English English Dictionary

Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.

Alt. of Autocarpian

Having its own head; independent of episcopal or patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.

An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time.

One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.

That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin.

Alt. of Autochthonous

of Autochthon

The state of being autochthonal.

Aboriginal; indigenous; native.

An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.

A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.

of Autocracy

Independent or self-derived power; absolute or controlling authority; supremacy.

Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.

The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital principle.

Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy.

One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or relation; a despot.

An absolute sovereign; a monarch who holds and exercises the powers of government by claim of absolute right, not subject to restriction; as, Autocrat of all the Russias (a title of the Czar).

Alt. of Autocratical