| autocracy |
rule by one person with absolute power; despotism. [2 definitions] |
| autocrat |
a ruler who has absolute or unlimited power; dictator; despot. [3 definitions] |
| autocratic |
pertaining to or having the powers of an autocrat; absolute. [2 definitions] |
| auto-da-fé |
the public announcement of the judgment and sentences passed and imposed on people tried as heretics during the Spanish Inquisition. [2 definitions] |
| autodidact |
a person who is self-taught at something. |
| autogamy |
in botany, self-fertilization, as of a flower with its own pollen. [2 definitions] |
| autogiro |
an aircraft that is pulled forward by a conventional propeller and held up in the air by a large horizontal rotor mounted on top of the fuselage. |
| autograph |
a signature, esp. that of a famous person. [4 definitions] |
| autohypnosis |
the act of hypnotizing oneself. [2 definitions] |
| autoimmune |
characterized by or relating to a condition in which normal cells are attacked by the body's own immune system. |
| autoimmunity |
production of antibodies that attack the body's own cells. |
| autointoxication |
in pathology, poisoning caused by toxic substances that have developed within the body itself, as in the intestines during digestion; autotoxemia. |
| autoloading |
semiautomatic, as cameras and firearms. |
| Automat |
trademark for a cafeteria where food is dispensed from small compartments with doors that open when customers deposit coins in the appropriate slots. |
| automatable |
combined form of automate. |
| automate |
to convert to a mechanical or electronic system of operation. [3 definitions] |
| automated |
controlled or carried using mechanical or electronic devices rather than with the effort of humans. |
| automated teller machine |
a computerized machine serving the function of a bank teller. |
| automatic |
acting by itself without outside power or influence. [4 definitions] |
| automatic pilot |
an instrument that automatically keeps an aircraft, missile, or the like on a predetermined course at a specific altitude. [2 definitions] |
| automation |
operation by machinery rather than by people. |