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Autophagi: Definition and part of speech

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Autophagi

  1. n. pl. Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Autodynamic: Definition and part of speech

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Autodynamic

  1. a. Supplying its own power; — applied to an instrument of the nature of a water-ram.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Automatical: Definition and part of speech

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Automatical

  1. a. Not voluntary; not depending on the will; mechanical; as, automatic movements or functions.
  2. a. Having an inherent power of action or motion.
  3. a. Pertaining to, or produced by, an automaton; of the nature of an automaton; self-acting or self-regulating under fixed conditions; — esp. applied to machinery or devices in which certain things formerly or usually done by hand are done by the machine or device itself; as, the automatic feed of a lathe; automatic gas lighting; an automatic engine or switch; an automatic mouse.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Autogamy: Definition and part of speech

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Autogamy

  1. n. Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.