English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Autocarpian
(a.)
Consisting of the ripened pericarp with no other parts
adnate to it, as a peach, a poppy capsule, or a grape.
Autocarpous
(a.)
Alt. of Autocarpian
Autocephalous
(a.)
Having its own head; independent of episcopal or
patriarchal jurisdiction, as certain Greek churches.
Autochronograph
(n.)
An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording
or printing of time.
Autochthon
(n.)
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.
Autochthon
(n.)
That which is original to a particular country, or
which had there its origin.
Autochthonal
(a.)
Alt. of Autochthonous
Autochthones
(pl. )
of Autochthon
Autochthonism
(n.)
The state of being autochthonal.
Autochthonous
(a.)
Aboriginal; indigenous; native.
Autochthony
(n.)
An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.
Autoclave
(n.)
A kind of French stewpan with a steam-tight lid.
Autocracies
(pl. )
of Autocracy
Autocracy
(n.)
Independent or self-derived power; absolute or
controlling authority; supremacy.
Autocracy
(n.)
Supreme, uncontrolled, unlimited authority, or right of
governing in a single person, as of an autocrat.
Autocracy
(n.)
The action of the vital principle, or of the instinctive
powers, toward the preservation of the individual; also, the vital
principle.
Autocracy
(n.)
Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a
state); autonomy.
Autocrat
(a.)
One who rules with undisputed sway in any company or
relation; a despot.
Autocrat
(a.)
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).
Autocratic
(a.)
Alt. of Autocratical