| AUTOPHAGY | • autophagy n. (Cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within… • autophagy n. (Cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion. • autophagy n. (Rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself. |
| 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. |
| AUTOPHYTE | • autophyte n. Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances. • AUTOPHYTE n. an autotrophic plant, as any green plant. |
| AUTOREPLY | • autoreply n. Alternative spelling of auto-reply. • auto-reply n. (Email, computing, uncountable) A feature in e-mail software that sends automatic replies, used for… • auto-reply n. (Email, computing, countable) A message sent by this means. |
| 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. |
| AUTOTYPED | • autotyped v. Simple past tense and past participle of autotype. • AUTOTYPE v. to reproduce by a photographic process. |
| AUTOTYPES | • autotypes n. Plural of autotype. • AUTOTYPE v. to reproduce by a photographic process. |
| AUTOTYPIC | • autotypic adj. Relating to an autotype. • AUTOTYPIC adj. like an autotype, a facsimile. |
| CULPATORY | • culpatory adj. Expressing blame; censuring. • CULPATORY adj. expressive of blame. |
| HYPOCAUST | • hypocaust n. An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath. • hypocaust n. An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing. • HYPOCAUST n. an ancient air chamber or series of chambers for heating rooms. |
| OUTPLAYED | • outplayed v. Simple past tense and past participle of outplay. • OUTPLAY v. to excel or defeat in a game. |
| OUTPRAYED | • outprayed v. Simple past tense and past participle of outpray. • OUTPRAY v. to surpass in praying. |
| PATCHOULY | • patchouly n. Alternative spelling of patchouli. • PATCHOULY n. (Tamil) an Asiatic tree with a fragrant perfume oil; the resulting perfume, also PACHOULI, PATCHOULI. |
| POURTRAYD | • POURTRAY v. (Spenser) to portray, also PORTRAY. |
| POURTRAYS | • pourtrays v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pourtray. • POURTRAY v. (Spenser) to portray, also PORTRAY. |
| PULSATORY | • pulsatory adj. Consisting of pulses; rhythmic; throbbing. • pulsatory adj. (Music, archaic) Played by beating, like a gong or a drum. • PULSATORY adj. capable of pulsating; throbbing. |
| PURGATORY | • purgatory n. (Christianity) Alternative letter-case form of Purgatory. • purgatory n. Any situation where suffering is endured, particularly as part of a process of redemption. • purgatory adj. Tending to cleanse; expiatory. |