Autocratrix
‖Au‐toc″ra‐trix (�), n. A female sovereign who is independent and absolute; — a title given to the empresses of Russia.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Autocratship
Au″to‐crat‐ship (�), n. The office or dignity of an autocrat.
Autodidact
Au″to‐di‐dact′ (�), n. One who is self-taught; an automath.
Autodynamic
Au′to‐dy‐nam″ic (�), a. [Auto- + dynamic.] Supplying its own power; — applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.
Autodynamic (2)
Au′to‐dy‐nam″ic (?), a. [Auto- + dynamic.] Supplying its own power, as a hydraulic ram.
Autœcious
Au‐tœ″cious (?), a. [Auto- + Gr. � house.] (Biol.) Passing through all its stages on one host, as certain parasitic fungi; — contrasted with heterœcious.
Autœcism
Au‐tœ″cism (?), n. Quality of being autœcious.
Autofecundation
Au′to‐fec′un‐da″tion (�), n. [Auto- + fecundation.] (Biol.) Self-impregnation. Darwin.
Autogamous
Au‐tog″a‐mous (�), a.(Bot.) Characterized by autogamy; self-fertilized.
Autogamy
Au‐tog″a‐my (�), n. [Auto- + Gr. � marriage.] (Bot.) Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
Autogeneal
Au′to‐ge″ne‐al (�), a. Self-produced; autogenous.
Autogenesis
‖Au′to‐gen″e‐sis (�), n. [Auto- + genesis.] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation.
Autogenetic
Au′to‐ge‐net″ic (�), a.(Biol.) Relating to autogenesis; self-generated.
Autogenetic (2)
Au′to‐ge‐net″ic, a.(Phys. Geog.) Pertaining to, controlled by, or designating, a system of self-determined drainage.
Autogenetic drainage
Autogenetic drainage. (Phys. Geog.) A system of natural drainage developed by the constituent streams through headwater erosion.
Autogenetic topography
Autogenetic topography. (Phys. Geog.) A system of land forms produced by the free action of rain and streams on rocks of uniform texture.
Autogenous
Au‐tog″e‐nous (�), a. 1. (Biol.) Self-generated; produced independently.2. (Anat.) Developed from an independent center of ossification. Owen.Autogenous soldering, the junction ...
Autogenous (2)
Au‐tog″e‐nous (?), a. Autogenetic.
Autogenously
Au‐tog″e‐nous‐ly (�), adv. In an autogenous manner; spontaneously.
Autograph
Au″to‐graph (�), n. [F. autographe, fr. Gr. � autographic; � self + � to write.] That which is written with one's own hand; an original manuscript; a person's own signature or h...
Autograph (2)
Au″to‐graph (�), a. In one's own handwriting; as, an autograph letter; an autograph will.
Autographal
Au‐tog″ra‐phal (�), a. Autographic.
Autographic
{ Au′to‐graph″ic (�), Au′to‐graph″ic‐al (�), } a. 1. Pertaining to an autograph, or one's own handwriting; of the nature of an autograph.2. Pertaining to, or used in, the proces...
Autography
Au‐tog″ra‐phy (�), n. [Cf. F. autographie.] 1. The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph.2. A process in lithography by which a writing or drawing is t...
Autoharp
Au″to‐harp (?), n. [Auto- + harp.] A zitherlike musical instrument, provided with dampers which, when depressed, deaden some strings, leaving free others that form a chord.
Autohypnotic
Au′to‐hyp‐not″ic (?), a. Pert. to autohypnotism; self-hypnotizing. — n. An autohypnotic person.
Autohypnotism
Au′to‐hyp″no‐tism (?), n. [Auto- + hypnotism.] Hypnotism of one's self by concentration of the attention on some object or idea.