| ADOPTIOUS | • adoptious adj. (Obsolete) Adopted. • ADOPTIOUS adj. (Shakespeare) adopted. |
| AUTOPHOBY | • autophoby n. Archaic form of autophobia. • AUTOPHOBY n. a shrinking from making any reference to oneself. |
| AUTOPHONY | • autophony n. The unusually loud hearing of a person’s own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds. • autophony n. (Medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer’s own voice, while… • AUTOPHONY n. apparent distortion of one's own voice due to infection or stoppage of ears. |
| AUTOPILOT | • autopilot n. (Aviation, nautical) A mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic system used to guide a vehicle without assistance… • autopilot n. (By extension, figuratively) A state of mind where one no longer thinks about doing one’s actions, but… • autopilot v. (Intransitive, of a vehicle) To pilot itself; to drive or travel automatically. |
| AUTOPOINT | • AUTOPOINT n. a point-to-point over rough country in motor vehicles. |
| AUTOSCOPY | • autoscopy n. The experience of seeing one’s body from the outside while awake, as if disembodied. • AUTOSCOPY n. a hallucination of an image of one's own body. |
| AUTOSPORE | • autospore n. An immobile spore that cannot develop flagella. • AUTOSPORE n. a nonmotile algal spore. |
| AUTOSPORT | • autosport n. Motorsport. • AUTOSPORT n. the sport of motor-racing. |
| AUTOTROPH | • autotroph n. (Ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as… • AUTOTROPH n. an organism that is able to manufacture its own food from inorganic substances. |
| AUXOTROPH | • auxotroph n. Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth… • AUXOTROPH n. an auxotrophic strain or individual, i.e. one requiring a specific growth substance beyond the minimum required for normal metabolism. |
| OUTGALLOP | • outgallop v. (Transitive, especially of horses or riders) To run faster than; to outdistance. • OUTGALLOP v. to surpass at galloping. |
| POTATOBUG | • potato␣bug n. The Jerusalem cricket, various insects of the genus Stenopelmatus. • potato␣bug n. The woodlouse, various terrestrial crustaceans of suborder Oniscidea. • potato␣bug n. Any of various insects that feed on or harm potato plants. |
| POUTASSOU | • POUTASSOU n. a gadoid fish, aka blue whiting. |
| PUFTALOON | • puftaloon n. (Australia) A fried scone-like fritter originally from Australia. • PUFTALOON n. (Australian) a type of fried cake, eaten hot with jam, honey or sugar, also PUFFTALOONAS, PUFTALOONIES. |
| UPROOTALS | • uprootals n. Plural of uprootal. • UPROOTAL n. the act of uprooting. |