Word Meanings - MONEMBRYONY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo. -- Mon*em`bry*on"ic, a.

Related words: (words related to MONEMBRYONY)

• HAVENED
  Sheltered in a haven. Blissful havened both from joy and pain. Keats.
• EMBRYO SAC
  See EMBRYONIC
• HAVENER
  A harbor master.
• SINGLE-BREASTED
  Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
• EMBRYOTOMY
  The cutting a fetus into pieces within the womb, so as to effect its removal.
• EMBRYON
  See EMBRYO
• CONDITIONALITY
  The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.
• EMBRYOGRAPHY
  The general description of embryos.
• HAVELOCK
  A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.
• CONDITIONAL
  Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense. A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately. The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . .
• SINGLE-ACTING
  Having simplicity of action; especially , acting or exerting force during strokes in one direction only; -- said of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.
• EMBRYOTROPH
  The material from which an embryo is formed and nourished.
• HAVE
  haven, habben, AS. habben ; akin to OS. hebbian, D. hebben, OFries, hebba, OHG. hab, G. haben, Icel. hafa, Sw. hafva, Dan. have, Goth. haban, and prob. to L. habere, whence F. 1. To hold in possession or control; to own; as, he has a farm. 2.
• SINGLE-HANDED
  Having but one hand, or one workman; also, alone; unassisted.
• EMBRYOPLASTIC
  Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells.
• EMBRYONATE; EMBRYONATED
  In the state of, or having, an embryonal.
• HAVENAGE
  Harbor dues; port dues.
• EMBRYOLOGIST
  One skilled in embryology.
• SINGLE-HEARTED
  Having an honest heart; free from duplicity. -- Sin"gle-heart"ed*ly, adv.
• EMBRYONIC
  Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. Embryonic sac or vesicle , the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; -- sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac.
• PROEMBRYO
  The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo. The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses.
• MISBEHAVE
  To behave ill; to conduct one's self improperly; -- often used with a reciprocal pronoun.
• MONEMBRYONY
  The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo. -- Mon*em`bry*on"ic, a.
• INSHAVE
  A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
• INEMBRYONATE
  Not embryonate.
• PSEUDEMBRYO
  A false embryo. An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding.