Key terms & definitions

A layer of molecules that is one molecule thick.

A large single block of stone, often used as a monument; it can also suggest a powerful, inflexible institution.

A sustained passage spoken or thought by one person. Cope’s linked monologues reveal each date’s private perspective.

An extended piece spoken or thought by one character, revealing their experiences, feelings or attitudes.

A small molecular unit that can join to other units to form a polymer.

A small molecule that can join with others to form a polymer.

A small molecule that can join with many other small molecules to form a polymer.

A small molecule that can join with others to form a polymer.

An exclusive right to conduct a particular trade, which could provide its holder with substantial income.

A market in which one business is the only supplier of a particular good or service.

A sugar consisting of one sugar unit. Examples include glucose, fructose and galactose.

A timing circuit with one stable output state that produces a single timed pulse when triggered.

Belief in one God.

A relationship in which one variable consistently increases, or consistently decreases, as the other increases. The pattern need not be a straight line.

Fat containing fatty acids with one carbon–carbon double bond. Olive oil and avocados are useful dietary sources.

Identical twins who develop from one fertilised egg and share virtually all their genes.

A seasonal wind system associated with a distinct rainy season in India.

A seasonal change in wind direction that produces distinct wet and dry periods in affected regions.

A holder used to display a consecrated host for Eucharistic adoration.

An edited sequence of shots brought together to communicate an idea, show connections or condense events.

An edited sequence that brings together a series of images to condense information, establish connections or convey change.

The organisation formed on 5 December 1955 to coordinate the Montgomery Bus Boycott, with Martin Luther King as its president.

An emotional atmosphere created by a text, such as unease or excitement.

The opening statement of belief in the Guru Granth Sahib, describing the nature of God and forming a foundation of Sikh faith.

The foundational statement of Sikh belief that opens the Guru Granth Sahib and describes the nature of God.

A natural satellite that orbits a planet.

A historical label with varied meanings for people associated with Africa or the Muslim world; in Othello, it repeatedly marks the general as an outsider.

Mainly upland, open land with vegetation such as heather and rough grasses, often in wet and exposed conditions.

A regiment in the Spartan army described by Xenophon in his account of about 375 BC; its plural is morai.

An accumulation of rock debris transported and deposited by a glacier.