English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
Dictionary
Autos-de-fe
(pl. )
of Auto-de-fe
Autoschediastic
(a.)
Alt. of Autoschediastical
Autoschediastical
(a.)
Extemporary; offhand.
Autostylic
(a.)
Having the mandibular arch articulated directly to the
cranium, as in the skulls of the Amphibia.
Autotheism
(n.)
The doctrine of God's self-existence.
Autotheism
(n.)
Deification of one's self; self-worship.
Autotheist
(n.)
One given to self-worship.
Autotype
(n.)
A facsimile.
Autotype
(n.)
A photographic picture produced in sensitized pigmented
gelatin by exposure to light under a negative; and subsequent washing
out of the soluble parts; a kind of picture in ink from a gelatin
plate.
Autotypography
(n.)
A process resembling "nature printing," by which
drawings executed on gelatin are impressed into a soft metal plate,
from which the printing is done as from copperplate.
Autotypy
(n.)
The art or process of making autotypes.
Autumn
(n.)
The third season of the year, or the season between summer
and winter, often called "the fall." Astronomically, it begins in the
northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23,
and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular
language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and
November.
Autumn
(n.)
The harvest or fruits of autumn.
Autumn
(n.)
The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third
stage.
Autumnal
(a.)
Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal
tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in
autumn; as, an autumnal plant.
Autumnal
(a.)
Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
Auxanometer
(n.)
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
Auxesis
(n.)
A figure by which a grave and magnificent word is put for
the proper word; amplification; hyperbole.
Auxetic
(a.)
Pertaining to, or containing, auxesis; amplifying.
Auxiliar
(a.)
Auxiliary.