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docks. (b) A half-decked boat used on the River Thames. -- Monkey block (Naut.), a small single block strapped with a swivel. R. H. Dana, Jr. -- Monkey flower (Bot.), a plant of the genus Mimulus; -- so called from the appearance of its gaping corolla. Gray. -- Monkey gaff (Naut.), a light gaff attached to the topma…

A prefix signifying one, single, alone; as, monocarp, monopoly; (Chem.) indicating that a compound contains one atom, radical, or group of that to the name of which it is united; as, monoxide, monosulphide, monatomic, etc.

Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians. -- n.

Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond.

Having a single floral envelope, that is, a calyx without a corolla, or, possibly, in rare cases, a corolla without a calyx.

ent for experimenting upon the mathematical relations of musical sounds. It consists of a single string stretched between two bridges, one or both of which are movable, and which stand upon a graduated rule for the purpose of readily changing and measuring the length of the part of the string between them.…

A painting or drawing in a single color; a picture made with a single color.

Made, or done, with a single color; as, a monochromic picture.

Government by a single person; undivided rule. Sydney Smith.

That condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve or sphygmogram shows but a single crest, the dicrotic elevation entirely disappearing.

A drama acted, or intended to be acted, by a single person.

A species of poem of a mournful character, in which a single mourner expresses lamentation; a song for one voice.

Single marriage; marriage with but one person, husband or wife, at the same time; -- opposed to polygamy. Also, one marriage only during life; -- opposed to deuterogamy.

Having but a single stomach.

Oneness of origin; esp. (Biol.), development of all beings in the universe from a single cell; -- opposed to polygenesis. Called also monism. Dana. Haeckel.

The theory or doctrine that the human races have a common origin, or constitute a single species.

A written account or description of a single thing, or class of things; a special treatise on a particular subject of limited range.

Worship of a single deity.

A single stone, especially one of large size, shaped into a pillar, statue, or monument.

Of or pertaining to a monolith; consisting of a single stone.