<B>autocollimator, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a type of telescope used in autocollimation. </DL>
<A NAME="autocourt">
<B>auto court,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) <DD><B> 1. </B>a group of cabins providing shelter for automobile travelers. <DD><B> 2. </B>a motel. </DL>
<A NAME="autocracy">
<B>autocracy, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>government by a single person having unrestricted power. <DD><B> b. </B>a country or state that has such a government. <DD><B> 2. </B>absolute authority; unlimited power or influence in any sphere or group of persons. <DD><B> 3. </B>(Obsolete.) independent power. </DL>
<A NAME="autocrat">
<B>autocrat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a ruler having unrestricted power over his subjects; absolute ruler. <BR> <I>Ex. A dictator usually demands the power of an autocrat.</I> (SYN) despot, dictator. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who uses his power over others in a harsh way. <BR> <I>Ex. A policeman should never be an autocrat.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="autocratic">
<B>autocratic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or like an autocrat; having absolute power or authority; ruling without checks or limitations. <BR> <I>Ex. The coach's autocratic manner made him unpopular among the players on the team.</I> (SYN) despotic, dictatorial. adv. <B>autocratically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="autocratical">
<B>autocratical, </B>adjective. =autocratic.</DL>
<A NAME="autocritical">
<B>autocritical, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> critical of oneself or of one's own work. </DL>
<A NAME="autocriticism">
<B>autocriticism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> critical analysis and evaluation of oneself or one's achievements. <BR> <I>Ex. Believing that the police will send in a bad report to his firm, he makes an autocriticism of his guilt (Manchester Guardian Weekly).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="autocycle">
<B>autocycle, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Especially British.) a motorcycle. </DL>
<A NAME="autodafe">
<B>auto-da-fe, </B>noun, pl. <B>autos-da-fe.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the public ceremony accompanying the passing of sentence by the Spanish Inquisition. <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of burning a heretic. </DL>
<A NAME="autodefe">
<B>auto de fe,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Spanish.) auto-da-fe. </DL>
<A NAME="autodidact">
<B>autodidact, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a self-taught person. <BR> <I>Ex. Every American is an autodidact; every American feels himself capable of being the founder of his own religion (Thornton Wilder).</I> </DL>
<B>autodom, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) the world of automobile manufacturing and selling. <BR> <I>Ex. ... autodom's hottest competition since before the war (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="autodrome">
<B>autodrome, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a race course for automobiles. </DL>
<A NAME="autodyne">
<B>autodyne, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Radio.) of or denoting a type of heterodyne reception in which the detector tube serves as oscillator. </DL>
<A NAME="autoecious">
<B>autoecious, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> going through all stages of the life cycle on the same host. Some parasitic fungi are autoecious. Also, <B>autecious.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="autoecism">
<B>autoecism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fact of being autoecious. Also, <B>autecism.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="autoerotic">
<B>autoerotic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with autoeroticism. adv. <B>autoerotically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="autoeroticism">
<B>autoeroticism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> sex gratification by one's own body or mind. </DL>
<A NAME="autoerotism">
<B>autoerotism, </B>noun. =autoeroticism.</DL>
<A NAME="autoette">
<B>autoette, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small, three-wheeled motor vehicle. </DL>
<A NAME="autofocus">
<B>autofocus, </B>adjective, noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Photography.) <DD><I>adj. </I> that can focus automatically. <BR> <I>Ex. autofocus cameras.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> automatic focusing of a camera lens. <BR> <I>Ex. Autofocus ... allows you to concentrate more completely on taking pictures because you're less distracted by setting the lens (Lou Jacobs, Jr.).</I> <DD><I>v.i., v.t. </I> to focus automatically. </DL>
<A NAME="autogamic">
<B>autogamic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Botany.) characterized by or adapted to autogamy. </DL>
<B>autogamy, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>(Botany.) self-fertilization; fecundation of the ovules of a flower by its own pollen. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Biology.) the mating of like with like. </DL>
<B>autogenetic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B><B>=self-generated.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>(Biology.) having to do with autogenesis. adv. <B>autogenetically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="autogenous">
<B>autogenous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>produced by or within oneself; self-produced; self-generated. <DD><B> 2. </B>arising in, or derived from, a given body, such as a bacterial vaccine prepared from bacteria present in the patient's own body. </DL>
<A NAME="autogeny">
<B>autogeny, </B>noun. =autogenesis.</DL>
<A NAME="autogiro">
<B>autogiro, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ros.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a propeller-driven wingless aircraft supported in flight by a large rotor above the fuselage that spins from the air pressure against its blades. Also, <B>autogyro.</B> </DL>
<B>autograft, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a graft of skin or other tissue taken from the body of the grafted person rather than from another person; autotransplant. <DD><I>v.t., v.i. </I> to transplant an autograft. </DL>
<A NAME="autograph">
<B>autograph, </B>noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a person's name written by himself. <BR> <I>Ex. Many people collect the autographs of celebrities.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>something written in a person's own handwriting, especially the original copy of a manuscript, letter, or other document. (SYN) holograph. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to write one's name in or on. <BR> <I>Ex. The star of the play autographed my program.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to write with one's own hand. </DL>
<A NAME="autographic">
<B>autographic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of or for an autograph. <DD><B> 2. </B>in one's own handwriting. adv. <B>autographically.</B> </DL>
<B>autography, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>autograph writing. <DD><B> 2. </B>autographs collectively. <DD><B> 3. </B>a lithographic process by which writing or drawing is transferred from paper to stone or other reproducing surface. </DL>
<A NAME="autogyro">
<B>autogyro, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ros.</B> =autogiro.</DL>
<A NAME="autoharp">
<B>autoharp, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a type of zither, provided with dampers for the mechanical production of chordal effects. </DL>
<A NAME="autohypnosis">
<B>autohypnosis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> self-induced hypnosis or hypnotic state. </DL>
<A NAME="autohypnotic">
<B>autohypnotic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with autohypnosis. </DL>
<A NAME="autohypnotism">
<B>autohypnotism, </B>noun. =autohypnosis.</DL>
<A NAME="autoicous">
<B>autoicous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having both male and female inflorescence on the same plant, as certain mosses. </DL>
<A NAME="autoignition">
<B>autoignition, </B>noun. =preignition.</DL>
<A NAME="autoimmune">
<B>autoimmune, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of, having to do with, or caused by autoantibodies. <BR> <I>Ex. Another immunological problem under study is "autoimmune disease," a condition in which an individual's tissues may be attacked by his own antibodies (James P. Hendrix).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="autoimmunity">
<B>autoimmunity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ties.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the condition in which the body forms autoantibodies; production of antibodies that attack the body's own cells and tissues. </DL>
<B>autoinfection, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> infection from within the organism; self-infection. </DL>
<A NAME="autoinoculation">
<B>autoinoculation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>inoculation of a healthy part of a person with a virus or other microorganizm from a diseased part of his own body. <DD><B> 2. </B>the spread of infection from its center to other parts of the person. </DL>
<A NAME="autointoxication">
<B>autointoxication, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> poisoning by or resulting from toxin formed within the body; autotoxemia. </DL>
<B>autologous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>transplanted from the same person's body. <BR> <I>Ex. an autologous graft.</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> See also <B>autograft.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>donated by a person and preserved for his own future use. <BR> <I>Ex. autologous blood. Self-donated (autologous) transfusions prevent your contracting an infectious disease, such as AIDS or hepatitis (Woman's Day).</I> </DL>
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<A NAME="autolycus">
<B>Autolycus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) the thieving son of the god Hermes. </DL>
<A NAME="autolysate">
<B>autolysate, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a product of autolysis. </DL>
<A NAME="autolysin">
<B>autolysin, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a substance, such as an enzyme, capable of breaking down the cells or tissues of an organism within which it is produced, especially after death or in some diseased conditions. </DL>
