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Mon- :: Mon- () 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..

Carpet :: Carpet (n.) A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.

Boll :: Boll (n.) The pod or capsule of a plant, as of flax or cotton; a pericarp of a globular form..

Seed :: Seed (n.) Any small seedlike fruit, though it may consist of a pericarp, or even a calyx, as well as the seed proper; as, parsnip seed; thistle seed..

Builder :: Builder (n.) One who builds; one whose occupation is to build, as a carpenter, a shipwright, or a mason..

Scapholunar :: Scapholunar (a.) Of or pertaining to the scaphoid and lunar bones of the carpus.

Fit :: Fit (v. t.) To bring to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc..

Carpentry :: Carpentry (n.) An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter..

Angiocarpous :: Angiocarpous (a.) Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens..

Cuniform :: Cuniform (n.) One of the carpal bones usually articulating with the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.

Carpology :: Carpology (n.) That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.

Counterscarf :: Counterscarf (n.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp..

Quillback :: Quillback (n.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, / Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback..

Water Fox :: Water fox () The carp; -- so called on account of its cunning.

Barrier :: Barrier (n.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy..

Gibel :: Gibel (n.) A kind of carp (Cyprinus gibelio); -- called also Prussian carp.

Physostomi :: Physostomi (n. pl.) An order of fishes in which the air bladder is provided with a duct, and the ventral fins, when present, are abdominal. It includes the salmons, herrings, carps, catfishes, and others..

Cystocarp :: Cystocarp (n.) A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores..

Amphicarpous :: Amphicarpous (a.) Producing fruit of two kinds, either as to form or time of ripening..

Cashew :: Cashew (n.) A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long..

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