Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter M - Page 69
Monotheism (n.) The doctrine or belief that there is but one God.
Monotheist (n.) One who believes that there is but one God.
Monotheist (n.) A believer in one god
Monotheistic (a.) Of or pertaining to monotheism.
Monothelism (n.) Alt. of Monothelitism
Monothelitism (n.) The doctrine of the Monothelites.
Monothelite (n.) One of an ancient sect who held that Christ had but one will as he had but one nature. Cf. Monophysite. -- Gibbon.
Monothelitic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Monothelites, or their doctrine.
Monotocous (a.) (Bot.) Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic.
Monotocous (a.) (Zool.) Uniparous; laying a single egg.
Monotomous (a.) (Min.) Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only.
Monotone (n.) (Mus.) A single unvaried tone or sound.
Monotone (n.) (Rhet.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch. Monotonic
Monotone (a.) Of a sequence or function; consistently increasing and never decreasing or consistently decreasing and never increasing in value [syn: monotonic, monotone] [ant: nonmonotonic].
Monotone (a.) Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" [syn: flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous].
Monotone (n.) An unchanging intonation [syn: monotone, drone, droning].
Monotone (n.) A single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts).
Monotonic (a.) Alt. of Monotonical.
Monotonical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous. "Monotonical declamation." -- Chesterfield.
Monotonist (n.) One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced. -- Richardson.
Monotonous (a.) Uttered in one unvarying tone; continued with dull uniformity; characterized by monotony; without change or variety; wearisome. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ly, adv. -- Mo*not"o*nous*ness, n.
Monotonous (a.) Tediously repetitious or lacking in variety; "a humdrum existence; all work and no play"; "nothing is so monotonous as the sea" [syn: humdrum, monotonous].
Monotonous (a.) Sounded or spoken in a tone unvarying in pitch; "the owl's faint monotonous hooting" [syn: flat, monotone, monotonic, monotonous].
Monotony (n.) A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing.
Monotony (n.) Any irksome sameness, or want of variety.
At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. -- W. Irving.
Monotony (n.) 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" [syn: monotony, humdrum, sameness].
Monotony (n.) Constancy of tone or pitch or inflection.
Compare: Mammalia
Mammalia (n. pl.) (Zool.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother.
Note: Mammalia are divided into three subclasses; I. Placentalia. This subclass embraces all the higher orders, including man. In these the fetus is attached to the uterus by a placenta. II. Marsupialia. In these no placenta is formed, and the young, which are born at an early state of development, are carried for a time attached to the teats, and usually protected by a marsupial pouch. The opossum, kangaroo, wombat, and koala are examples. III. Monotremata. In this group, which includes the genera Echidna and Ornithorhynchus, the female lays large eggs resembling those of a bird or lizard, and the young, which are hatched like those of birds, are nourished by a watery secretion from the imperfectly developed mammae.
Monotremata (n. pl.) (Zool.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna.
Monotremata (n.) Coextensive with the subclass Prototheria [syn: Monotremata, order Monotremata].
Monotrematous (a.) (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Monotremata.
Monotreme (n.) (Zool.) One of the Monotremata.
Monotriglyph (n.) (Arch.) A kind of intercolumniation in an entablature, in which only one triglyph and two metopes are introduced.
Monotropa (n.) (Bot.) A genus of parasitic or saprophytic plants including the Indian pipe and pine sap. The name alludes to the dropping end of the stem.
Monotropa (n.) Leafless fleshy saprophytic plants; in some classifications placed in the family Pyrolaceae [syn: Monotropa, genus Monotropa].
Monotype (a.) Alt. of Monotypic.
Monotypic (a.) (Biol.) Having but one type; containing but one representative; as, a monotypic genus, which contains but one species.
Monotype, () (Biol.) The only representative of its group, as a single species constituting a genus.
Monotype, () A print (but one impression can be taken) made by painting on metal and then transferring the painting to paper by pressure; also, the process of making such prints.
Monotype, () A kind of keyboard-operated typesetting and casting machine that makes and sets separate characters.
Monotype (n.) (Biology) A taxonomic group with a single member (a single species or genus).
Monotype (n.) A typesetting machine operated from a keyboard that sets separate characters.
Monovalent (a.) (Chem.) Having a valence of one; univalent. See Univalent.
Monovalent (a.) Containing only one kind of antibody [ant: polyvalent].
Monovalent (a.) Having a valence of 1 [syn: monovalent, univalent] [ant: multivalent, polyvalent].
Monoxide (n.) (Chem.) An oxide containing one atom of oxygen in each molecule; as, barium monoxide.
Monoxide (n.) An oxide containing just one atom of oxygen in the molecule.
Monoxylon (n.) A canoe or boat made from one piece of timber.
Monoxylous (a.) Made of one piece of wood.
Monozoa (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Radiolaria; -- called also Monocyttaria. -- Mon`o*zo"ic, a.
Monroe doctrine, () See under Doctrine.
Messeigneurs (n. pl. ) of Monseigneur
Monseigneur (n.) 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.)
Monsel's salt (n.) (U) (Med.) A basic sulphate of iron with medical uses; -- so named from Monsel, a Frenchman.
Compare: Sulphate
Sulphate (n.) 硫酸鹽，由硫酸根離子（SO2−4）與其它金屬離子組成的化合物，幾乎都是電解質，且大多數溶於水。
The sulfate or sulphate (see spelling differences) ion is a polyatomic anion with the empirical formula SO2-4. Sulfate is the spelling recommended by IUPAC, but sulphate is used in British English. Salts, acid derivatives, and peroxides of sulfate are widely used in industry. Sulfates occur widely in everyday life. Sulfates are salts of sulfuric acid and many are prepared from that acid.
Monsel's solution (Med.) An aqueous solution of Monsel's salt, having valuable styptic properties.
Messieurs (n. pl. ) of Monsieur
Monsieur (n.) The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. [Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by MM. or Messrs. in the plural.]
Monsieur (n.) The oldest brother of the king of France.
Monsieur (n.) A Frenchman. [Contemptuous] -- Shak.
Monsieur (n.) Used as a French courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'
MM, () Media Manager (Novell, Netware, SMS)
MM, () Military Message (mil.)
MM, () Mobile Management (RR, CM, GSM, mobile-systems)
mm (n.) Millimeter; -- The IS standard abbreviation. [abbreviation]
mM, (a.) (Chem.) Millimolar; -- The IS standard abbreviation. [abbreviation].
Messrs. (n. pl. ) of Monsieur
Monsieur (n.) The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. [Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by MM. or Messrs. in the plural.].
Monsieur (n.) The oldest brother of the king of France.
Monsieur (n.) A Frenchman. [Contemptuous] -- Shak.
MM, () Media Manager (Novell, Netware, SMS)
MM, () Military Message (mil.)
MM. () Mobile Management (RR, CM, GSM, mobile-systems).
Monsignors (n. pl. ) of Monsignore
Monsignore (n.) My lord; -- an ecclesiastical dignity bestowed by the pope, entitling the bearer to social and domestic rank at the papal court. (Abbrev. Mgr.)
Monsoon (n.) （印度的）季風；雨季 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.
Monsoon (n.) A heavy rainfall in India associated with the southwest monsoon [1].
Monsoon (n.) The season in which the monsoon [2] occurs.
Monsoon (n.) A seasonal wind in southern Asia; blows from the southwest (bringing rain) in summer and from the northeast in winter.
Monsoon (n.) Rainy season in southern Asia when the southwestern monsoon blows, bringing heavy rains.
Monsoon (n.) Any wind that changes direction with the seasons.
Monster (n.) 怪物，妖怪；【口】巨人；巨獸；巨大的東西；兇惡的人，殘忍的人，魔鬼般的人 Something of unnatural size, shape, or quality; a prodigy; an enormity; a marvel.
A monster or marvel. -- Chaucer.
Monster (n.) Specifically , an animal or plant departing greatly from the usual type, as by having too many limbs.
Monster (n.) Any thing or person of unnatural or excessive ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty.
Monster (a.) 巨大的，龐大的 [Z] [B] Monstrous in size. -- Pope.
Monster (a.) Enormous or very powerful; as, he drove a monster Harley. [informal]
Monster (v. t.) To make monstrous. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Monster (n.) An imaginary creature usually having various human and animal parts.
Monster (n.) Someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful [syn: giant, goliath, behemoth, monster, colossus].
Monster (n.) A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed [syn: freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae].
Monster (n.) A cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, fiend, devil, demon, ogre].
Monster (n.) (Medicine) A grossly malformed and usually nonviable fetus [syn: monster, teras].
Monster, () Physiology, persons. An animal which has a conformation contrary to the order of nature. Dunglison's Human Physiol. vol. 2, p. 422.
Monster, () A monster, although born of a woman in lawful wedlock, cannot inherit. Those who have however the essential parts of the human form and have merely some defect of coformation, are capable of inheriting, if otherwise qualified. 2 Bl. Com. 246; 1 Beck's Med. Jurisp. 366; Co. Litt. 7, 8; Dig. lib. 1, t. 5, l. 14; 1 Swift's Syst. 331 Fred. Code, Pt. 1, b. 1, t. 4, s. 4.
Monster, () No living human birth, however much it may differ from human shape, can be lawfully destroyed. Traill. Med. Jur. 47, see Briand, Med. Leg. 1ere part. c. 6, art. 2, Sec. 3; 1 Fodere, Med. Leg. Sec. 402-405.
Monstrance (n.) 聖體光（環）；聖體發光（座）；顯供聖體容器顯供聖體時所用之狀如光環的金屬裝飾品，中間存放聖體以供人瞻仰、敬禮。拉丁文稱 monstrantia ，又稱 ostensorium。 (R. C. Ch.) A transparent pyx, in which the consecrated host is exposed to view.
Monstrance (n.) Proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion [syn: demonstration, monstrance].
Monstrance (n.) (Roman Catholic Church) A vessel (usually of gold or silver) in which the consecrated Host is exposed for adoration [syn: monstrance, ostensorium].
Monstration (n.) The act of demonstrating; proof. [Obs.]
A certain monstration. -- Grafton.
Monstration (n.) A flash-mob popular in Russia, where young people take to the streets homemade banners and placards sporting absurd, non-political, funny slogans.
Monstrosities (n. pl.) of Monstrosity
Monstrosity (n.) 怪物；巨人；可怕的東西；醜惡；殘暴；畸形 The state of being monstrous, or out of the common order of nature; that which is monstrous; a monster. -- South.
A monstrosity never changes the name or affects the immutability of a species. -- Adanson (Trans.).
Monstrosity (n.) A person or animal that is markedly unusual or deformed [syn: freak, monster, monstrosity, lusus naturae].
Monstrosity (n.) Something hideous or frightful; "they regarded the atom bomb as a monstrosity".
Monstrosity (n.) A ridiculously elephantine program or system, esp. one that is buggy or only marginally functional.
Monstrosity (a.) The quality of being monstrous (see the section called ?Overgeneralization? in the discussion of jargonification). See also { baroque.
Monstrous (a.) 怪異的；似怪物的；醜陋的；可怕的，毛骨悚然的；醜惡的；駭人聽聞的；極端荒謬的 Marvelous; strange. [Obs.]
Monstrous (a.) Having the qualities of a monster; deviating greatly from the natural form or character; abnormal; as, a monstrous birth. -- Locke.
He, therefore, that refuses to do good to them whom he is bound to love . . . is unnatural and monstrous in his affections. -- Jer. Taylor.
Monstrous (a.) Extraordinary in a way to excite wonder, dislike, apprehension, etc.; -- said of size, appearance, color, sound, etc.; as, a monstrous height; a monstrous ox; a monstrous story.
Monstrous (a.) Extraordinary on account of ugliness, viciousness, or wickedness; hateful; horrible; dreadful.
So bad a death argues a monstrous life. -- Shak.
Monstrous (a.) Abounding in monsters. [R.]
Where thou, perhaps, under the whelming tide Visitest the bottom of the monstrous world. -- Milton.
Monstrous (adv.) 【古】【方】非常，很 Exceedingly; very; very much. "A monstrous thick oil on the top." -- Bacon.
And will be monstrous witty on the poor. -- Dryden.
Monstrous (a.) (Bad) 醜惡的；殘酷的；駭人聽聞的 Very cruel.
// A monstrous crime.
// Monstrous cruelty.
// But that's monstrous - he can't be allowed to get away with it!
Monstrous (a.) (Creature) 像怪獸的；駭人的 Like a monster.
// The illustrations show monstrous beasts with bodies like bears and heads like tigers.
Monstrous (a.) Abnormally large.
Monstrous (a.) Shockingly brutal or cruel; "murder is an atrocious crime"; "a grievous offense against morality"; "a grievous crime"; "no excess was too monstrous for them to commit" [syn: atrocious, flagitious, grievous, monstrous].
Monstrous (a.) Distorted and unnatural in shape or size; abnormal and hideous; "tales of grotesque serpents eight fathoms long that churned the seas"; "twisted into monstrous shapes" [syn: grotesque, monstrous].
Monstrously (adv.) In a monstrous manner; unnaturally; extraordinarily; as, monstrously wicked. "Who with his wife is monstrously in love." -- Dryden.
Monstrously (adv.) In a hideous manner; "her face was hideously disfigured after the accident" [syn: hideously, horridly, monstrously].
Monstrously (adv.) In a terribly evil manner; "the child was heinously murdered" [syn: heinously, monstrously].
Monstrously (adv.) In a grotesque manner; "behind the house lay two nude figures grotesquely bald, with deliberate knife-slashes marking their bodies" [syn: grotesquely, monstrously].
Monstrousness (n.) The state or quality of being monstrous, unusual, extraordinary. -- Shak.
Monstruosity (n.) Monstrosity. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Monstruous (a.) Monstrous. [Obs.]
Mont (n.) Mountain.
Montaigne (n.) A mountain. [Obs.]
Montanic (n.) Of or pertaining to mountains; consisting of mountains.
Montanist (n.) (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Mintanus, a Phrygian enthusiast of the second century, who claimed that the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, dwelt in him, and employed him as an instrument for purifying and guiding men in the Christian life. -- Mon`ta*nis"tic, Mon`ta*nis"tic*al, a.
Montant (n.) (Fencing) An upward thrust or blow. -- Shak.
Montant (n.) (Arch.) An upright piece in any framework; a mullion or muntin; a stile. [R.] See Stile.
Compare: Lombard-house
Lombard-house, Lombar-house, A bank or a pawnbroker's shop.
Lombard-house, Lombar-house, A public institution for lending money to the poor at a moderate interest, upon articles deposited and pledged; -- called also mont de pi['e]t['e].
Mont de piete (n.) One of certain public pawnbroking establishments which originated in Italy in the 15th century, the object of which was to lend money at a low rate of interest to poor people in need; -- called also mount of piety. The institution has been adopted in other countries, as in Spain and France. See Lombard-house.
Compare: Pawnbroking
Pawnbroking (n.) 典當業See Pawnbroker.
Pawnbroking (n.) (Uncountable) The business of a pawnbroker; advancing loans against pledges of household goods or personal possessions, and selling those pledges that are not redeemed.
Compare: Pawnbroker
Pawnbroker (n.) 典當商；當舖老板 A person who lends money at interest on the security of an article pawned.
Monte (n.) 始於西班牙的紙牌賭博 A favorite gambling game among Spaniards, played with dice or cards.
Three-card monte a gambling game using playing cards, in which a dealer shows a bettor three cards face up and specifies one to be identified, and after the cards are turned face down and moved around quickly, the bettor must identify which of the three cards is the specified card.
It is sometimes engaged in by dealers on the streets of a city, with bets made by passers-by.
Monte (n.) In Spanish America, a wood; forest; timber land; esp., in parts of South America, a comparatively wooden region.
Monte (n.) A gambling card game of Spanish origin; 3 or 4 cards are dealt face up and players bet that one of them will be matched before the others as the cards are dealt from the pack one at a time [syn: monte, four-card monte, three-card monte].
Monte-acid (n.) (Chem.) An acid elevator, as a tube through which acid is forced to some height in a sulphuric acid manufactory.
Monteith (n.) See Monteth.
Monteith (n.) A kind of cotton handkerchief having a uniform colored ground with a regular pattern of white spots produced by discharging the color; -- so called from the Glasgow manufactures.
Monteth, Monteith (n.) A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.
New things produce new words, and thus Monteth Has by one vessel saved his name from death. -- King.
Montem (n.) A custom, formerly practiced by the scholars at Eton school, England, of going every third year, on Whittuesday, to a hillock near the Bath road, and exacting money from all passers-by, to support at the university the senior scholar of the school.
Montero (n.) An ancient kind of cap worn by horsemen or huntsmen. -- Bacon.
Monteth (n.) Alt. of Monteith
Monteith (n.) A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor.
New things produce new words, and thus Monteth Has by one vessel saved his name from death. -- King.
Montgolfier (n.) A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and Joseph Montgolfier, of France, who first constructed and sent up a fire balloon.
Montgolfier (n.) French inventor who (with his brother Josef Michel Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1745-1799) [syn: Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne Montgolfier].
Montgolfier (n.) French inventor who (with his brother Jacques Etienne Montgolfier) pioneered hot-air ballooning (1740-1810) [syn: Montgolfier, Josef Michel Montgolfier].
Compare: Sidereal
Sidereal (a.) [L. sidereus, from sidus, sideris, a constellation, a star. Cf. Sideral, Consider, Desire.] Relating to the stars; starry; astral; as, sidereal astronomy.
Sidereal (a.) (Astron.) Measuring by the apparent motion of the stars; designated, marked out, or accompanied, by a return to the same position in respect to the stars; as, the sidereal revolution of a planet; a sidereal day.
Sidereal clock, Day, month, year. See under Clock, Day, etc.
Sideral time, Time as reckoned by sideral days, or, taking the sidereal day as the unit, the time elapsed since a transit of the vernal equinox, reckoned in parts of a sidereal day. This is, strictly, apparent sidereal time,mean sidereal time being reckoned from the transit, not of the true, but of the mean, equinoctial point.
Month (n.) One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided; the twelfth part of a year, corresponding nearly to the length of a synodic revolution of the moon, -- whence the name. In popular use, a period of four weeks is often called a month.
Note: In the common law, a month is a lunar month, or twenty-eight days, unless otherwise expressed. -- Blackstone. In the United States the rule of the common law is generally changed, and a month is declared to mean a calendar month. -- Cooley's Blackstone.
A month mind. (a) A strong or abnormal desire. [Obs.] -- Shak.
A month mind. (b) A celebration made in remembrance of a deceased person a month after death. -- Strype.
Calendar months, The months as adjusted in the common or Gregorian calendar; April, June, September, and November, containing 30 days, and the rest 31, except February, which, in common years, has 28, and in leap years 29.
Lunar month, The period of one revolution of the moon, particularly a synodical revolution; but several kinds are distinguished, as the synodical month, or period from one new moon to the next, in mean length 29 d. 12 h. 44 m. 2.87 s.; the nodical month, or time of revolution from one node to the same again, in length 27 d. 5 h. 5 m. 36 s.; the sidereal, or time of revolution from a star to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 11.5 s.; the anomalistic, or time of revolution from perigee to perigee again, in length 27 d. 13 h. 18 m. 37.4 s.; and the tropical, or time of passing from any point of the ecliptic to the same again, equal to 27 d. 7 h. 43 m. 4.7 s.
Solar month, The time in which the sun passes through one sign of the zodiac, in mean length 30 d. 10 h. 29 m. 4.1 s.
Month (n.) One of the twelve divisions of the calendar year; "he paid the bill last month" [syn: calendar month, month].
Month (n.) A time unit of approximately 30 days; "he was given a month to pay the bill".
Monthling (n.) That which is a month old, or which lives for a month. [R.] -- Wordsworth.
Monthly (a.) Continued a month, or a performed in a month; as, the monthly revolution of the moon.
Monthly (a.) Done, happening, payable, published, etc., once a month, or every month; as, a monthly visit; monthly charges; a monthly installment; a monthly magazine.
Monthly nurse, A nurse who serves for a month or some short time, esp. one which attends women after childbirth.
Monthlies (n. pl. ) of Monthly
Monthly (n.) A publication which appears regularly once a month.
Monthly (adv.) Once a month; in every month; as, the moon changes monthly. -- Shak.
Monthly (adv.) As if under the influence of the moon; in the manner of a lunatic. [Obs.] -- Middleton.
Compare: Cyclic
Cyclic, Cyclical (a.) Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. -- Coleridge.
Cyclic, Cyclical (a.) (Chemistry) Having atoms bonded to form a ring structure. Opposite of acyclic.
Note: Used most commonly in respect to organic compounds.
Note: [Narrower terms: bicyclic; heterocyclic; homocyclic, isocyclic].
Syn: closed-chain, closed-ring.
Cyclic, Cyclical (a.) Recurring in cycles [2]; having a pattern that repeats at approximately equal intervals; periodic. Opposite of noncyclic.
Note: [Narrower terms: alternate(prenominal), alternating (prenominal); alternate (prenominal), every other (prenominal), every second (prenominal); alternating (prenominal), oscillating (prenominal); biyearly; circadian exhibiting 24-hour periodicity); circular; daily, diurnal; fortnightly, biweekly; hourly; midweek, midweekly; seasonal; semestral, semestrial; semiannual, biannual, biyearly; semiweekly, biweekly; weekly; annual, yearly; biennial; bimonthly, bimestrial; half-hourly; half-yearly; monthly; tertian, alternate(prenominal); triennial].
Cyclic, Cyclical (a.) Marked by repeated cycles[2].
Cyclic chorus, The chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
Cyclic poets, Certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a single subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. -- Milman.
Monthly (adv.) Occurring once a month; "they meet monthly".
Monthly (a.) Of or occurring or payable every month; "monthly payments"; "the monthly newsletter".
Monthly (n.) A periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year).
Monticle (n.) A little mount; a hillock; a small elevation or prominence. [Written also monticule.]
Monticulate (a.) Furnished with monticles or little elevations.
Monticule (n.) See Monticle.
Monticulous (a.) Monticulate.
Montiform (a.) Resembling a mountain in form.
Montigenous (a.) Produced on a mountain.
Montoir (n.) A stone used in mounting a horse; a horse block.
Monton (n.) [Sp.] (Mining) A heap of ore; a mass undergoing the process of amalgamation.
Montparnasse (n.) 蒙帕納斯（Quartier du Montparnasse）是法國巴黎的一個區域，位於塞納河左岸。蒙帕納斯大道（Boulevard du Montparnasse）是該區的主要幹道，蒙帕納斯大部份都位在巴黎十四區。
Is an area of Paris, France, on the left bank of the river Seine, centered at the crossroads of the Boulevard du Montparnasse and the Rue de Rennes, between the Rue de Rennes and boulevard Raspail. Montparnasse has been part of Paris since 1669
Tour Maine-Montparnasse (Maine-Montparnasse Tower), also commonly named Tour Montparnasse (n.) 蒙帕納斯大樓是法國首都巴黎市中心唯一的摩天大樓，在1973年完工，高210米（689呎），有59層樓。啟用時為歐洲第一高樓，現在是全法國最高、以及歐盟國家之中第九高的摩天大樓。
Is a 210-metre (689 ft) office skyscraper located in the Montparnasse area of Paris, France. Constructed from 1969 to 1973, it was the tallest skyscraper in France until 2011, when it was surpassed by the 231-metre (758 ft) Tour First. As of April 2019, it is the 19th tallest building in the European Union. The tower was designed by architects Eugène Beaudouin, Urbain Cassan, and Louis Hoym de Marien and built by Campenon Bernard. [5] On September 21, 2017, Nouvelle AOM won a competition to redesign the building's facade. [6]
Montreal (n.) 蒙特婁 [5] [6]、蒙特利爾 [6]，中國大陸稱為蒙特利爾，港澳稱為蒙特利爾，是一座位於加拿大魁北克省西南部的城市，主要位於聖羅倫斯河和渥太華河匯合處的蒙特婁島及周邊小島上。根據2011年人口普查，蒙特婁人口約為342萬 [9]，是魁北克省內最大城市、加拿大第二大城市及北美第十五大城市。「蒙特婁」一詞來源於中古法語「Mont Royal」，意思為「皇家山」，至今蒙特婁城中心的地標皇家山仍以此命名。法語是蒙特婁的官方語言，也是城市裡最常用的語言，使用人口占城市總人口的60.5%，使得蒙特婁成為世界上僅次於巴黎的第二大法語城市。
蒙特婁曾經是加拿大經濟首都，擁有最多的人口及最發達的經濟，但是在1976年蒙特婁奧運會後被安大略省的多倫多超過。今天蒙特婁仍然是加拿大最重要的經濟中心之一，航空工業、金融、設計、電影工業等行業發達。蒙特婁被認為是世界最佳宜居城市，並被聯合國教育、科學及文化組織認定為設計之城。
Montreal is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec and the second-most populous municipality in Canada. Originally called Ville-Marie, or "City of Mary", [15] it is named after Mount Royal, [16] the triple-peaked hill in the heart of the city. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which took its name from the same source as the city, [17] [18] and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. It has a distinct four-season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold, snowy winters. [19]
In 2016, the city had a population of 1,704,694. [9] Montreal's metropolitan area had a population of 4,098,927 [11] and a population of 1,942,044 in the urban agglomeration, with all of the municipalities on the Island of Montreal included. [9] French is the city's official language [20] [21] and is the language spoken at home by 49.8% of the population of the city, followed by English at 22.8% and 18.3% other languages (in the 2016 census, not including multi-language responses). [9] In the larger Montreal Census Metropolitan Area, 65.8% of the population speaks French at home, compared to 15.3% who speak English. [11] The agglomeration Montreal is one of the most bilingual cities in Quebec and Canada, with over 59% of the population able to speak both English and French. [9] Montreal is the second-largest primarily French-speaking city in the world, after Paris. [22] [23] [24] [25] It is situated 258 kilometres (160 mi) south-west of Quebec City.
Historically the commercial capital of Canada, Montreal was surpassed in population and in economic strength by Toronto in the 1970s. [26] It remains an important centre of commerce, aerospace, transport, finance, pharmaceuticals, technology, design, education, art, culture, tourism, food, fashion, gaming, film, and world affairs. Montreal has the second-highest number of consulates in North America, [27] serves as the location of the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization, and was named a UNESCO City of Design in 2006. [28] [29] In 2017, Montreal was ranked the 12th most liveable city in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit in its annual Global Liveability Ranking, [30] and the best city in the world to be a university student in the QS World University Rankings. [31] Montreal has hosted multiple international conferences and events, including the 1967 International and Universal Exposition and the 1976 Summer Olympics. [32] [33] It is the only Canadian city to have held the Summer Olympics. In 2016, Montreal was ranked as a Beta world city. [34] As of 2016 the city hosts the Canadian Grand Prix of Formula One, [35] the Montreal International Jazz Festival [36] and the Just for Laughs festival. [37]
Montross (n.) See Matross. [Obs.]
Montross, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
Population (2000): 315
Housing Units (2000): 164
Land area (2000): 1.021257 sq. miles (2.645043 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000715 sq. miles (0.001851 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.021972 sq. miles (2.646894 sq. km)
FIPS code: 52952
Located within: Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
Location: 38.093965 N, 76.826041 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 22520
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Headwords:
Montross, VA
Montross
Montrue (n.) That on which anything is mounted; a setting; hence, a saddle horse. [Obs.] -- Spenser.
Monument (n.) [C] 紀念碑，紀念塔，紀念館 [（+to）]；歷史遺跡，遺址；不朽的作品；豐功偉業 Something which stands, or remains, to keep in remembrance what is past; a memorial.
Of ancient British art A pleasing monument. -- Philips.
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments. -- Shak.
Monument (n.) A building, pillar, stone, or the like, erected to preserve the remembrance of a person, event, action, etc.; as, the Washington monument; the Bunker Hill monument. Also, a tomb, with memorial inscriptions.
On your family's old monument Hang mournful epitaphs, and do all rites That appertain unto a burial. -- Shak.
Monument (n.) A stone or other permanent object, serving to indicate a limit or to mark a boundary.
Monument (n.) A saying, deed, or example, worthy of record.
Acts and Monuments of these latter and perilous days. -- Foxe.
Syn: Memorial; remembrance; tomb; cenotaph.
Monument (n.) A structure erected to commemorate persons or events [syn: {memorial}, {monument}].
Monument (n.) An important site that is marked and preserved as public property.
Monument (n.) A burial vault (usually for some famous person) [syn: {repository}, {monument}].
Monument (n.) A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.
The bones of Agammemnon are a show, And ruined is his royal monument, but Agammemnon's fame suffers no diminution in consequence. The monument custom has its _reductiones ad absurdum_ in monuments "to the unknown dead" -- that is to say, monuments to perpetuate the memory of those who have left no memory.
Monument (n.) A thing intended to transmit to posterity the memory of some one; it is used, also, to signify a tomb where a dead body has been deposited. In this sense it differs from a cenotaph, which is at empty tomb. Dig. 11, 7, 2, 6; Id. 11, 7, 2, 42.
Monuments (n.) Permanent landmarks established for the purpose of ascertaining boundaries.
Monuments (n.) Monuments may be either natural or artificial objects, as rivers, known streams, springs, or marked trees. 7 Wheat. R. 10; 6 Wheat. R. 582; 9 Cranch, 173; 6 Pet. 498; Pet. C. C. R. 64; 3 Ham. 284; 5 Ham. 534; 5 N. H. Rep. 524; 3 Dev. 75. Even posts set up at the corners, 5 Ham. 534, and a clearing, 7 Cowen, 723, are considered as monuments. Sed vide 3 Dev. 75.
Monuments (n.) When monuments are established, they must govern, although neither courses, nor distances, nor 'computed' contents correspond; 5 Cowen, 346; 1 Cowen, 605; 6 Cowen, 706; 7 Cowen, 723; 6 Mass. 131; 2 Mass. 380; 3 Pick. 401; 5 Pick. 135; 3 Gill & John. 142,; 5 Har. & John. 163, 255; 2 Id. 260; Wright, 176; 5 Ham. 534; 1 H. & McH. 355; 2 H. & McH. 416; Cooke, 146; 1 Call, 429; 3 Call, 239; 3 Fairf. 325; 4 H. & M. 125; 1 Hayw. 22; 5 J. J. Marsh. 578; 3 Hawks, 91; 3 Murph. 88; 4 Monr. 32; 5 Monr. 175; 2 Overt. 200; 2 Bibb, 493; S. C. 6 Wheat. 582; 4 W. C. C. Rep. 15. Vide Boundary.
MONUMENT, (n.) A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.
The bones of Agammemnon are a show, And ruined is his royal monument, but Agammemnon's fame suffers no diminution in consequence. The monument custom has its _reductiones ad absurdum_ in monuments "to the unknown dead" -- that is to say, monuments to perpetuate the memory of those who have left no memory.
Monument, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 1971
Housing Units (2000): 770
Land area (2000): 4.626053 sq. miles (11.981421 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 4.626053 sq. miles (11.981421 sq. km)
FIPS code: 51800
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 39.081024 N, 104.862491 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 80132
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Monument, CO
Monument
Monument, OR -- U.S. city in Oregon
Population (2000): 151
Housing Units (2000): 81
Land area (2000): 0.537367 sq. miles (1.391775 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.537367 sq. miles (1.391775 sq. km)
FIPS code: 49750
Located within: Oregon (OR), FIPS 41
Location: 44.819870 N, 119.420866 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 97864
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Headwords:
Monument, OR
Monument
Monument, PA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Pennsylvania
Population (2000): 133
Housing Units (2000): 55
Land area (2000): 0.190680 sq. miles (0.493858 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.190680 sq. miles (0.493858 sq. km)
FIPS code: 50760
Located within: Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location: 41.110388 N, 77.703334 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Monument, PA
Monument