014-automaton-bask

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automaton--n.Any living being whose actions are or appear to be involuntary or mechanical.

autonomous--adj.Self-governing.

autonomy--n.Self-government.

autopsy--n.The examination of a dead body by dissection to ascertain the cause of death.

autumnal--adj.Of or pertaining to autumn.

auxiliary--n.One who or that which aids or helps, especially when regarded as subsidiary oraccessory.

avalanche--n.The fall or sliding of a mass of snow or ice down a mountain-slope, often bearingwith it rock.

avarice--n.Passion for getting and keeping riches.

aver--v.To assert as a fact.

averse--adj.Reluctant.

aversion--n.A mental condition of fixed opposition to or dislike of some particular thing.

avert--v.To turn away or aside.

aviary--n.A spacious cage or enclosure in which live birds are kept.

avidity--n.Greediness.

avocation--n.Diversion.

avow--v.To declare openly.

awaken--v.To arouse, as emotion, interest, or the like.

awryadv. &--adj. Out of the proper form, direction, or position.

ayeadv. An expression of assent.

azalea--n.A flowering shrub.

azure--n.The color of the sky.

Baconian--adj.Of or pertaining to Lord Bacon or his system of philosophy.

bacterium--n.A microbe.

badger--v.To pester.

baffle--v.To foil or frustrate.

bailiff--n.An officer of court having custody of prisoners under arraignment.

baize--n.A single-colored napped woolen fabric used for table-covers, curtains, etc.

bale--n.A large package prepared for transportation or storage.

baleful--adj.Malignant.

ballad--n.Any popular narrative poem, often with epic subject and usually in lyric form.

balsam--n.A medical preparation, aromatic and oily, used for healing.

banal--adj.Commonplace.

barcarole--n.A boat-song of Venetian gondoliers.

barographn .  An instrument that registersgraphically and continuously the atmospheric pressure.

barometer--n.An instrument for indicating the atmospheric pressure per unit of surface.

barringprep. Apart from.

baritone--adj.Having a register higher than bass and lower than tenor.

bask--v.To make warm by genial heat.