assuming; presumptuous; prone to assume things or take them for granted
asteraceous
asteraceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Asteraceae.
asteropaeus
astoundable
astoundable
adj
Capable of being astounded.
astoundment
astoundment
noun
amazement
astriferous
astriferous
adj
Bearing stars.
astrocaryum
astrologous
astronautic
astronautic
adj
Of or pertaining to astronautics.
astroscopus
astuciously
astuciously
adv
astutely
athermanous
athermanous
adj
Not transmitting heat.
atmocautery
atomiferous
atrabilious
atrabilious
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Having an excess of black bile.
Characterized by melancholy.
Ill-natured; malevolent; cantankerous.
atramentous
atramentous
adj
atramental
atrociously
atrociously
adv
in an atrocious manner
atropaceous
attenuation
attenuation
noun
(biology) A weakening in the virulence of a pathogen or other microorganism.
(botany) The tapering of a leaf etc to a fine point.
(brewing) The proportion of sugar that is converted to ethanol by a yeast.
(engineering) A fabrication process in which a material is stretched out into a thin shape.
(homeopathy) The reduction of the active principles of medicines to minute doses.
(physics) A reduction in the level of some property with distance, especially the amplitude of a wave or the strength of a signal.
A gradual diminishing of strength.
attenuators
attenuators
noun
plural of attenuator
attribution
attribution
noun
(law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
The act of attributing something.
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
auctorizate
audiologist
audiologist
noun
A healthcare professional who diagnoses, treats and/or manages hearing and balance disorders.
audiometers
audiometers
noun
plural of audiometer
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
audiotaping
audiotaping
verb
present participle of audiotape
audiotypist
audiotypist
noun
Alternative form of audio typist
auditioning
auditioning
verb
present participle of audition
auditoriums
auditoriums
noun
plural of auditorium
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
auditotoria
augitophyre
auscultator
auscultator
noun
(historical) In Germany, one who had passed his first public examination in law, and who was merely retained, not yet employed or paid by government.
An instrument for auscultation.
One who practices auscultation.
australioid
austrogaean
austromancy
austromancy
noun
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
austronesia
austronesia
Proper noun
The Pacific islands of Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia considered as a group.
austrophile
auteciously
autecologic
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
authorcraft
authorcraft
noun
The craft of an author; the writing of books.
authoresses
authoresses
noun
plural of authoress
authorially
authorially
adv
as an author
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorities
authorities
noun
The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service
The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere
plural of authority
authorizers
authorizers
noun
plural of authorizer
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
authorships
authorships
noun
plural of authorship
autoaddress
autobasidia
autobasidia
noun
plural of autobasidium
autobasisii
autobiology
autoboating
autocamping
autocamping
verb
present participle of autocamp
autocarpian
autocarpous
autocarpous
adj
(botany) Having fruit formed by self-pollination
autocephaly
autocephaly
noun
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autoceptive
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autochthons
autochthons
noun
plural of autochthon.
autochthony
autochthony
noun
An aboriginal condition or state.
autocinesis
autoclastic
autoclastic
adj
(geology) Broken in place; said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autocoherer
autocoherer
noun
(historical, wireless telegraphy) A self-restoring coherer, such as a microphonic detector.
autocracies
autocracies
noun
plural of autocracy
autocratrix
autocratrix
noun
(in particular, historical) The enlightened despot Catherine II of Russia, who reigned from 1762 to 1796 as empress and autocratrix of all the Russias.
A female autocrat.
autocrosses
autocrosses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autocross
autodialers
autodialers
noun
plural of autodialer
autodialing
autodialing
verb
present participle of autodial
autodialled
autodidacts
autodidacts
noun
plural of autodidact
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
autoerotism
autoerotism
noun
Sexual activity involving oneself, including masturbation.
autofocuses
autofocuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autofocus
autogeneses
autogenesis
autogenesis
noun
(biology) The supposed creation of living organisms from nonliving matter.
autogenetic
autogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to autogenesis.
Self-generated.
autogenuous
autognostic
autognostic
adj
self-aware
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autogravure
autogravure
noun
(historical) A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
autokinesis
autokinesis
noun
A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
autokinetic
autokinetic
adj
(historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
Moving by itself or automatically.
autoloaders
autoloaders
noun
plural of autoloader
autoloading
autoloading
noun
(programming) Capability of loading and linking portions of a program from mass storage automatically when needed.
verb
present participle of autoload
autological
autological
adj
(grammar, of a word, phrase, or especially an adjective) Possessing the property it describes.
autolysates
autolysates
noun
plural of autolysate
autolyzates
autolyzates
noun
plural of autolyzate
automatable
automatable
adj
able to be automated
automatical
automatical
adj
Archaic form of automatic.
automations
automations
noun
plural of automation
automatisms
automatisms
noun
plural of automatism
automatists
automatists
noun
plural of automatist
automatized
automatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automatize
automatizes
automatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automatize
automatonta
automobiled
automobiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automobile
automobiles
automobiles
noun
plural of automobile
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automobile
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autonomical
autonomical
adj
Alternative form of autonomic
autonomists
autonomists
noun
plural of autonomist
autopelagic
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autophagous
autophagous
adj
Self-eating; exhibiting autophagy.
autophonous
autoplastic
autoplastic
adj
(psychology) Involving a subject changing him/herself rather than the environment or situation.
Of or pertaining to autoplasty (type of lesion repair with healthy tissue).
autopoloist
autopotamic
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autopticity
autopticity
noun
The condition of being autoptic; an autoptic event
autorotated
autorotated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autorotate
autorotates
autorotates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autorotate
autorrhaphy
autoscience
autosomally
autosomally
adv
In an autosomal way.
autosoteric
autosoteric
adj
Relating to autosoterism
autostarter
autostradas
autostradas
noun
plural of autostrada
autostylism
autostylism
noun
Synonym of autostyly
autosuggest
autosuggest
noun
(computing) Any feature that makes automatic suggestions to the user.
verb
(computing) To suggest automatically.
(psychiatry) To suggest to oneself.
autosymnoia
autotheater
autotherapy
autotherapy
noun
(medicine) Self-treatment of a medical condition.
(medicine) The spontaneous cure of a medical condition.
(medicine) Treament of a disease by administration of filtrates from the patient's own pathological secretions, such as the ingestion of discharge from wounds.
autotomised
autotomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autotomise
autotomized
autotomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autotomize
autotomizes
autotomizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autotomize
autotoxemia
autotoxemia
noun
Alternative form of autotoxaemia
autotractor
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
autotropism
autotropism
noun
The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line unless influenced by external stimuli.
autoturning
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
autoworkers
autoworkers
noun
plural of autoworker
autoxidator
autoxidator
noun
(rare, chemistry) A substance that initiates or undergoes autoxidation
autoxidizer
auxanometer
auxanometer
noun
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
auxiliation
auxiliatory
auxiliatory
adj
(obsolete) auxiliary; helping.
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
azothionium
azygomatous
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.