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Austrotaxus

a genus having but one species; the New Caledonian yew.

Auszug

See Army organization, Switzerland.

autacoid

any physiologically active internal secretion, especially one of uncertain classification.

Autarchy

Self-sufficiency, especially economic self-sufficiency as applied to nations.

autarky

economic independence as a national policy.

Authentically

In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.

Authenticate

To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.

authentication

a mark on an article of trade to indicate its origin and authenticity.

Authenticity

The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.

Authentics

A collection of the Novels or New Constitutions of Justinian, by an anonymous author; -- so called on account of its authenticity.

Author

To occasion; to originate.

authorise

grant authorization or clearance for. Same as authorize.

Authoritative

Having, or proceeding from, due authority; entitled to obedience, credit, or acceptance; determinate; commanding.

authorities

the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit.

Authority

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authorization; as, the authority of a prince over subjects, and of parents over children; the authority of a court.

Authorization

The act of giving authority or legal power; establishment by authority; sanction or warrant.

Authorize

To clothe with authority, warrant, or legal power; to give a right to act; to empower; as, to authorize commissioners to settle a boundary.

Authorized

Possessed of or endowed with authority; as, an authorized agent.

Authorless

Without an author; without authority; anonymous.

Authorship

The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

Authotype

A type or block containing a facsimile of an autograph.

autism

a mental disorder characterized by inability to engage in normal social interactions and intense self-absorption, and usually accompanied by other symptoms such as language dysfunctions and repetitive behavior.

auto

of or pertaining to an automobile; as, an auto mechanic.

auto-changer

an automatic device on a record player that causes new records to be played without manual intervention.

auto-da-fe

A judgment of the Inquisition in Spain and Portugal condemning or acquitting persons accused of religious offenses.

Auto-infection

Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in the organism itself.

Auto-intoxication

Poisoning, or the state of being poisoned, from toxic substances produced within the body; autotox/mia.

autobahn

an expressway or superhighway in a German-speaking country.

Autobiography

A biography written by the subject of it; memoirs of one's life written by one's self.

Autocarpian Autocarpous

Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.

Autocatalysis

Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it.

Autocephalous

Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.

Autochronograph

An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.

Autochthon

One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.

Autoclastic

Broken in place; -- said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.

Autoclave

A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.

Autocoherer

A self-restoring coherer, as a microphonic detector.

autocoid

any physiologically active internal secretion, especially one of uncertain classification.

Autocracy

Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.

Autocrat

An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar).

Autocratical Autocratic

Of or pertaining to autocracy or to an autocrat; absolute; holding independent and arbitrary powers of government.

Autocratrix

A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; -- a title given to the empresses of Russia.

Autodynamic

Supplying its own power, as a hydraulic ram.

Autoecious

Passing through all its stages on one host, as certain parasitic fungi; -- contrasted with heter/cious.

autoerotic

sexually self-satisfying, as by masturbation.

Autogamous

Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.

Autogamy

Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

autogenics

training patients in self-induced relaxation.

Autograph

In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.

Autography

The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph.

autogyro

an aircraft that is supported in flight by unpowered rotating horizontal wings (or blades); forward propulsion is provided by a conventional propeller.

Autoharp

A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord.

Autohypnotic

Pert. to autohypnotism; self-hypnotizing. An autohypnotic person.

Autohypnotism

Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention on some object or idea.

Autokinesis

Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.

autolysis

lysis of cells or tissues due to enzymatic activity from within the cell, as contrasted with externally induced lysis.

autolytic

of, pertaining to, or causing autolysis.

automat

a vending machine from which you can get food.

automate

make automatic; to change [a process] so that it is mostly automatic; to substitute machinery for human labor in an activity.

automated

accomplished by machinary without the intervention of a human operator; -- of processes.

Automatism

The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action. A theory as to the activity of matter.

Automaton

Any thing or being regarded as having the power of spontaneous motion or action.

Automobile

a self-propelled vehicle used for transporting passengers, suitable for use on a street or roadway. Many diferent models of automobiles have beenbuilt and sold commercially, possessing varied features such as a retractable roof (in a convertible), different braking systems, different propulsion systems, and varied styling. Most models have four wheels but some have been built with three wheels. Automobiles are usually propelled by internal combustion engines (using volatile inflammable liquids, as gasoline or petrol, alcohol, naphtha, etc.), and sometimes by steam engines, or electric motors. The power of the driving motor varies from under 50 H. P. for earlier models to over 200 H. P. larger models or high-performance sports or racing cars. An automobile is commonly called a car or an auto, and generally in British usage, motor cars.

Automobilism

The use of automobiles, or the practices, methods, or the like, of those who use them.

Autonomasy

The use of a word of common or general signification for the name of a particular thing; as, /He has gone to town,/ for, /He has gone to London./

Autonomic

Having the power of self-government; autonomous.

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