Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z autoplunger An automatic plunger, one that propels the ball onto the table without being operated mechanically by the player. autoplushophilia The sexual attraction to envisioning oneself as a plush toy. autopneumatic Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air. autopod autopodium autopodial Relating to an autopodium autopodium The distal part of a limb; a hand or foot autopoiesis Self-creation; self-organization. autopoietic Of, pertaining to, or created by autopoiesis. Autopoint A kind of pencil with a moulded plastic body. autopoisoning The inhibition of a catalyst by the product of the catalysis. autopoisonous autotoxic autopolar Relating to or having autopolarity. autopolarity Automatic interchanging of connections to a digital meter when polarity is wrong; a minus sign appears ahead of the value on the digital display if the reading is negative. autopolymer A dental resin that does not need heat or light to harden. autopolymerisation A chemical reaction in which a monomer undergoes polymerisation spontaneously, often due to environmental factors such as heat, light, or inherent instability. autopolymerization A chemical reaction in which a monomer undergoes polymerization spontaneously, often due to environmental factors such as heat, light, or inherent instability. autopolymerize To undergo autopolymerization. autopolyploid Having more than two sets of chromosomes, derived from the same species, as a result of redoubling autopolyploidization The process or the result of becoming autopolyploid autopolyploidy The property of being autopolyploid. autopopulate To populate (a database with data, a form with text, etc.) automatically. autopopulation automatic population (of a database with data, a form with text, etc.) autoportrait A self-portrait. autoportraiture The creation of a self-portrait. autopositioning automatic positioning autopost To post automatically. autoprefixer A software tool that adds vendor-specific prefixes to CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) code, for maximum compatibility across browsers. autoprocess To act on the enzyme itself autoprocessed Produced by autoprocessing autoprocessing enzymatic activity on the enzyme molecule itself autoproducer An enterprise that produces a resource (such as heat or electricity), but for which that production is not its primary activity. autoproduction Automatic production. autoprojection self-applicable partial evaluation autoprojector A system that carries out autoprojection. autoproliferation autoimmune proliferation autoproliferative Relating to, or causing autoproliferation autoprompt A prompt generated by a program itself via a previous command. autoprotease A protease that hydrolyses peptide bonds within its own molecule, typically releasing a specific amino acid sequence autoprotective Protecting itself. autoproteolysis Spontaneous proteolysis autoproteolytic Relating to autoproteolysis. autoproteolytically In terms of, or by means of, autoproteolysis. autoproteolyze To undergo autoproteolysis autoproteolyzed Subjected to autoproteolysis autoprotolysis The autoionization of water (or similar compounds) in which a proton (hydrogen ion) is transferred to form a cation and an anion e.g. 2H₂O => H₃O⁺ + OH⁻ autoprotonation The reaction of two identical molecules, one of which acts as a proton donor and the other as a proton acceptor autoprotonization Synonym of autoprotonation. autopsic Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an autopsy autopsical autopsic autopsier One who carries out an autopsy. autopsist One who performs an autopsy. autopsy A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death. autopsychic Relating to the perception of one's own mind autopsychically In autopsychic terms. autopsychoanalysis psychoanalysis of oneself autopsychography A psychography of oneself autopsychological Describing the psychology of the self. autopsychology The psychological study of oneself. autopterotic Synonym of pterotic. autoptic Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation. autoptically From one's own observation. autopticity The condition of being autoptic. autopurification automated purification autorack A railroad car designed for the transport of automobiles. autoradiobiography autoradiography of biological materials autoradiochromatograph A chromatograph that employs autoradiography autoradiogram Synonym of autoradiograph. autoradiograph An image produced by placing a film in contact with a specimen containing (or treated with) radioactive material. autoradiographed Treated by being placed in contact with a radioactive material autoradiographic Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance autoradiographically By means of autoradiography autoradiography The process of making autoradiographs. autoradioluminogram An image produced by autoradioluminography autoradioluminography A passive form of radioluminography autoradiolysis The radiolysis of a radioactive compound resulting from its own radioactive decay. autoranging Automatically selecting an appropriate range or scale. autoreact To react against the organism that produced it. autoreaction A reaction / immune response to one's own proteins autoreactive Acting against the organism by which it was produced autoreactivity The condition of being autoreactive. autoreceive A feature (of telecommunication software etc.) that receives automatically. autoreception The action of an autoreceptor. autoreceptive Of or pertaining to an autoreceptor. autoreceptor A receptor, situated in the terminal of a presynaptic nerve cell, that is sensitive to neurotransmitters released by the neuron in whose membrane the autoreceptor sits. autorecloser A recloser. autorecognition Recognition of oneself or itself. autoredirection (An) automatic redirection. autoreducibility The state or quality of being autoreducible. autoreducible Of a set, that can be reduced to itself by a Turing machine that does not ask for its own input. autoreduction reduction in the absence of a reducing agent autoreference Synonym of self-reference. autoreferential Self-referential. autoreferentiality The quality of being autoreferential; self-reference. autoreferentially In an autoreferential fashion; with reference to itself. autorefinement automatic refinement autoreflexive Occurring in such a way that the agent performing an action is inherently utilized. autoreflexively In an autoreflexive manner. autoreflexivity The quality of being autoreflexive. autorefraction ophthalmic examination by means of an autorefractor autorefractive Relating to autorefraction autorefractometer A device that uses infrared light to measure the refractive status of the eye. autorefractometric Relating to autorefractometry autorefractometry The use of an autorefractometer autorefractor An automated refractor used to prepare a prescription for glasses or contact lenses autorefresh Any feature that automatically refreshes a screen display. autorefrigerated refrigerated by means of autorefrigeration autorefrigeration refrigeration by storing a liquid at its boiling point for the pressure at which it is stored, so that, as vapour boils off, heat for the phase change cools the remaining liquid autoregenerate To regenerate without external influences. autoregeneration The process of regenerating without external influences. autoregenerative Relating to autoregeneration autoregister To register automatically. autoregistration Automatic registration. autoregression An autoregressive process that is used to model many types of natural behaviour autoregressive Employing autoregression, using a weighted sample of past data to predict future results autoregressively In an autoregressive manner. autoregressiveness The condition of being autoregressive autoregressivity The property of being autoregressive. autoregulatable That can be autoregulated autoregulate To regulate itself or oneself autoregulation Any of several physiological processes in which an inhibitory feedback system counteracts change. autoregulative autoregulatory autoregulator Any protein that regulates its own expression autoregulatory Of or pertaining to autoregulation autoreinfection A second autoinfection autorelease automatic release (of previously allocated resources) autorenew To renew automatically. autorenewal Automatic renewal. autorenewing That renews automatically. autorepeat Any feature that repeats an action automatically. (often preceded with 'on') autoreplicate To undergo autoreplication (self-replication) autorepress To cause or undergo autorepression. autorepressed Subject to autorepression autorepression repression of the expression of a protein by the protein itself autorepressive Relating to autorepression autorepressor A protein that causes autorepression autoreproduction The ability of a gene, virus, or nucleoprotein molecule to replicate itself autoresistance resistance to a poison produced by the body itself (typically, one used as a defence) autoresolve To resolve (a system conflict etc.) automatically. autoresonance self-sustained resonance autorespond To respond automatically. autoresponder A computer program that automatically sends a certain message or messages in response to incoming e-mail. autoresponse An automatic response. autoresuscitate To resuscitate spontaneously autoresuscitation The regaining of consciousness without medical intervention. autoretard To undergo, or subject to, autoretardation. autoretardation The retardation of a chemical reaction as a result of the reaction itself. autoreverse A device in a tape recorder or player that enables playback or recording the tape in both directions, by changing the direction of the tape transport or by physically flipping the cassette. autorewind automatic rewinding (of an audio or video cassette, the film in a camera, etc.) autorhythmic That generates its own rhythm autorhythmical Synonym of autorhythmic.