD MONEY.2

2. Bank notes or bills of credit issued by authority, and exchangeable for coin or redeemable, are also called money; as such notes in modern times represent coin, and are used as a substitute for it. If a man pays in hand for goods in bank notes which are current, he is said to pay in ready money. NWAD MONEY.3

3. Wealth; affluence. NWAD MONEY.4

Money can neither open new avenues to pleasure, nor block up the passages of anguish. NWAD MONEY.5

MONEYAGE, n. Anciently, in England, a general land tax levied by the two first Norman kings, a shilling on each hearth. NWAD MONEYAGE.1

MONEY-BAG, n. A bag or purse for holding money. NWAD MONEY-BAG.1

MONEY-BOX, n. A box or till to hold money. NWAD MONEY-BOX.1

MONEY-BROKER, n. A broker who deals in money. NWAD MONEY-BROKER.1

MONEY-CHANGER, n. A broker who deals in money or exchanges. NWAD MONEY-CHANGER.1

MONEYED, a. Rich in money; having money; able to command money; used often in opposition to such as have their wealth in real estate. NWAD MONEYED.1

Invite moneyed men to lend to the merchants. NWAD MONEYED.2

1. Consisting in money; as moneyed capital. NWAD MONEYED.3

MONEYER, n. A banker; one who deals in money. NWAD MONEYER.1

1. A coiner of money. [Little used in either sense.] NWAD MONEYER.2

MONEY-LENDER, n. One who lends money. NWAD MONEY-LENDER.1

MONEYLESS, a. Destitute of money; pennyless. NWAD MONEYLESS.1

MONEY-MATTER, n. An account consisting of charges of money; an account between debtor and creditor. NWAD MONEY-MATTER.1

MONEY-SCRIVENER, n. A person who raises money for others. NWAD MONEY-SCRIVENER.1

MONEY-SPINNER, n. A small spider. NWAD MONEY-SPINNER.1

MONEY’S-WORTH, n. Something that will bring money. NWAD MONEYS-WORTH.1

1. Full value; the worth of a thing in money. NWAD MONEYS-WORTH.2

MONEY-WORT, n. A plant of the genus Lysimachia. NWAD MONEY-WORT.1

MONGER, n. A trader; a dealer; now used only or chiefly in composition; as a fish-monger, iron-monger, news-monger, cheese-monger. NWAD MONGER.1

MONGREL, a. [See Mingle.] Of a mixed breed; of different kinds. NWAD MONGREL.1

MONGREL, n. An animal of a mixed breed. NWAD MONGREL.2

MONILIFORM, a. [L. monile, a necklace, and form.] NWAD MONILIFORM.1

Like a necklace. NWAD MONILIFORM.2

MONIMENT, n. [L. monimemtum, from moneo, to admonish.] NWAD MONIMENT.1

1. An inscription; something to preserve memory. NWAD MONIMENT.2

2. A mark; an image; a superscription. NWAD MONIMENT.3

MONISH, v.t. To admonish; to warn. [Not used.] [See Admonish.] NWAD MONISH.1

MONISHER, n. An admonisher, which see. NWAD MONISHER.1

MONISHMENT, n. Admonition. NWAD MONISHMENT.1

MONITION, n. [L. monitio.] NWAD MONITION.1

1. Warning; instruction given by way of caution; as the monitions of a friend. NWAD MONITION.2

2. Information; indication. NWAD MONITION.3

We have no visible monitions of other periods, such as we have of the day by successive light and darkness. NWAD MONITION.4

MONITIVE, a. Admonitory; conveying admonition. NWAD MONITIVE.1

MONITOR, n. [L.] One who warns of faults or informs of duty; one who gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. NWAD MONITOR.1

You need not be a monitor to the king. NWAD MONITOR.2

1. In schools, a person authorized to look to the scholars in the absence of the instructor, or to notice the absence of faults of the scholars; or to instruct a division of class. NWAD MONITOR.3

MONITORIAL, a. NWAD MONITORIAL.1

1. Relating to a monitor. NWAD MONITORIAL.2

2. Performed by monitors or a monitor; as monitorial instruction. NWAD MONITORIAL.3

3. Conducted by or under the instruction of monitors, or subordinate teachers; as monitorial schools. NWAD MONITORIAL.4

MONITORY, a. Giving admonition; warning; instructing by way of caution. NWAD MONITORY.1

Losses, miscarriages and disappointments are monitory and instructive. NWAD MONITORY.2

MONITORY, n. Admonition; warning. NWAD MONITORY.3

MONITRESS, n. A female monitor. NWAD MONITRESS.1

MONK, n. [L. monachus.] A man who retires from the ordinary temporal concerns of the world, and devotes himself to religion. Monks usually live in monasteries, on entering which they take a vow to observe certain rules. Some however live as hermits in solitude, and others have lived a strolling life without any fixed residence. NWAD MONK.1

MONKERY, n. The life of monks; the monastic life. NWAD MONKERY.1

MONKEY, n. The popular name of the ape and baboon. But in zoology, monkey is more properly the name of those animals of the genus Simia, which have long tails. Ray distributes animals of this kind into three classes; apes which have no tails; monkeys with long tails; and baboons with short tails. NWAD MONKEY.1

1. A name of contempt or of slight kindness. NWAD MONKEY.2

MONKHOOD, n. The character of a monk. NWAD MONKHOOD.1

MONKISH, a. Like a monk, or pertaining to monks; monastic; as monkish manners; monkish dress; monkish solitude. NWAD MONKISH.1

MONK’S HEAD, n. A plant of the genus Leontodon. NWAD MONKS_HEAD.1

MONK’S HOOD, n. A plant of the genus Aconitum. NWAD MONKS_HOOD.1

MONK’S RHUBARB, n. A plant of the genus Rumex, a species of dock. NWAD MONKS_RHUBARB.1

MONOCEROS, n. [Gr. sole and horn.] The unicorn. NWAD MONOCEROS.1

MONOCHORD, n. [Gr. sole, only, and chord.] A musical instrument of one string. As its name imports, it had originally but one string; but it is generally constructed with two, by means of which the musician is better enabled to try the proportions of sounds and intervals, and judge of the harmony of two tempered notes. NWAD MONOCHORD.1

In the proper sense of the word, a trumpet marine is considered a monochord. NWAD MONOCHORD.2

MONOCHROMATIC, a. [Gr. sole, and color.] Consisting of one color, or presenting rays of light of one color only. NWAD MONOCHROMATIC.1

MONOCOTYLE, MONOCOTYLEDONOUS, a. Having only one seed-lobe or seminal leaf. NWAD MONOCOTYLE.1

MONOCOTYLEDON, n. [Gr. sole, and a hollow.] In botany, a plant with only one cotyledon or seed-lobe. NWAD MONOCOTYLEDON.1

MONOCULAR, MONOCULOUS, a. [Gr. sole, and L. oculus, eye.] NWAD MONOCULAR.1

Having one eye only. NWAD MONOCULAR.2

MONOCULE, n. [supra.] An insect with one eye. NWAD MONOCULE.1

MONODACTYLOUS, a. [Gr.] Having one toe only, as an animal. NWAD MONODACTYLOUS.1

MONODIST, n. One who writes a monody. NWAD MONODIST.1

MONODON, n. [Gr. having one tooth or shoot.] The unicorn fish, or sea-unicorn, which has a remarkable horn projecting from its head. [This horn is really a tusk, of which there are two, but only one of them is usually developed.] NWAD MONODON.1

It is called also the monoceros, or horned narwhal. Its usual size is form sixteen to twenty feet. NWAD MONODON.2

MONODY, n. [Gr. sole, and song.] NWAD MONODY.1

A song or poem sung by one person only. NWAD MONODY.2

MONOGAM, n. [Gr. sole, and marriage.] In botany, a plant that has a simple flower, though the anthers are united. NWAD MONOGAM.1

MONOGAMIAN, a. Pertaining to the order of plants that have a simple flower. NWAD MONOGAMIAN.1

MONOGAMIST, n. [supra.] One who disallows second marriages. NWAD MONOGAMIST.1

MONOGAMOUS, a. Having one wife only and not permitted to marry a second. NWAD MONOGAMOUS.1

MONOGAMY, n. [supra.] The marriage of one wife only, or the state of such as are restrained to a single wife. NWAD MONOGAMY.1

MONOGRAM, n. [Gr. sole and letter.] A character or cypher composed of one, two or more letters interwoven, being an abbreviation of a name; used on seals, etc. NWAD MONOGRAM.1

MONOGRAMMAL, a. Sketching in the manner of a monogram. NWAD MONOGRAMMAL.1

MONOGRAPH, n. [Gr. sole, and to describe.] An account or description of a single thing or class of things; as a monograph of violets in botany; a monograph of an Egyptian mummy. NWAD MONOGRAPH.1

MONOGRAPHIC, MONOGRAPHICAL, a. Drawn in lines without colors. NWAD MONOGRAPHIC.1

1. Pertaining to a monograph. NWAD MONOGRAPHIC.2

MONOGRAPHY, n. [Gr. sole, and to describe.] A description drawn in lines without colors. NWAD MONOGRAPHY.1

MONOGYN, n. [Gr. sole, and a female.] In botany, a plant having only one style or stigma. NWAD MONOGYN.1

MONOGYNIAN, a. Pertaining to the order monogynia; having only one style or stigma. NWAD MONOGYNIAN.1

MONOLOGUE, n. mon’olog. [Gr. sole, and speech.] NWAD MONOLOGUE.1

1. A soliloquy; a speech uttered by a person alone. NWAD MONOLOGUE.2

2. A poem, song or scene composed for a single performer. NWAD MONOLOGUE.3

MONOMACHY, n. [Gr. sole, and combat.] A duel; a single combat. NWAD MONOMACHY.1

MONOME, n. [Gr. sole, and name.] In algebra, a quantity that has one name only. NWAD MONOME.1

MONOMIAL, n. In algebra, a quantity expressed by one name or letter. NWAD MONOMIAL.1

MONOPATHY, n. [Gr. sole, and suffering.] Solitary suffering or sensibility. NWAD MONOPATHY.1

MONOPETALOUS, a. [Gr. only, and flower-leaf.] In botany, having only one petal, or a one-petaled corol; as a monopetalous corol or flower. NWAD MONOPETALOUS.1

MONOPHTHONG, n. [Gr. sole, and sound.] A simple vowel-sound. NWAD MONOPHTHONG.1