a. Pertaining to adenotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Adeno- + Gr. &unr_; a cutting, &unr_; to cut. ] (Anat.) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; bearing males; &unr_; a male + &unr_; a bringing forth. ] (Zool.) Producing males from unfertilized eggs, as certain wasps and bees. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bini two at a time + tonus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, tone. ] Consisting of two notes; as, a binotonous cry. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. E. galvanic + Gr. &unr_; to tone. ] (Physiol.) Same as Electrotonus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + to`kos a bringing forth. ] (Zool.) The Athecata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_; birth, offspring. ] 1. (Bot.) Bearing fruit but once; monocarpic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Uniparous; laying a single egg. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_; cutting, fr. &unr_; to cut. ] (Min.) Having a distinct cleavage in a single direction only. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Monotonous, Monotony. ] 1. (Mus.) A single unvaried tone or sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rhet.) The utterance of successive syllables, words, or sentences, on one unvaried key or line of pitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Of, pertaining to, or uttered in, a monotone; monotonous. “Monotonical declamation.” Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Math.) Always increasing or always decreasing, as the value of the independent variable increases; -- of a function. [ PJC ]

n. One who talks in the same strain or on the same subject until weariness is produced. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; mo`nos alone, single + &unr_; tone. See Tone. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. monotonie. See Monotonius. ] 1. A frequent recurrence of the same tone or sound, producing a dull uniformity; absence of variety, as in speaking or singing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any irksome sameness, or want of variety. [ 1913 Webster ]

At sea, everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Math. or logic) not monotonic; -- of relations between variables. Opposite of monotonic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Notum, and Branchia. ] (Zool.) (a) A division of nudibranchiate mollusks having gills upon the back. (b) The Dorsibranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Notobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. nw^ton the back + E. chord. ] (Anat.) An elastic cartilagelike rod which is developed beneath the medullary groove in the vertebrate embryo, and constitutes the primitive axial skeleton around which the centra of the vertebrae and the posterior part of the base of the skull are developed; the chorda dorsalis. See Illust. of Ectoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the notochord; having a notochord. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. nw^ton the back + 'odoy`s, 'odo`ntos a tooth. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of bombycid moths belonging to Notodonta, Nerice, and allied genera. The caterpillar of these moths has a hump, or spine, on its back. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. One of the genera of newts, included in the family Salamandridae.
Syn. -- genus Notophthalmus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. L. Notopodia E. Notopodiums [ NL., fr. Gr. nw^ton the back + poy`s, podo`s, the foot. ] (Zool.) The dorsal lobe or branch of a parapodium. See Parapodium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. nw^ton the back + "ri`za a root.] (Bot.) Having the radicle of the embryo lying against the back of one of the cotyledons; incumbent. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. notoriété. See Notorious. ] The quality or condition of being notorious; the state of being generally or publicly known; -- commonly used in an unfavorable sense; as, the notoriety of a crime. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were not subjects in their own nature so exposed to public notoriety. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. notorius pointing out, making known, fr. noscere, notum, to known: cf. F. notoire. See Know. ] Generally known and talked of by the public; universally believed to be true; manifest to the world; evident; -- usually in an unfavorable sense; as, a notorious thief; a notorious crime or vice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Your goodness,
Since you provoke me, shall be most notorious. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; celebrated; noted; famous; renowned. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- No*to"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- No*to"ri*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. no`tos the south, or southwest + &unr_; bird. ] (Zool.) A genus of birds allied to the gallinules, but having rudimentary wings and incapable of flight. Notornis Mantelli was first known as a fossil bird of New Zealand, but subsequently a few individuals were found living on the southern island. It is supposed to be now nearly or quite extinct. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. no`tos the south + qhri`on a wild animal. ] (Zool.) An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. nw^ton back + &unr_; a hole. ] (Zool.) The pouched, or marsupial, frog of South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; an entrail + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to cut. ] The dissection, or anatomy, of the viscera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. splh`n spleen + te`mnein to cut. ] (a) (Anat.) Dissection or anatomy of the spleen. (b) (Med.) An incision into the spleen; removal of the spleen by incision. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated on the ventral side of the notochord; as, the subnotochordal rod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Surg.) A slender knife for use in the operation of tenotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. te`nwn a tendon + te`mnein to cut. ] (Surg.) The division of a tendon, or the act of dividing a tendon. [ 1913 Webster ]