Search the Dictionary

Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



336 words match “MONA”

PULMONIC a.
Relating to, or affecting the lungs; pulmonary. -- n.
PULMONIFERA n.
Same as Pulmonata.
PULMONIFEROUS a.
Having lungs; pulmonate.
QUADRIVALENT a.
g a valence of four; capable of combining with, being replaced by, or compared with, four monad atoms; tetravalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals; thus, carbon and silicon are quadrivalent elements.
QUEEN n.
A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots. In faith, and by the heaven's quene. Chaucer.
RALLIES n.
l group, also known as the Constitutional Right from its position in the Chambers, mainly monarchists who rallied to the support of the Republic in obedience to the encyclical put forth by Pope Leo XIII. in Feb., 1892.
RECLUSE n.
ically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells; usually attached to monasteries.
REFECTORY n.
A room for refreshment; originally, a dining hall in monasteries or convents.
REGNAL a.
Of or pertaining to the reign of a monarch; as, regnal years.
REGULAR a.
Belonging to a monastic order or community; as, regular clergy, in distinction dfrom the secular clergy.
RELIGIEUSE; RELIGIEUX n.
A person bound by monastic vows; a nun; a monk.
RELIGION n.
A monastic or religious order subject to a regulated mode of life; the religious state; as, to enter religion. Trench. A good man was there of religion. Chaucer.
RELIGIOUS n.
A person bound by monastic vows, or sequestered from secular concern, and devoted to a life of piety and religion; a monk or friar; a nun. Addison.
REPUTE n.
uted; reputation, whether good or bad; established opinion; public estimate. He who regns Monarch in heaven, till then as one secure Sat on his throne, upheld by old repute. Milton.
RESONANCE n.
vibrations in other bodies, as a sounding-board, or the bodies of musical instruments. Pulmonary resonance (Med.), the sound heard on percussing over the lungs. -- Vocal resonance (Med.), the sound transmitted to the ear when auscultation is made while the patient is speaking.
RESTORATION n.
toration (Eng. Hist.), the return of King Charles II. in 1660, and the reëstablishment of monarchy. -- Universal restoration (Theol.), the final recovery of all men from sin and alienation from God to a state of happiness; universal salvation.
RIGHT n. 2 definitions
tive bodies of Europe (as in France), those members collectively who are conservatives or monarchists. See Center, 5.
ROMEINE; ROMEITE n.
mineral of a hyacinth or honey-yellow color, occuring in square octahedrons. It is an antimonate of calcium.
ROYALIST n.
nt of a king (as of Charles I. in England, or of the Bourbons in france); one attached to monarchical government. Where Ca'ndish fought, the Royalists prevailed. Waller.
RUDIMENT n.
will bring thee where thou soon shalt quit Those rudiments, and see before thine eyes The monarchies of the earth. Milton. the single leaf is the rudiment of beauty in landscape. I. Taylor.
← Previous Page 14 of 17 Next →