Autopneumatic
Au′to‐pneu‐mat″ic (?), a. [Auto- + pneumatic.] Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Autopsic
{ Au‐top″sic (�), Au‐top″sic‐al (�), } a. Pertaining to autopsy; autoptical.
Autopsorin
Au‐top″so‐rin (�), n. [Auto- + Gr. � the itch.] (Med.) That which is given under the doctrine of administering a patient's own virus.
Autopsy
Au″top‐sy (�), n. [Gr. �, fr. � seen by one's self; � self + � seen: cf. F. autopsie. See Optic, a.] 1. Personal observation or examination; seeing with one's own eyes; ocular v...
Autoptic
{ Au‐top″tic (a̤‐tŏp″tĭk), Au‐top″tic‐al (–tĭk‐al), } a. [Gr. αυτοπτικὄσ: cf. F. autoptique.] Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation; as...
Autoptically
Au‐top″tic‐al‐ly (a̤‐tŏp″tĭ‐kal‐ly̆), adv. By means of ocular view, or one's own observation. Sir T. Browne.
Autoschediastic
{ Au′to‐sche′di‐as″tic (a̤′tō̍‐skē′dĭ‐ăs″tĭk), Au′to‐sche′di‐as″tic‐al (–ăs″tĭ‐kal), } a. [Auto- + Gr. σχεδιάζειν to do hastily. See Schediasm.] Extemporary; offhand. Dean Martin.
Autostability
Au′to‐sta‐bil″i‐ty (?), n. [Auto- + stability.] (Mechanics) Automatic stability; also, inherent stability. An aëroplane is inherently stable if it keeps in steady poise by virtu...
Autostylic
Au′to‐styl″ic (�), a. [Auto- + Gr. στυ̑λοσ pillar.] (Anat.) Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.
Autosuggestion
Au′to‐sug‐ges″tion (?), n. [Auto- + suggestion.] (Med.) Self-suggestion as distinguished from suggestion coming from another, esp. in hypnotism. Autosuggestion is characteristic...
Autotheism
Au″to‐the′ism (�), n. [Auto- + theism.] 1. The doctrine of God's self-existence.2. Deification of one's self; self-worship.
Autotheist
Au″to‐the′ist, n. One given to self-worship.
Autotoxæmia
‖Au′to‐tox‐æ″mi‐a, –tox‐e″mi‐a (�), n. [NL. See Auto-, and Toxæmia.] (Physiol.) Self-intoxication. See Auto-intoxication.
Autotoxic
Au′to‐tox″ic (?), a. [Auto- + toxic.] (Med.) Pertaining to, or causing, autotoxæmia.
Autotoxication
Au′to‐tox′i‐ca″tion (?), n. [Auto- + toxication.] (Physiol.) Same as Auto-intoxication.
Autotransformer
Au′to‐trans‐form″er (?), n. [Auto- + transformer.] (Elec.) A transformer in which part of the primary winding is used as a secondary winding, or vice versa; — called also a comp...
Autotrophic
Au′to‐troph″ic (?), a. [Auto- + trophic.] (Plant Physiol.) Capable of self-nourishment; — said of all plants in which photosynthetic activity takes place, as opposed to parasiti...
Autotropism
Au‐tot″ro‐pism (?), n. [Auto- + Gr. � to turn.] (Plant Physiol.) The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line when uninfluenced by external stimuli.
Autotype
Au″to‐type (�), n. [Auto- + -type: cf. F. autotype.] 1. A facsimile.2. A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and...
Autotypography
Au′to‐ty‐pog″ra‐phy (�), n. [Auto- + typography.] A process resembling “nature printing,” by which drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate, from which...
Autotypy
Au‐tot″y‐py (�), n. The art or process of making autotypes.
Autumn
Au″tumn (�), n. [L. auctumnus, autumnus, perh. fr. a root av to satisfy one's self: cf. F. automne. See Avarice.] 1. The third season of the year, or the season between summer a...
Autumnal
Au‐tum″nal (�), a. [L. auctumnalis, autumnalis: cf. F. automnal.] 1. Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal...
Autunite
Au″tun‐ite (?), n. [From Autun, France, its locality.] (Min.) A lemon-yellow phosphate of uranium and calcium occurring in tabular crystals with basal cleavage, and in micalike ...
Auxanometer
Aux′a‐nom″e‐ter (�), n. [Gr. � to cause to increase + -meter.] An instrument to measure the growth of plants. Goodale.
Auxesis
‖Aux‐e″sis (�), n.(Rhet.) A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
Auxetic
Aux‐et″ic (�), a. Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.