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- automation — the use of methods for controlling industrial processes automatically, esp by electronically controlled systems, often reducing manpower
- automatism — the state or quality of being automatic; mechanical or involuntary action
- automatist — the action or condition of being automatic; mechanical or involuntary action.
- automative — Relating to automation.
- automatize — to make (a process, etc) automatic or (of a process, etc) to be made automatic
- automatons — Plural form of automaton.
- automatous — a mechanical figure or contrivance constructed to act as if by its own motive power; robot.
- autorepeat — Any feature that repeats an action automatically.
- autorotate — (of a rotor) to rotate around a central axis powered by aerodynamic forces
- aversation — (obsolete) A turning from with dislike; aversion.
- aviatrices — Plural form of aviatrix.
- avigator's — aerial navigation.
- avocations — Plural form of avocation.
- avunculate — the custom in some societies of assigning rights and duties to a maternal uncle concerning his sister's son
- axiomatics — the study of axioms
- axiomatize — to reduce to a system of basic truths or axioms
- ayatollahs — Plural form of ayatollah.
- babblative — having a tendency to babble; loquacious
- back float — a floating position on one's back with arms extended out to the sides and face upward.
- back water — to reverse the direction of a boat, esp to push the oars of a rowing boat to slow it down or stop it
- back-dated — If a purchase order or invoice is back-dated, it is given a date that is some time before the date it was actually prepared.
- backdating — Present participle of backdate.
- backplates — Plural form of backplate.
- backseater — A navigator who accompanies the pilot of an aircraft.
- backwaters — Plural form of backwater.
- bad breath — halitosis.
- bagatelles — Plural form of bagatelle.
- baggataway — a form of lacrosse as played originally by the Ojibwa Indians.
- balneation — the act of bathing
- barbellate — (of plants or plant organs) covered with barbs, hooks, or bristles
- bardolater — someone who practises bardolatry
- bardolator — (usually, pejorative) One who loves or worships the works of William Shakespeare.
- bardolatry — idolatry or excessive admiration of William Shakespeare
- bariatrics — the study of obesity and its treatment
- barratrous — (legal) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry.
- baseplates — Plural form of baseplate.
- basic rate — the standard or lowest level on a scale of money payable, esp in taxation
- basilicata — a region of S Italy, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Gulf of Taranto. Capital: Potenza. Pop: 596 821 (2003 est). Area: 9985 sq km (3855 sq miles)
- bat around — to discuss (an idea, proposition, etc) informally
- bat chayil — (in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
- batch file — a computer file with sequential commands to be executed when the file is read
- batch mode — computer processing in which commands are input from a batch file, not interactively
- batchmates — Plural form of batchmate.
- batfowling — A method of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost so that the birds fly towards the light.
- bath brick — a brick-shaped piece of calcareous earth, used for cleaning polished metal
- bath chair — a wheelchair for invalids, often with a hood
- bath salts — You dissolve bath salts in bath water to make the water smell pleasant and as a water softener.
- bath sheet — a large bath towel
- bath stone — a kind of limestone used as a building material, esp at Bath in England
- bath towel — A bath towel is a very large towel used for drying your body after you have had a bath.