n. [ OE. aumener, aulmener, OF. almosnier, aumosnier, F. aumônier, fr. OF. almosne, alms, L. eleemosyna. See Alms. ] 1. One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A social worker in a hospital. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

3. An official in a hospital whose job it is to calculate how much a patient must pay for treatment. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

n. The office of an almoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To admonish. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anemone, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; wind. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Ranunculus or Crowfoot family; windflower. Some of the species are cultivated in gardens. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The sea anemone. See Actinia, and Sea anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is sometimes pronounced especially by classical scholars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus consisting of one species: the rue anemone.
Syn. -- genus Anemonella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to the patriotic Jewish family to which the Maccabees belonged; Maccabean; as, the Asmonean dynasty. [ Written also Asmonæan. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Asmonean family. The Asmoneans were leaders and rulers of the Jews from 168 to 35 b. c. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Money paid to the next of kin of a person who has been killed by another. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Money obtained as the price, or at the cost, of another's life; -- said of a reward for supporting a capital charge, of money obtained for betraying a fugitive or for committing murder, or of money obtained from the sale of that which will destroy the purchaser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cinnamic + -one. ] A yellow crystalline substance, (C6H5.C2H2)2CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility. [ 1913 Webster ]

All below them [ the peers ] even their children, were commoners, and in the eye of the law equal to each other. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of the House of Commons. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who has a joint right in common ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

Much good land might be gained from forests . . . and from other commonable places, so as always there be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no injury. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One sharing with another in anything. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; - - at Cambridge called a pensioner. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A prostitute. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female demon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as demonetization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of demonetizing, or the condition of being demonetized; specificially, the declaration by a government that something (e.g. gold or silver) is no longer the legal tender of a country; as, the demonetization of gold. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To deprive of current value; to withdraw from use, as money. [ 1913 Webster ]

They [ gold mohurs ] have been completely demonetized by the [ East India ] Company. R. Cobden.

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A student at Cambridge University, England, who commons, or dines, at the Fellow's table. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gr. "orma`ein to excite.] 1. (Physiological Chem.) A chemical substance formed in one organ and carried in the circulation to another organ on which it exerts a specific effect on cells at a distance from the producing cells; thus, pituitary hormones produced in the brain may have effects on cells in distant parts of the body.. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

2. (Physiological Chem.) a chemical substance, whether natural or synthetic, that functions like a hormone in a living organism. Thus, synthetic steroid hormones may be more effective than their natural counterparts. [PJC]

3. (Bot.) A substance that controls growth rate or differentiation in plants; also called phytohormone. The most well-known are the auxins that stimulate growth at the growing tips of plants, and control root formation and the dropping of leaves; and the gibberellins, which are used in agriculture to promote plant growth. [PJC]

(Zo/'94l.) n. A hormone secreted by insects which inhibits the molting of an insect from its juvenile into its adult form; also, substances having similar activity, but produced by plants. [ PJC ]

n. a liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oranges and other essential oils. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ or }. Silver coins or money of the nominal value of 1d., 2d., 3d., and 4d., struck annually for the Maundy alms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The moon. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A moan. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Bot.) See Monoecian, and Monoecious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mono-, and Embryo. ] (Bot.) The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo. -- Mon*em`bry*on"ic a. [1913 Webster]

n. (Zool.) One of the Monera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. mo`nos single. ] (Zool.) The lowest division of rhizopods, including those which resemble the amoebas, but are destitute of a nucleus. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) One of the five kingdoms of living organisms in the five-kingdom classification, consisting of microscopic usually monocellular prokaryotic organisms that mostly reproduce by asexual fission, sporulation, or budding; it includes the bacteria and cyanophytes (blue-green algae), as well as certain primitive pathogenic microbes, such as the Rickettsias. [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Monera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Monera. -- n. One of the Monera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Monera E. Monerons [ NL. ] (Zool.) One of the Monera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. of moner. See Monera. ] (Biol.) A germ in that stage of development in which its form is simply that of a non-nucleated mass of protoplasm. It precedes the one-celled germ. So called from its likeness to a moner. Haeckel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Pharm.) The bark, or a vegetable extract brought in solid cakes from South America and believed to be derived from the bark, of the tree Chrysophyllum glycyphloeum. It is used as an alterative and astringent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The acrid principle of Monesia, sometimes used as a medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Admonish. ] To warn; to admonish; to advise. [ Obs. ] Wyclif (2 Cor. v. 20). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having only one estrus period per breeding cycle or per year; -- of certain mammals. [ PJC ]

n. An economic theory holding that the rate of growth of the money supply is the priunciple cause of changes in inflation, economic growth, and unemployment. [ PJC ]

n. One who adheres to the theory of monetarism. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. monetarius belonging to a mint. See Money. ] Of or pertaining to money, or consisting of money; pecuniary. “The monetary relations of Europe.” E. Everett. [ 1913 Webster ]

Monetary unit, the standard of a national currency, as the dollar in the United States, the pound in England, the peso in Mexico, the ruble in Russia, the franc in France, the mark in Germany. Also, the standard of an international currency, such as the euro used in the European union. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. A month. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. monetization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act or process of converting into money, or of establishing something (e.g. gold or silver) as the legal tender of a country; as, the monetization of silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To convert into money; to adopt as current money; as, to monetize silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Moneys [ OE. moneie, OF. moneie, F. monnaie, fr. L. moneta. See Mint place where coin is made, Mind, and cf. Moidore, Monetary. ] 1. A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and issued by the sovereign authority as a medium of exchange in financial transactions between citizens and with government; also, any number of such pieces; coin. [ 1913 Webster ]

To prevent such abuses, . . . it has been found necessary . . . to affix a public stamp upon certain quantities of such particular metals, as were in those countries commonly made use of to purchase goods. Hence the origin of coined money, and of those public offices called mints. A. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any written or stamped promise, certificate, or order, as a government note, a bank note, a certificate of deposit, etc., which is payable in standard coined money and is lawfully current in lieu of it; in a comprehensive sense, any currency usually and lawfully employed in buying and selling. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any article used as a medium of payment in financial transactions, such as checks drawn on checking accounts. [ PJC ]

4. (Economics) Any form of wealth which affects a person's propensity to spend, such as checking accounts or time deposits in banks, credit accounts, letters of credit, etc. Various aggregates of money in different forms are given different names, such as M-1, the total sum of all currency in circulation plus all money in demand deposit accounts (checking accounts). [ PJC ]

☞ Whatever, among barbarous nations, is used as a medium of effecting exchanges of property, and in the terms of which values are reckoned, as sheep, wampum, copper rings, quills of salt or of gold dust, shovel blades, etc., is, in common language, called their money. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In general, wealth; property; as, he has much money in land, or in stocks; to make, or lose, money. [ 1913 Webster ]

The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. 1 Tim vi. 10 (Rev. Ver. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

Money bill (Legislation), a bill for raising revenue. --
Money broker, a broker who deals in different kinds of money; one who buys and sells bills of exchange; -- called also money changer. --
Money cowrie (Zool.), any one of several species of Cypraea (esp. Cypraea moneta) formerly much used as money by savage tribes. See Cowrie. --
Money of account, a denomination of value used in keeping accounts, for which there may, or may not, be an equivalent coin; e. g., the mill is a money of account in the United States, but not a coin. --
Money order, (a) an order for the payment of money; specifically, a government order for the payment of money, issued at one post office as payable at another; -- called also postal money order. -- (b) a similar order issued by a bank or other financial institution. --
Money scrivener, a person who procures the loan of money to others. [ Eng. ] --
Money spider,
Money spinner (Zool.), a small spider; -- so called as being popularly supposed to indicate that the person upon whom it crawls will be fortunate in money matters. --
Money's worth, a fair or full equivalent for the money which is paid. --
A piece of money, a single coin. --
Ready money, money held ready for payment, or actually paid, at the time of a transaction; cash. --
plastic money, credit cards, usually made out of plastic; also called plastic; as, put it on the plastic. --
To make money, to gain or acquire money or property; to make a profit in dealings. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. To supply with money. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. monnayage coinage. ] 1. A tax paid to the first two Norman kings of England to prevent them from debashing the coin. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mintage; coinage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a drawstring bag for holding money. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. 1. Supplied with money; having money; wealthy; as, moneyed men. [ Also spelled monied. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Converted into money; coined. [ 1913 Webster ]

If exportation will not balance importation, away must your silver go again, whether moneyed or not moneyed. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Consisting in, or composed of, money. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Money; cf. OF. monoier, F. monnoayeur, L. monetarius a master of the mint. Cf. Monetary. ] 1. A person who deals in money; banker or broker. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An authorized coiner of money. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Company of Moneyers, the officials who formerly coined the money of Great Britain, and who claimed certain prescriptive rights and privileges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest.
Syn. -- usurer, loan shark, shark, money-lender. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who coins or prints money; also, a counterfeiter of money. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who accumulates money or wealth; specifically, one who makes money-getting his governing motive. [ 1913 Webster ]