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  • English Word Autonomy Definition The sovereignty of reason in the sphere of morals; or man's power, as possessed of reason, to give law to himself. In this, according to Kant, consist the true nature and only possible proof of liberty.
  • English Word Autoomist Definition One who advocates autonomy.
  • English Word Autophagi Definition Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.
  • English Word Autophoby Definition Fear of one's self; fear of being egotistical.
  • English Word Autophony Definition An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
  • English Word Autoplastic Definition Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
  • English Word Autoplasty Definition The process of artificially repairing lesions by taking a piece of healthy tissue, as from a neighboring part, to supply the deficiency caused by disease or wounds.
  • English Word Autopsic Definition Alt. of Autopsical
  • English Word Autopsical Definition Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical.
  • English Word Autopsorin Definition That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.
  • English Word Autopsy Definition Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular view.
  • English Word Autopsy Definition Dissection of a dead body, for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, or nature of a disease; a post-mortem examination.
  • English Word Autoptic Definition Alt. of Autoptical
  • English Word Autoptical Definition Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as, autoptic testimony or experience.
  • English Word Autoptically Definition By means of ocular view, or one's own observation.
  • English Word Autos-da-fe Definition of Auto-da-fe
  • English Word Autos-de-fe Definition of Auto-de-fe
  • English Word Autoschediastic Definition Alt. of Autoschediastical
  • English Word Autoschediastical Definition Extemporary; offhand.
  • English Word Autostylic Definition Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.
  • English Word Autotheism Definition The doctrine of God's self-existence.
  • English Word Autotheism Definition Deification of one's self; self-worship.
  • English Word Autotheist Definition One given to self-worship.
  • English Word Autotype Definition A facsimile.
  • English Word Autotype Definition A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin plate.
  • English Word Autotypography Definition A process resembling "nature printing," by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which the printing is done as from copperplate.
  • English Word Autotypy Definition The art or process of making autotypes.
  • English Word Autumn Definition The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November.
  • English Word Autumn Definition The harvest or fruits of autumn.
  • English Word Autumn Definition The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage.