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  • English Word Aurora Definition The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).
  • English Word Aurorae Definition of Aurora
  • English Word Auroral Definition Belonging to, or resembling, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy.
  • English Word Auroras Definition of Aurora
  • English Word Aurous Definition Containing gold.
  • English Word Aurous Definition Pertaining to, or derived from, gold; -- said of those compounds of gold in which this element has its lower valence; as, aurous oxide.
  • English Word Aurum Definition Gold.
  • English Word Auscult Definition To auscultate.
  • English Word Auscultate Definition To practice auscultation; to examine by auscultation.
  • English Word Auscultation Definition The act of listening or hearkening to.
  • English Word Auscultation Definition An examination by listening either directly with the ear (immediate auscultation) applied to parts of the body, as the abdomen; or with the stethoscope (mediate auscultation), in order to distinguish sounds recognized as a sign of health or of disease.
  • English Word Auscultator Definition One who practices auscultation.
  • English Word Auscultatory Definition Of or pertaining to auscultation.
  • English Word Ausonian Definition Italian.
  • English Word Auspicate Definition Auspicious.
  • English Word Auspicate Definition To foreshow; to foretoken.
  • English Word Auspicate Definition To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business.
  • English Word Auspice Definition A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future.
  • English Word Auspice Definition Protection; patronage and care; guidance.
  • English Word Auspices Definition of Auspice
  • English Word Auspicial Definition Of or pertaining to auspices; auspicious.
  • English Word Auspicious Definition Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning.
  • English Word Auspicious Definition Prosperous; fortunate; as, auspicious years.
  • English Word Auspicious Definition Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things.
  • English Word Auster Definition The south wind.
  • English Word Austere Definition Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
  • English Word Austere Definition Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
  • English Word Austere Definition Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
  • English Word Austerely Definition Severely; rigidly; sternly.
  • English Word Austereness Definition Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.