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autologous
  • a  derived from organisms of the selfsame individual
    autologous blood donation
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automated
  • v  make automatic or control or operate automatically
  • s  operated by automation
    an automated stoker
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automatic
  • n  light machine gun
  • n  a pistol that will keep firing until the ammunition is gone or the trigger is released
  • a  operating with minimal human intervention; independent of external control
    automatic transmission
    a budget deficit that caused automatic spending cuts
  • s  resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine
    an automatic `thank you'
  • s  without volition or conscious control
    the automatic shrinking of the pupils of the eye in strong light
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automatonlike
  • s  resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine
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automotive
  • a  of or relating to motor vehicles
    automotive supplies
  • s  containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement
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autonomic
  • s  relating to or controlled by the autonomic nervous system
    autonomic reflexes
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autonomous
  • s  (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces
    an autonomous judiciary
  • s  existing as an independent entity
    the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies
  • s  (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
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autophytic
  • a  of or relating to organisms (as green plants) that can make complex organic nutritive compounds from simple inorganic sources by photosynthesis
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