| AUTARCH | • autarch n. A despotic ruler. • AUTARCH n. an absolute ruler. |
| AUTARKY | • autarky n. National economic self-sufficiency. • autarky n. Personal self-sufficiency. • AUTARKY n. a policy of national self-sufficiency and non-reliance on imports or economic aid. |
| AUTEURS | • auteurs n. Plural of auteur. • AUTEUR n. (French) a film director, esp. when thought of as the creator of a particular genre and carrying a personal stamp, also AUTEURIST. |
| AUTHORS | • authors n. Plural of author. • authors v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of author. • AUTHOR v. to bring into being. |
| AUTISMS | • autisms n. Plural of autism. • AUTISM n. absorption in imaginative activity directed by the thinker's wishes, with loss of contact with reality. |
| AUTISTS | • autists n. Plural of autist. • AUTIST n. one who suffers from autism. |
| AUTOBUS | • autobus n. (Road transport, dated) A bus that is a motor vehicle, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses. • autobus n. (By extension, cycle racing) A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group… • AUTOBUS n. a motorbus. |
| AUTOCAR | • autocar n. (Archaic) A road vehicle powered by steam or electricity rather than by traction. • AUTOCAR n. a motor car. |
| AUTOCUE | • autocue n. Any of several devices that display words for a person to read aloud. • AUTOCUE n. (tradename) a text device to assist newsreaders. |
| AUTOING | • autoing v. Present participle of auto. • AUTO v. to ride in an automobile. |
| AUTOMAN | • automan n. (Dated) A man involved in automobile manufacture. • AUTOMAN n. a maker of automobiles. |
| AUTOMAT | • automat n. A vending machine for food. • automat n. A cafeteria consisting of vending machines. • AUTOMAT n. a restaurant or shop where hot dishes are obtained from slot machines. |
| AUTOMEN | • automen n. Plural of automan. • AUTOMAN n. a maker of automobiles. |
| AUTONYM | • autonym n. (Taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated. • autonym n. (Linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their… • autonym n. The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author. |
| AUTOPEN | • autopen n. A machine that automatically writes a person’s signature. • AUTOPEN n. a mechanical device used to produce imitation signatures. |
| AUTOPSY | • autopsy n. A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death. • autopsy n. An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure. • autopsy n. (Rare) An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed. |
| AUTOPUT | • AUTOPUT n. a motorway in Yugoslavia. |
| AUTOVAC | • autovac n. (Automotive, historical) A device that uses vacuum to raise fuel from the main tank to a small auxiliary… • AUTOVAC n. a vacuum mechanism in a car for raising petrol to a higher tank so that it may flow by gravity into the carburettor. |
| AUTUMNS | • autumns n. Plural of autumn. • Autumns prop.n. Plural of Autumn. • AUTUMN n. a season of the year. |
| AUTUMNY | • autumny adj. Characteristic of autumn. • AUTUMNY adj. (colloq.) autumn-like. |