autistic savant |
an autistic person who has an extraordinary gift or ability, as in mathematics, music, or art. |
auto |
shortened form of "automobile." |
auto- |
self; same. |
autobahn |
a superhighway in Germany or Austria; expressway. |
autobiographical |
telling or based on the events and experiences of one's own life. |
autobiography |
the events of a person's life written or told by that person. |
auto body |
the main part of a car; the part of a car that you sit inside. |
autoclave |
a container made to hold superheated steam under pressure, used for sterilizing medical instruments or the like or for cooking. [2 definitions] |
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. |