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Autogenies
- noun - a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter
Autogenous
- adjective - originating within the body
Autografts
- noun - tissue that is taken from one site and grafted to another site on the same person; "skin from his thigh replaced the burned skin on his arms"
Autographs
- noun - a person's own signature
- mark with one's signature; "The author autographed his book"
- something written by one's own hand
Autography
- - The science of autographs; a person's own handwriting; an autograph.
Avengement
- - The inflicting of retributive punishment; satisfaction taken.
Backgammon
- noun - a board game for two players; pieces move according to throws of the dice
Background
- noun - (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear
- a person's social heritage: previous experience or training; "he is a lawyer with a sports background"
- extraneous signals that can be confused with the phenomenon to be observed or measured; "they got a bad connection and could hardly hear one another over the background signals"
- information that is essential to understanding a situation or problem; "the embassy filled him in on the background of the incident"
- relatively unimportant or inconspicuous accompanying situation; "when the rain came he could hear the sound of thunder in the background"
- scenery hung at back of stage
- the part of a scene (or picture) that lies behind objects in the foreground; "he posed her against a background of rolling hills"
- the state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting"